Project idea for the Google Summer of Code 2009

Project idea for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Till Kamppeter]

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Hi,

I got a project idea (see below) from Shilp Dixit for the Google Summer 
of Code 2009 through the general contact address 
gsoc2009@linuxfoundation.org.

It seems to be a kernel-related project and now I would like that 
someone reviews the suggestion and if he thinks that it is interesting 
offers his mentorship. Please also feel free to ask Shilp for further 
information.

    Till


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Subject:
Project idea
From:
Shilp Dixit <shilp.dixit@gmail.com>
Date:
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:29:47 +0530
To:
gsoc2009@linux-foundation.org

Greetings!

              I am a third year engineering student from India and am 
very enthusiastic about getting into source development.

This is my first year at Google Summer of Code ( considering i get 
selected!...)

I want to develop a GUI based Linux-remastering tool as a my Google 
Summer of Code project. This application will enable even non-tech users 
to create their own personalized versions of the operating system. I am 
very enthusiastic about the project and guarantee that I will take full 
responsibility for the project.

  I have been looking for an opportunity to gain entry into open source 
development and this will be a great chance that I do not want to squander.

I have subsrcibed to the IRC channel under the nickname "rST" ... Please 
feel free to ask me anything related to the project or anything about me.



Shilp

(P.S : I am attaching my resume )

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Greetings!

               This is with reference to my earlier mail about the GUI 
based Linux rematering tool. I have prepared the project details and 
also the use cases of the project.

I will be preparing the subversion snapshot of the application very soon 
but was hoping for some extra time as I am studying for my GRE which is 
on the 6th of april... I am very keen on developing this project so 
please do not take this as an excuse to turn away from work.



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Re: [Tech-board] Project idea for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:54:58PM +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got a project idea (see below) from Shilp Dixit for the Google Summer of 
> Code 2009 through the general contact address gsoc2009@linuxfoundation.org.
>
> It seems to be a kernel-related project and now I would like that someone 
> reviews the suggestion and if he thinks that it is interesting offers his 
> mentorship. Please also feel free to ask Shilp for further information.

I don't see how this relates to the kernel at all, as you can do this
already with no changes needed to the kernel.

Or am I missing something here?

I think others have already done this very thing, Shilp, how does this
differ from offerings like the opensuse build system, and the different
tools out there that will build a distro "on demand" from what you ask
it to include (rPath, suse studio, knopix, etc.)

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [Tech-board] Project idea for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:54:58PM +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got a project idea (see below) from Shilp Dixit for the Google Summer of 
> Code 2009 through the general contact address gsoc2009@linuxfoundation.org.

Shouldn't stuff like this go through the "normal" process that mentors
of GSoC use to choose projects and students?

I thought that was what the whole "review and score" system that Google
sets up on the web for the projects to use was for.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [Tech-board] Project idea for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:15:48AM +0530, Shilp Dixit wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Ya i agree the concept might be pretty similar to the open suse built
> packages but aren't most of these services either online or not very
> flexible...What I was suggesting is to make a tool that is available on
> every linux OS as an update or something...They give the user more
> personalisation power and also allows non-tech users to create their own
> live CD's or USB devices... The front end(GUI) will provide 'drag and drop'
> facility for the different packages and will make life much easier in terms
> of making individual flavours...

Ok, that's fair enough, but I fail to see how this relates to the kernel
itself.  It looks like it's just a tool to package things up in some
way, no kernel changes would be needed, right?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [Tech-board] Project idea for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Till Kamppeter]

Shilp,

I fear that we probably do not have appropriate mentors at the Linux 
Foundation. Perhaps you should talk about your project on the #gsoc IRC 
channel on Freenode. There are usually mentors of many organizations and 
they help you to find the best-suited organization.

    Till


Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:15:48AM +0530, Shilp Dixit wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Ya i agree the concept might be pretty similar to the open suse built
>> packages but aren't most of these services either online or not very
>> flexible...What I was suggesting is to make a tool that is available on
>> every linux OS as an update or something...They give the user more
>> personalisation power and also allows non-tech users to create their own
>> live CD's or USB devices... The front end(GUI) will provide 'drag and drop'
>> facility for the different packages and will make life much easier in terms
>> of making individual flavours...
> 
> Ok, that's fair enough, but I fail to see how this relates to the kernel
> itself.  It looks like it's just a tool to package things up in some
> way, no kernel changes would be needed, right?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
>