Google Summer of Code 2016, unified ping/ping6, traceroute/traceroute6, ...

[Rohit Dua]

Hi

I'm willing to work on this project for GSOC 2016. I'm looking forward to a
more elaborate description on these topics.
I'm not sure but can't we just use the freebsd-net mailing list for these
GSOC project(s)

Thanks
Rohit Dua
On 9 Feb 2016 23:24, "Mark Martinec" <Mark.Martinec+freebsd at ijs.si> wrote:

> There is now a timeline published for Google Summer of Code 2016:
>   https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
>
> Will FreeBSD apply for this year's participation in GSoC 2016?
>
> I'm not a committer or a mentor, although last year I have
> submitted two ideas for GSoC projects, for which I still have
> great interest as a user:
>
>
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Task_name.2A:_Unified_ping_and_ping6
>
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Task_name.2A:_Unified_traceroute_and_traceroute6
>
> Last year there were two or three seemingly highly qualified and
> motivated candidates for these two tasks. This year I have just
> received a query from a new interested candidate. Unfortunately,
> despite posting to freebsd-hackers ML and possibly elsewhere,
> last year these candidates did not receive any reply (apart
> from mine, suggesting contacts and indicated on a Wiki page).
>
> So the problem is finding a mentor that is willing to accept
> the task of mentoring these two projects. I'm willing to
> participate with comments, review and technical suggestions,
> but someone (or preferably two persons) familiar with FreeBSD
> coding styles and practices is needed, and to fill the
> GSoC role of a mentor. Finding an interested qualified mentor
> is also probably a pre-requisite that a student's work won't be
> in vain and get a chance of being adopted in a FreeBSD project.
>
> I'm willing to elaborate more on my two proposed projects,
> as the submission form (links above) had a word count limit
> on a project description and on justifying a need.
>
> Is there a better mailing list that freebsd-hackers@ to cover
> GSoC topics?
>
>   Mark
>