Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:26:58 -0500 From: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> To: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <20211213132658.x5sfzqntltrkp25x@mutt-hbsd> In-Reply-To: <20211124213150.6lsyaqgwbkgfcgzi@mutt-hbsd> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <20211123232814.6vx3sqnsdvc52oc3@mutt-hbsd> <20211124213150.6lsyaqgwbkgfcgzi@mutt-hbsd>
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--qw2nclyin4tnonzo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 04:31:50PM -0500, Shawn Webb wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 06:28:14PM -0500, Shawn Webb wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 06:41:01PM -0400, Joseph Mingrone wrote: > > > Hello FreeBSD community, > > >=20 > > > The Foundation is seeking suggestions for new projects to support. W= hat > > > gaps in the Project are not being addressed by the broader community? > > >=20 > > > You can read about past Foundation-supported projects at > > > https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/projects/ and the Foundation's > > > four main areas of focus in the 'Technology Roadmap' article at > > > https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/technology-roadmap/. > > >=20 > > > Right now we are gathering ideas. We will send out a call for project > > > grant proposals soon. If you prefer to send your project ideas direc= tly > > > to the Foundation, we will be monitoring responses at > > > techteam@freebsdfoundation.org. > >=20 > > Hey Joseph, > >=20 > > Thanks for sending this out! > >=20 > > Here's just a few things I'd love to see: > >=20 > > 1. wireless mesh support. this would go _a long_ ways for supporting > > human rights efforts. > > 2. 100% llvm toolchain for base and ports. freebsd seems to already be > > going in this direction. > > 3. jail orchestration in base. it's great that we have all these > > disparate jail management ports, but we lack a fully > > coherent/integreated solution. I'd love to see jail orchestration > > get the same love as zfs in base. > > 4. tor browser bundle (port from openbsd?) > >=20 > > That's at least what I can think of off the top of my head. >=20 > Another idea: >=20 > 5. Distributed Poudriere. I have a few systems that would benefit from > such a feature. For example, two ThunderX1 systems. And once I > resurrect our partially-dead ThunderX2 system, we'll have three > arm64 appliances in which we can build packages. Another idea: Make unionfs stable and usable. unionfs is plagued by quite a few issues. I'm currently running into a unionfs-related kernel panic at ${DAYJOB} when building our appliance firmware. And I have a major release happening in four days. ;-) Thanks, --=20 Shawn Webb Cofounder / Security Engineer HardenedBSD https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A= 4CBEBB82EA5A67D9F3853FF2E67A277F8E1FA.pub.asc --qw2nclyin4tnonzo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEA6TL67gupaZ9nzhT/y5nonf44foFAmG3Sh8ACgkQ/y5nonf4 4fqV8w/7B6FvtptBbtp6Z8ofqPQNH1+VndD7V63blmW96dHbErjlMAvg927yagTk 5nV0NIvC8llLnDn5vh+ElmHFxoF5ZkYgdvjuDc5wbNplMzCMlt8K/EQFt1mVSYDO o92EpQcADVBalR4f/iwSlZdJhawRcejRlu+gLPbGhARrzEuvpHzumqtw4AdLtjmb Enj87UxCfm5p08+abKWLTUjcj6z+lFDHxrwxj+83bVik8SSli/Jm4KrbQGocb1FX GVweBwjQJxei7er0QCYBuWY2w1khllWqRpzeAMenkrNCkc8M5kJ4WZH7QLje0Qk2 fyyhzGAQww8/G5erE2q3quf5veK/cYjbp4uQptfib6WHWtWJ/YLDFOi9sm9uElbm 2aJnkhlLBT7fDiaZcn6sooQh3gNCGRcOqm+Xrhv+Iw/ZoMhWKt6yCygMrXoe1R2T k9tqyiKZKrrANGI1XisYdAOCmv8Om0/9H2mG6Ar0AwmuHfx0bCpbqGdLRz6Kk6sc ujJ0UvnoIMQagugxDUuUYMFo2tPdKWaUB9EgMgeykUl7t9WGbUTCrPPLOMqaESpI ogyjIZqIt/k+ksvT4VKJSbym5S1H6Rxf3JGrcx5ya0UKMbytGOpPdoFlhs9xAHnu JrNL6UeYkdhPiKhiwya578idKhGSacQF/Hrj7O3u8OI23G1Ntqs= =AH9o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qw2nclyin4tnonzo--
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