Hello, everyone, I'm looking forward to working on HelenOS as part of Google Summer of Code! I live in Cary, North Carolina, I'm about to get my Bachelor's from NC State, and I have an interest in low-level code. My project is to create a portable library and tools for working with structured binary data such as files and packets. Some of the more interesting parts are an interactive structure browser and a domain-specific language for describing binary structures. A major focus of my project will be on flexibility and modularity, so it will be useful for tasks ranging from debugging filesystems to inspecting the memory of running tasks. I have more detail about my overall approach at the GSoC page[0].
I have exams and final projects to deal with for the next week or two, but I'll have some time to start working on this project. This community bonding period will include getting to know the HelenOS developers and learning more about HelenOS and Bazaar. I will also investigate related existing projects, think of data structures that will be interesting or difficult to deal with, and try to think of a better project name. I plan to begin work in earnest on the 14th. I will post frequent status reports and review requests to the mailing list during the project. I would suggest posting once a week to help keep things moving, unless that would be too much noise. I've also created a wiki page[1] to keep track of my thoughts and design ideas. What do you think about my plan so far? Thanks, Sean Bartell [0] https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2012/wtachi/46005 [1] http://trac.helenos.org/wiki/StructuredBinaryData _______________________________________________ HelenOS-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.modry.cz/cgi-bin/listinfo/helenos-devel
