Hi intrigeri,
Please find my response inline -
Given that, depending on what exact project you want to work on, we may be in a position to find a mentor for you on our team, or not. I hope it'll work, but sadly, I doubt we'll be able to clarify this before you have told us what exactly you would like to work on.
I was looking at the bug list and found that https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7567 has finally led to Docker as a choice for the future build system for Tails.
Blueprint and the corresponding tickets have helped to track its progress - https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/evaluate_Docker/ and https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7530 shows they are still a lot of work to be done.
I have worked with chroot build systems mostly and have been part of a project lately where migration to LXC(not Docker) build system is under progress.
I also went though https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/Linux_containers/ and the corresponding issue https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6178 which says certain security issues prevent Tails to use LXC.
Both the above projects interests me and I would love to work with Tails developer community on either of them.
- Was your GSoC application with CentOS accepted?
I have contacted CentOS development community regarding imlementation of non-x86 rootfs build factory. I submitted a proposal for implementing the same on the main development list (CentOS-devel) but have not received a single feedback on the same.
I haven't heard from them for a long time now, neither feedbacks nor suggestions(despite my repeatedly asking for their reviews) so I doubt my proposal would make it to their GSOC project this year.
Regards, Saket Sinha