Re: GSoC project
Hi Sorina
Please keep the CC to the debian-boot@lists.debian.org mailinglist. This
is the mailinglist for debian-installer development.
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:12:41 -0400, Sorina - Gabriela Sandu <sandu.sorina@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > No there is currently no difficulty level attached to the bugs. You have
> > to read through the various bugs and judge for yourself if you think
> > that would be a good one to start with. Bugs #646860 and #636211 might
> > be good targets to get used to the installer. The first one even has a
> > patch in the bug report.
>
> >From what I see, the patch for the bug #646860 has not yet been applied, is
> there anything wrong with it? From my point of view, it seems legit.
I haven't had a close look at it but I guess that just nobody took the
time to fix the issue. The installer team is sometimes a bit short on
manpower.
> > As for the next steps. Please submit your application n the Debian wiki
> > [1] using the provided template [2]. Don't forget to also apply on the
> > Summer of Code Site [3] as soon as student registrations open.
>
> I shall get to this right away. Are there any specific requirements for the
> application on the Summer of Code site?
Applications only open tomorrow. As far as I know there are no specific
requirements beside the obvious ones (you need a google account, you
have to be an universitity student, you have to have time during the
summer to work on the project, ...). But check the summer of code site
for the details. For the application in the Debian wiki please use the
provided template (see my previous mail).
>
> > There is currently one other application for the project and someone
> > else contacted me.
>
> This is not a surprise since the project really is interesting. A
> little "competition"
> is always welcomed, I hope we can all deliver something useful.
>
> > If you all apply for the same project I might give
> > you a small taks to evaluate you applications after the application
> > deadline.
>
> I'm sorry, but I am not sure I really understand what you mean by
> that.
I meant that I might give all of you a small task to evaluate your
skills. If you look at the timeline[1] you will see that there is a 2
weeks period in April where mentoring organizations review and rank
student proposals. Is it more clear now?
>
> Also, sorry for the late answer, setting up my environment, installing
> Debian (I was using Ubuntu), making configurations and installing all the
> packages needed took a little longer than expected, PPP configuration
> support would have been more than useful.
No problem with the "late" answer. It's after all only 10 hours after my
last mail. I wouldn't call that a late answer...
>
> This may seem like a silly question, but how could I test/run what I am
> doing with the netcfg under the installer? In my attempts until now I have
> managed to mess up my network config files by writing loopback interfaces
> and stuff. I tried searching the documentation/web, however was unable
> to find an answer.
The easiest way to test modifications is to build a test image of the
installer and to run that in a virtual machine. The process of building
images is explained in the d-i internals manual [2]. The Debian Wiki
also contains some information[3][4].
For wireless testing I used KVM with libvirt and virt-manager. There you
can configure your virtual machine so that KVM passes through your
wireless device with PCI passthrough. For this to work you need a
computer with Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU CPU extensions. The Fedora
Documentation about Virtualization has more details about how to
configure this [5]. This is equally applicable to Debian.
Gaudenz
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2012#Google_timeline
[2] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/internals/
[3] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller
[4] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Build
[5]
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/chap-Virtualization-PCI_passthrough.html
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