[Urgent/GSoC] GSoC (CO)-Mentor wanted for "Systemd unit translator" project

[Adam Borowski]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:06:30AM +0000, Mo Zhou wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> We need at least one extra mentor for the "Systemd unit translator" GSoC
> project this year. This project aims at the implementation of a "systemd
> unit -> openrc script" translator and its integration into Debian.
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/systemd_unit_translator

I did some work on openrc in the past, but that was restricted to fixing
tests and build failures, I don't know anything about openrc scripts in
particular -- I never used anything beyond standard sysv init scripts.
I'm one of co-maintainers for sysvinit, though.

> Benda Xu (one of the uploaders of src:openrc) is one of the mentors but
> we'd better find at least one more with Debian hat on, according to the
> GSoC project requirements.  I cannot work as a formal mentor for some
> reason, but I can still take over some mentoring workload if any student
> will be selected for this project.
> 
> Is anyone willing to participate as a mentor? This is a good chance for
> us to improve Debian's openrc situation and help with init system
> diversity. Besides, there is not too much time left for our GSoC admins
> to make the final decisions.

If just a warm body wearing the Debian hat is ok, I can help.  I can also do
batch testing on a large set of packages (did the daemon start?  Stop? 
Restarted?  In lxc?  In a full VM?) and so on -- but I lack domain-specific
knowledge.

Ie, if you need a mentor who's a master of openrc, I'm not one; if you want
just anyone, that's ok.


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