| 24 Mar 2024 |
 FPenjoyer | I've submitted my proposal through Google's dashboard for "Nix Internals: Use std::filesystem::path for Path". Please review and let me know if you'd like more information put into the proposal.
Thanks
cc: John Ericson
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| 25 Mar 2024 |
| @infinidoge:matrix.org | I am intending on submitting a proposal not on the existing ideas list, since it is something I am personally interested in,
As a bit of a spot check, just wanted to kinda throw the idea out there to see what people thought
I want to work on updating and improving the infrastructure for the Xen hypervisor in Nixpkgs, with the main project being a Xen distribution based on NixOS, with pre-made configurable modules to create a minimal and declarative dom0.
This would require maintaining/updating the Xen packages themselves, updating the modules already in Nixpkgs (supporting UEFI being one of the primary issues), as well as working out how best to pre-configure Xen and NixOS to work well together.
(A working name for the 'distribution' itself is XenNix) | 06:40:25 |
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 Janik (they/them) | In reply to @infinidoge:matrix.org
I am intending on submitting a proposal not on the existing ideas list, since it is something I am personally interested in,
As a bit of a spot check, just wanted to kinda throw the idea out there to see what people thought
I want to work on updating and improving the infrastructure for the Xen hypervisor in Nixpkgs, with the main project being a Xen distribution based on NixOS, with pre-made configurable modules to create a minimal and declarative dom0.
This would require maintaining/updating the Xen packages themselves, updating the modules already in Nixpkgs (supporting UEFI being one of the primary issues), as well as working out how best to pre-configure Xen and NixOS to work well together.
(A working name for the 'distribution' itself is XenNix) Hey, that sounds very interesting :D | 09:24:04 |
| Janik (they/them) | Do you have someone in mind who could mentor that project? | 09:24:19 |
| Janik (they/them) | (The problem is that we can only accept projects if someone is interested in mentoring it) | 09:25:57 |
| @infinidoge:matrix.org | At the moment no, since I don't know that many people around here currently. Ideally a mentor will fall out of the sky, however given that that is unlikely, I am/will be going through the existing potential-mentors and seeing if anyone has worked on similar stuff and would be a good fit to ask. | 09:31:17 |
| @infinidoge:matrix.org | That said, is there a list of possible mentors (outside of the potential mentors on the ideas list), or is anyone with sufficient experience who fits the hard requirements allowed, given that they submit a PR to apply? | 09:33:16 |
| Janik (they/them) | In reply to @infinidoge:matrix.org
That said, is there a list of possible mentors (outside of the potential mentors on the ideas list), or is anyone with sufficient experience who fits the hard requirements allowed, given that they submit a PR to apply? yes anyone can apply as a mentor. | 09:36:49 |
| Janik (they/them) | In reply to @infinidoge:matrix.org
At the moment no, since I don't know that many people around here currently. Ideally a mentor will fall out of the sky, however given that that is unlikely, I am/will be going through the existing potential-mentors and seeing if anyone has worked on similar stuff and would be a good fit to ask. I would suggest you go and ask alyssa ross (qyliss), she is the only person I know who does a lot of nix related virtualization work but I don't know if she would be interested in mentoring for GSoC. | 09:37:53 |
| Janik (they/them) | (so I don't know if she is interested in xen, I know she works a lot on cloud-hypervisor things for spectrum os) | 09:38:23 |
| Janik (they/them) | * (but I don't know if she is interested in xen, I know she works a lot on cloud-hypervisor things for spectrum os) | 09:41:33 |
| Janik (they/them) | https://spectrum-os.org/ | 09:42:08 |
| Janik (they/them) | Btw the deadline for proposals is in 6 days, so everyone interested in working on a project should submit their proposal soon. | 09:42:45 |
| @infinidoge:matrix.org | In reply to @janik0:matrix.org
I would suggest you go and ask alyssa ross (qyliss), she is the only person I know who does a lot of nix related virtualization work but I don't know if she would be interested in mentoring for GSoC. Thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely reach out to her! | 09:48:03 |
| Janik (they/them) | * (and I don't know if she is interested in xen, I know she works a lot on cloud-hypervisor things for spectrum os) | 09:48:33 |
 @cldrpr:matrix.org | John Ericson: my proposal has been submitted via the GSoC portal. Please review and let me if there are any suggestions for improvement. I'm also happy to share with you directly if you'd prefer. | 16:39:32 |
| @kohbaby:matrix.org | Janik (they/them): Also submitted my proposal. Review and feedback would be appreciated. Cheers. | 22:24:30 |
| 28 Mar 2024 |
| @infinidoge:matrix.org | I've gone ahead and put my full proposal out on GitHub: https://github.com/Infinidoge/xennix/blob/master/proposal.md
If anyone has any feedback, please let me know. | 02:34:05 |
| @infinidoge:matrix.org | Do mentors need to be well versed with Nix/NixOS? (Might be able to ask a professor at my university) | 17:17:16 |
| Janik (they/them) | In reply to @kohbaby:matrix.org
Janik (they/them): Also submitted my proposal. Review and feedback would be appreciated. Cheers. I'll try to give you some feedback, but I'm very strapped on time over the weekend :/ | 23:39:33 |
| Janik (they/them) | In reply to @infinidoge:matrix.org
Do mentors need to be well versed with Nix/NixOS? (Might be able to ask a professor at my university) Yes, and they should at least be somewhat known in the community to make sure one can entrust them with mentoring. | 23:40:23 |
| Janik (they/them) | In reply to @infinidoge:matrix.org
I've gone ahead and put my full proposal out on GitHub: https://github.com/Infinidoge/xennix/blob/master/proposal.md
If anyone has any feedback, please let me know. nice, same for you I'll try to give you some feeedback, and sorry that I wasn't able to follow up on your dm yet. | 23:40:48 |
| @kohbaby:matrix.org | In reply to @janik0:matrix.org
I'll try to give you some feedback, but I'm very strapped on time over the weekend :/ No worries. Take your time. And if you don't get to it all good. | 23:41:45 |
