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 * Build [http://www.r-project.org R] / [http://cran.r-project.org CRAN] package generator system for [http://cran.r-project.org CRAN] to extend the current approx. 50 packages to the full 800 or so. All of these packages actually build automagically thanks to existing '''cdbs''' rules. We need a simple stateful system to keep track of what has been added to [http://cran.r-project.org CRAN], what has been updated etc pp. There is a somewhat dormant [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-bioc/ Alioth Project] with some info. R knowledge helpful, Perl/Python/Ruby/... to implement. (DirkEddelbuettel)
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 * DirkEddelbuettel - would be glad to mentor and help on R / CRAN related integration

This is a draft, and need a lot of work before it leave the draft state.

This wiki page is created to make it easier to plan and coordinate Debian's involvement in the [http://code.google.com/soc/ Google Summer of Code 2006].

[http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2006/04/summer-of-code-2006.html Request for mentoring organizations] has gone out, and Debian need to move quickly to make it before the May 1st deadline. Mentoring organisations should read the [http://code.google.com/soc/mentorfaq.html mentor FAQ].

TODO

  • Formulate projects
  • Organise mentors

Contact info

To be decided. Currently the Admin is Baruch Even, Anthony Towns will be an admin as well once he signs up, he can then distribute admin rights as needed.

Information on how to register to be a mentor was posted to debian-private, contact baruch (baruch@debian.org) if you need more info. Please note that you should not register as a mentor if you intend to participate as a student.

Possible Projects (in () possible mentors)

(also see [http://www.us.debian.org/devel/todo/ the general TODO list])

General

  • Improve/unify the QA websites: packages.qa.d.o, qa.d.o/developer, dehs, etc

  • Create a better environment for regression/unit tests (tbm)
  • Improve the system to handle WNPP: including expiry of ITPs, checking that orphaned packages have correct maintainer fields, etc. (DavidMorenoGarza)

  • Create a collaborative repository of meta-informations about sources packages (including upstream URL, URL of upstream VCS, URL of upstream BTS, debian/watch file, etc.) (RaphaelHertzog)

  • Help [http://dehs.alioth.debian.org Dehs project] to accept watch submitting and maintaining in an external framework instead of the single deb packages. Improve the Dehs postgres Db structure to optimizing query speed. Create rss feed with useful information from Dehs data. Collaborate with devscript maintainer to specify in a standar way the upstream news/changelog file in watch file and write with devscript package maintainer an official policy about watch file. (Stefano Fabri)

  • Improve Britney (aba)

  • Create a "Migration Tracking System" which can be used to track the various migrations that are happening. It should have a web interface as well as a mail interface. It should transparently make use of debbug's usertags to keep track of the bugs related to a specific transition. (RaphaelHertzog)

Package management

  • Improve ?DebTags: central database rewrite, review functionality, tag adoption and such

  • Unify apt, dpkg, etc (aba)

  • Introduce real perl shlibs (aba)

  • Improve shlibs: to caclulate the used shlibs, rather than the theorically required ones (aba)

  • Build [http://www.r-project.org R] / [http://cran.r-project.org CRAN] package generator system for [http://cran.r-project.org CRAN] to extend the current approx. 50 packages to the full 800 or so. All of these packages actually build automagically thanks to existing cdbs rules. We need a simple stateful system to keep track of what has been added to [http://cran.r-project.org CRAN], what has been updated etc pp. There is a somewhat dormant [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-bioc/ Alioth Project] with some info. R knowledge helpful, Perl/Python/Ruby/... to implement. (DirkEddelbuettel)

Individual packages

  • Add IPv6 support to vserver (aba)

  • Improve support of pinning in apt ["real" dependency resolver, better docs, graphical interface (?), allow matching in Packages, etc] (aba)

  • Make reportbug enhancements: graphical and/or webbased, so its easier for user to report

  • Improve wpasupplicant: Split out the roaming functionality from wpasupplicant and associate based on what is known to the system from /etc/network/interfaces. (?KyleMcMartin)

  • Fix and enhance apt-listbugs: There are quite a few seemingly simple bugs and wishes in the BTS, but it's seen no updates for 10 months. A few small changes would make it much more useful. (RaphaelHertzog: probably too limited in scope to be a good project).

New applications

Misc/unsorted

Mentors for other projects

  • AigarsMahinovs - I am a DD and was a participant in SOC 2005, I can mentor students willing to do Debian projects

  • aba (Andi Barth) - projects related to release management, QA, project management
  • Martin Michlmayr (tbm) - projects related to QA, release and project management; possibly also projects related to embedded systems.
  • DirkEddelbuettel - would be glad to mentor and help on R / CRAN related integration