GSOC 2012/Student Application Cerberus/Fedora JBOSS spin

Proposal Description

Please describe your proposal in detail. Include:

An overview of your proposal

• To help package JBOSS AS7 and similar components, e.g. Shrinkwrap, to help create a Fedora JBOSS spin.
• To get Shrinkwrap packaged and able to successfully build, install, and run for the next release.
• To pick up any other packaging tasks that are required to complete the packaging for the Fedora JBOSS spin project.

The need you believe it fulfills

• JBOSS provides Java Enterprise developers with an option of a compact distribution.
• Shrinkwrap provides a simple mechanism to assemble archives like JARs, WARs, and EARs with a friendly, fluent API, for Java Enterprise developers.

Any relevant experience you have

• Junior in the Computer Engineering program at University of Maryland Baltimore County. I have experience in developing, compiling, and submitting projects on a Linux distribution. I know C, C++, Python, Java, ant, cvs, and bash and I have used Fedora for years.

How do you intend to implement your proposal

• Start by becoming a proven packager.
• Do some research on using Maven, and the whole process.
• Start packaging the dependencies required by Shrinkwrap.
• Separate the Shrinkwrap source into separate build-able modules.
• Try to build against rawhide.
• And, test, test, test.

Final deliverable of the proposal at the end of the period

• Shrinkwrap completely packaged ready for the Fedora JBOSS spin.

Any other details you feel we should consider

I have a lot of time to spend over the summer on this project.

Have you communicated with a potential mentor? If so, who?

Yes, Marek Goldmann.

Proposal Description

Please describe your proposal in detail. Include:

An overview of your proposal

• To help package JBOSS AS7 and similar components, e.g. Shrinkwrap, to help create a Fedora JBOSS spin.
• To get Shrinkwrap packaged and able to successfully build, install, and run for the next release.
• To pick up any other packaging tasks that are required to complete the packaging for the Fedora JBOSS spin project.

The need you believe it fulfills

• JBOSS provides Java Enterprise developers with an option of a compact distribution.
• Shrinkwrap provides a simple mechanism to assemble archives like JARs, WARs, and EARs with a friendly, fluent API, for Java Enterprise developers.

Any relevant experience you have

• Junior in the Computer Engineering program at University of Maryland Baltimore County. I have experience in developing, compiling, and submitting projects on a Linux distribution. I know C, C++, Python, Java, ant, cvs, and bash and I have used Fedora for years.

How do you intend to implement your proposal

• Start by becoming a proven packager.
• Do some research on using Maven, and the whole process.
• Start packaging the dependencies required by Shrinkwrap.
• Separate the Shrinkwrap source into separate build-able modules.
• Try to build against rawhide.
• And, test, test, test.

Final deliverable of the proposal at the end of the period

• Shrinkwrap completely packaged ready for the Fedora JBOSS spin.

Any other details you feel we should consider

I have a lot of time to spend over the summer on this project.

Have you communicated with a potential mentor? If so, who?

Yes, Marek Goldmann.