Name: Thibaut Girka
Contact/Email: thib@sitedethib.com (preferred), thibaut.girka@gmail.com, xmpp:thib@sitedethib.com, ThibG on IRC
Background: I'm a third-year student at the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (UVSQ), Debian user since 2007 (I use it on my main computer, my personal server, and my Efika MX Smartbook). I have very good skills in Python, good skills in C, reasonable skills in C++ and shell scripting. I have experience in contributing to FLOSS projects and manage a few small-sized ones.
Project title: Multiarch Cross-Toolchains
Project details: See http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2012/Projects#Multiarch_Cross-Toolchains
Synopsis: Make sure existing cross-toolchains actually work on multi-arch systems and produce multiarch-compliant binaries, then switch from dpkg-cross dependencies to cross-arch dependencies.
Benefits to Debian: <TODO>
Deliverables:
- Explicit cross-arch dependencies support for dpkg and related software
- Cross-toolchain packages using cross-arch dependencies, building against multiarched libraries, and defaulting to doing cross-builds using multiarch paths.
- Tools changes to support this in the archive
Project schedule:
[April - May 13]
Build and install a cross-toolchain (build: i386, host: armhf) as described at http://wiki.debian.org/BuildingCrossCompilers
- Make sure the toolchain actually builds something, if not, fix it. “Something” should be some arch:all package available in Debian main, with few, common dependencies, and taking at most a few minutes to build. Something like nano sounds fine.
- Make sure the produced binaries use multiarch pathes. If not, fix the toolchain.
- Learn about toolchain packaging.
[May 13 - June 24]
- Add support for explicit cross-arch dependencies and build-dependencies to dpkg and related software (probably apt, maybe things like devscripts).
[June 24 - July 1]
- Change the toolchain packaging to switch from dpkg-cross dependencies to cross-arch dependencies.
[July 1 - July 9]
- Check, fix bugs, prepare for the midterm evaluation
[July 9 - July 13]
- Midterm evaluation
[July 13 - August 20]
- Address automated build and consider inclusion into the main archive.
Exams and other commitments: I have my final exams at the end of May, I won't have any commitment after that.
Other summer plans: Nothing special. No job nor long vacation.
Why Debian? Well, I've been a Debian user for a while, now, and I have always been happy with it. I admire how Debian focuses on quality, and considers FTBFS and non-compliance to DFSG as serious bugs. However, I rarely contribute back, and I think this project is a good opportunity.
- I'm not applying for other projects in this SoC.
