Google
Summer
of
Code
2007
STUDENTS
Plan
9
is
an
excellent
environment
to
learn
about
many
aspects
of
computing:
operating
systems,
distributed
systems,
programming
languages,
network
protocols,
etc.
Plan
9
is
not
a
difficult
environment,
and
simplicity
is
its
main
quality,
but
it
is
very
*different*
from
anything
else
you
might
be
used
to!
Fundamental
requirements:
-
A
very
open
mind
to
explore
and
embrace
very
different
concepts
and
environments.
-
To
enjoy
challenges
that
stretch
your
preconceptions
to
the
limit.
General
recommended
skills:
-
Understanding
of
basic
Unix
principles
and
philosophy.
-
Some
programming
experience,
ideally
with
C
but
other
languages
are
fine.
If
you
have
any
questions
you
can
check
our
irc
channel
#plan9-gsoc
in
irc.freenode.org
or
join
the
Plan
9
Google
Summer
of
Code
mailing
list.
PROJECTS
Here
is
a
list
of
projects
we
suggest,
even
if
they
seem
complex
and
difficult,
they
are
probably
much
simpler
than
you
think,
in
Plan
9
everything
is
simpler
;)
Please
don't
hesitate
to
check
with
us
to
discuss
projects
and
feel
free
to
suggest
any
new
project
that
is
both
exciting
and
innovative.
Misc
and
various
projects:
-
Cross
domain
authentication
-
General
purpose
boot
loader
based
on
Plan
9
kernel
and
/dev/reboot
-
Ssh2
client/server
(complete
native
implementation
or
port
a
new
one
from
another
system)
-
System
for
automatic
detection/selection
of
screen
resolution
-
Zeroconf
network
configuration
support
(ideally,
with
a
Plan
9
twist)
User
space
native
Plan
9
applications:
-
Bugfs:
a
bug
tracking
system
with
an
fs
interface
-
Complete
native
dis
(to
run
Inferno
applications
like
native
apps)
-
CSS
rendering
for
abaco
web
browser
Port
of
foreign
applications:
-
Video
player
(eg.,
port
mplayer)
-
Update
GCC
port
and
have
it
accepted
upstream
-
Do
a
port
of
the
Erlang
language
(including
appropriate
parts
of
the
library
support).
Kernel
related
work:
-
Write
a
driver
for
a
piece
of
hardware
of
your
choice
-
OLPC
port
-
Finish
Inferno
port
to
the
Nintendo
DS
9P
related
projects:
-
fs
driver
for
Solaris,
FreeBSD,
OpenBSD,
NetBSD,
Windows,
BeOS,
or
any
other
operating
system
(a
Linux
filesystem
already
exis)
-
9P
implementation
in
your
favorite
programming
language.
-
A
framework
to
test
the
interoperativity
of
all
existings
9P
implementations.
-
Implement
9P
extension
for
'batch
requests'
-
9P
client
implementation
in
JavaScript,
so
that
a
browser
can
access
resources
sensibly
(ie,
not
using
HTTP/XML).
-
Firefox
(and/or
other
browser
plug-in)
implementing
9P
server(s)
to
make
browser
resources
visible
with
9P
Plan
9
from
User
Space
or
other
work
in
foreign
systems:
-
Add
missing
kencc
extensions
to
GCC
-
Port
compilers
to
Linux
or
BSD
Please
add
any
other
project
suggestions
to
the
list,
see
also:TODO.
MENTORS
-
John-Galt:
fbsdaemon
AT
gmail.com
-
npe:
noah.evans
AT
gmail.com
-
maht:
Maht.Lawless
AT
gmail.com
-
garbeam:
garbeam
AT
gmail.com
-
newmanbe:
btd.newman
AT
gmail.com
-
fgb:
benavento
AT
gmail.com
-
uriel:
uriel99
AT
gmail.com
(We
expect
to
have
a
few
more
mentors
in
the
next
few
days)
TIMELINE
-
March
14:
List
of
accepted
mentoring
organizations
published
on
code.google.com;
student
application
period
opens
-
March
24:
Student
application
deadline
-
April
9:
List
of
accepted
student
applications
published
on
code.google.com
-
May
28:
Students
begin
coding
for
their
GSoC
projects;
Google
begins
issuing
initial
student
payments
For
a
more
detalied
timeline
see
the
official
GSoC
site.
SEE ALSO
Our
syster
project
Inferno
is
also
participating
in
GSoC07,
see:
http://code.google.com/p/inferno-os/wiki/SummerOfCode_Applicants.
