Re: Interest in GNU Hurd Project for GSoC 2023

[jbranso]

March 31, 2023 2:39 PM, "Yasser Cherfaoui" <yasser.cherfaoui@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear GNU Hurd team,
> 
> I am writing to express my interest in taking the GNU Hurd project as a 
> Google Summer of Code
> (GSoC) 2023 project. I am a computer science student with experience in 
> system programming and
> kernel development, and I have been following the GNU Hurd project for some 
> time now.
> 
> I am particularly drawn to the GNU Hurd project because of its unique 
> microkernel architecture and
> its potential to provide a more secure and flexible operating system. I am 
> excited about the
> opportunity to work with the GNU Hurd team and contribute to the project as a 
> GSoC participant.
> 
> I have reviewed the list of project ideas on the GNU Hurd website and I am 
> particularly interested
> in the following projects:
> 
> Improving the Hurd networking subsystem
> Enhancing Hurd's virtual memory subsystem
> Adding support for new file systems to the Hurd
> However, I am open to working on any project that the GNU Hurd team considers 
> suitable for a GSoC
> participant.
> 
> I would be honored to contribute to the GNU Hurd project as a GSoC 
> participant and would appreciate
> any guidance and support that the GNU Hurd team can provide. Please let me 
> know if there are any
> additional resources that I should review to prepare for the project.
> 
> Thank you for your time and consideration.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Yasser Cherfaoui

Thanks for expressing your interest!  Feel free to join us on #hurd on 
libera.chat.  It's  a good place
to get advice.

Please note that I am a hurd enthusiast, not a developer.  Which filesystems 
would you like to port
to the Hurd?  That sounds like quite a job.  I know someone worked on porting 
ext3 to the Hurd, and it
mostly works but still has some bugs that make switching to it not so good.