[OpenAFS-devel] Re: IPv6 support

[Simon Wilkinson]

On 14 Feb 2011, at 17:58, Andrew Deason wrote:
>
> We only build 32-bit binaries on Solaris, but it's being worked on. I
> think there's a discussion to be had about how the user specifies  
> this,
> though... it's not optimal to just use 64-bit binaries everywhere you
> can.

On Linux, we build twice - once for i386, and once for x86_64. You  
pick at install time which you use. Would this be an option for Solaris?

> What is the timeline we're dealing with here? What are the deadlines  
> we
> need to know stuff by?

This year's timeline is at:

http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/timeline

Essentially, if OpenAFS is to apply, the application needs to be with  
Google by 23:00 UTC on March 11. Whilst we don't need to have every  
mentor in place by this point, we do need to have sufficient  
commitments that we know that we could accept students this summer.  
Anything else just wastes Google's time.

The critical thing to have as part of the application is an ideas list  
- there's still lots of stuff from last year's list to do, but it's  
not necessarily clear that we would have mentors to support them. The  
ideas list can be a living document - we can add to it at any point,  
but it's one of the things Google reviews before accepting an  
organisation.

Cheers,

Simon.