Hello, I am working on a proposal for the Rootfs build factory idea http://wiki.centos.org/GSoC/2015/Ideas#rootfs-build-factory Right now, I am working out the details, they are not yet ready for presentation. They are just in the form of notes right now.

I discussed this project a bit on centos-gsoc on freenode last week. I think we should use Python and Bash scripts for this project. We have 2 months before the GSoC coding period starts. Since the CentOS ARM images are not ready yet (at least not yet publicly available), should we include the development of CentOS for ARM in the GSoC Project? I would like to contribute to the CentOS ARM project.

About me: My primary area of interest is Linux and my programming languages of choice are C and Python. As part of my academics I have studied C, C++, Data Structures, Computer Networks, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Microcontrollers, Image Processing, Operating Systems and Database Systems to name a few. I am presently in my third year of college. I have work experience as a software developer and as a system admin. As a software developer I worked on a wide range of projects ranging from development of system services using Microsoft .NET, Networking services to Embedded Linux and Point-Of-Sale terminals along with Smart Cards. I have used numerous open source libraries under Linux including GTK+, Clutter, Qt, Curl, BlueZ, FLTK, Gstreamer and worked with few databases (MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, SQLite). I've also done development using Python(Twisted) and some web development using Django, PHP, Ruby, Javascript. I have vast experience in installing and configuring various Linux distributions including Gentoo,Fedora,Cent OS, Debian,Knoppix,Ubuntu. I have also contributed couple of patches to the Linux kernel (ALSA Project) to add support for a volume knob and LED for a USB sound card . Details of the projects I've worked on are here http://mndar.phpnet.us/resume or http://mndar.github.io/resume/

In my free time I like to drive, listen to music and enjoy configuring/fixing computers.

I am subscribed to the centos-devel list as well. I look forward to your feedback.

Regards Mandar Joshi