> On Apr 22, 2015, at 5:40 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Karanbir Singh <kbsingh at centos.org> wrote: >> >> Both of the proposals for kpatch are solid. Corey - is there a way for >> both the guys to work together ? Would you be able to expand scope of >> what you were to deliver out from there if you had 2 of them hammering >> away at this ? Its clearly a complex problem space. > > If this is being considered as an option (for kpatch and > documentation) please ensure that the students have a clear idea of > the "new split proposal". Currently, they have proposed against one > single idea. As part of the GSoC roll-out, the organization desires > them to work on parts of that idea leading up to an integrated whole. > The re-working and scoping of the proposals need to happen accordingly > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-gsocadmin mailing list > CentOS-gsocadmin at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-gsocadmin I suppose one person can continue with the original scope of the kpatch building and distribution automation, while the other focuses on patch selection routines and safety infrastructure. However, the latter depends upon the former in that it's pretty useless to have testing around something you can't distribute, should the first part of it fall apart for some reason. I suppose #2 is still worth doing standalone assume #1 is eventually done. If you guys find this acceptable then I can work with them on altering the proposals. What's the deadline of doing this last minute change? -- Corey