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Re: Google Summer of Code 2018: Call for mentors and ideas
- From: Martin Jambor <mjambor at suse dot cz>
- To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Eric Gallager <egall at gwmail dot gwu dot edu>
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- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:17:21 +0100
- Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code 2018: Call for mentors and ideas
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Hi,
On Thu, Jan 18 2018, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2018, Eric Gallager wrote:
>
>> Would it make sense to recycle old GSoC projects that never got
>> completed?
in principle that is definitely possible, but...
>>I'm wondering about the "replace libiberty with gnulib" one
>
> I'd like to see that finished, but I'm not convinced it makes a good GSoC
> project, given how it involves tricky portability and build system issues
> and the need to test for lots of different configurations including
> Canadian crosses. It would really need someone particularly interested in
> that area, and a build machinery maintainer actively involved.
>
...Joseph's concern sounds very valid to me.
Martin