Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:46:26 -0500 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <246adde5-6a7a-4102-abb4-16c766ea78d1@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <66b556bf-e797-483b-b377-182859be572a@www.fastmail.com> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <66b556bf-e797-483b-b377-182859be572a@www.fastmail.com>
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On 11/24/2021 2:42 AM, Dave Cottlehuber wrote: > On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, at 22:41, Joseph Mingrone wrote: >> Hello FreeBSD community, >> >> The Foundation is seeking suggestions for new projects to support. What >> gaps in the Project are not being addressed by the broader community? >> >> 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/. >> >> 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 directly >> to the Foundation, we will be monitoring responses at >> techteam@freebsdfoundation.org. >> >> -- >> Joe (with Foundation hat on) > > Some new ideas. > > 1. updated kmod ports for point releases. > > we should be able to ship an x+1 RELEASE *and* have the appropriate kmod ports available at the same time. I know that unplanned API breakage is rare, but when it does happen, its absolutely brutal for end users. > > 2. a decent ports CI > > At least for committers, and for regular maintainers, we should be able to have some common-sense pre-commit build checks done at least on tier 1 architectures easily without human intervention. > > 3. jail creation and usage as non-root > > nuff said. > > 4. more programmable/scriptable configs > > I would love to see FreeBSD be the programmable server environment. > > - libxo all the things > - more stuff like libifconfig libpf libzfs -- "lib-ify" all the things > - UCL all the things > > A+ > Dave > I was discussing the idea of 'user jails' with a few people around EuroBSDcon. Do you have some specific user cases, and/or ideas of what would be allowed and not allowed? -- Allan Jude
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