On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:53:31 +0100 "Timothy M. Redaelli" <timothy.redaelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/06/2014 02:54 PM, Allan McRae wrote: > > Hi all, > > Hi > > > Is there interest in Arch participating in GSoC for 2015? > > Why not? :P > > <cut> > > > > So there are a range of tasks that would be useful to Arch that > > could be accepted. For example, I have wanted a continuous build > > to check for packages that no longer build due to updates. > > We could open a GSoC to create some Jenkins (or something similar) > modules to do that. We already have a user that set up Jenkins for this purpose. He filed a bunch of bug reports, but then seems to have dropped out. I can look up his contact info if you would like it. > > > There are also ideas > > over at > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:TheBigIdeaPage > > and I guess pacman development would be useful. > > For "Signing database files" we can use a debian-like approach, > signing only the hash and not the entire file. > The alternative is to patch GNUPG to allow "two steps" signing > (hashing via ssh and the proper signature locally). Maybe using > gpg-agent via ssh can be another way. > > > Some of the folks over at Arch Women have offered to help us get > > this off the ground. > > > > Is any one interested in helping get this going or being mentors > > for a project? > > I don't know if a TU can be a mentor or helper, but I'm available to > help. > > > Allan > > >
