Improve support of the Rust coreutils in Debian
Description of the project:
Homepage: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
An article about it: https://lwn.net/Articles/857599/
This project has two goals:
- propose a better way to replace the GNU Coreutils in Debian by the Rust Coreutils
Improve the compatibility with GNU by fixing https://uutils.github.io/user/test_coverage.html and install/remove all Debian packages to make sure that all necessary features for Debian are well supported
Confirmed Mentor: Sylvestre Ledru
How to contact the mentor: sylvestre@debian.org
Confirmed co-mentors: Terts Diepraam <terts.diepraam@gmail.com>
Project size: 250 hours
Deliverables of the project:
Desirable skills: Rust, packaging
What the intern will learn: How the coreutils work, the low level part of the of
Application tasks: Fix a GNU test listed here https://uutils.github.io/user/test_coverage.html