Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:54:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42691 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201309231754.r8NHsGqo062037@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Mon Sep 23 17:54:16 2013 New Revision: 42691 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42691 Log: - Add Q3 report entry on the Intelligent Download Service Manager GSoC project Submitted by: Ambarisha Bhatlapenumarthi <b.ambarisha@gmail.com> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Mon Sep 23 17:48:31 2013 (r42690) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Mon Sep 23 17:54:16 2013 (r42691) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 8 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 9 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <!-- XXX: set date for the next set of submissions --> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between October and @@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ <description>Documentation</description> </category> + <category> + <name>soc</name> + + <description>Google Summer of Code</description> + </category> + <project cat='kern'> <title>AES-NI Improvements for GELI</title> @@ -401,4 +407,61 @@ <task>Test 10.0-CURRENT and report problems.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='soc'> + <title>Download Manager Service for the Ports Collection</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Ambarisha</given> + <common>Bhatlapenumarthi</common> + </name> + <email>ambarisha@freebsd.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Xin</given> + <common>Li</common> + </name> + <email>delphij@freebsd.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2013/IntellegentDownloadManager">Project wiki page</url> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage/IDMS">More information on DMS</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>This is a Google Summer of Code 2013 project that aims to + replace the <tt>fetch(1)</tt>-based method for getting + distribution files, such as source tarballs, for the third-party + applications (ports) with an intelligent Download Manager + Service (see links for more information).</p> + + <p>All the modules highlighted in the project wiki have been + completed (see links). Specifically:</p> + + <ul> + <li>A service which receives and serves download requests. It + samples download speeds from different mirrors and uses this + information to pick the best mirror on the next request. It + can migrate jobs between mirrors if it realizes that a + complete download from a different mirror would be faster than + proceeding with the mirror it is currently using.</li> + + <li>A status dump feature has also been added to the client + (<tt>dmget</tt>) which dumps the information about active + downloads, speeds from mirrors, etc.</li> + </ul> + </body> + + <help> + <task>The implementation (especially job migration and dumping + status) has not been tested thoroughly. Test the code, write more + unit and regression tests.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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