GSoC: Matt Joyce Introduction

[Gedare Bloom]

Hi Matt,

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 6:18 AM Matthew Joyce <mfjoyce2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello RTEMS Community!
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> My name is Matt, I’m a former US Army infantry officer, now back in school pursuing a second bachelor’s in Computer Science at Oregon State University.
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> I am new to open source, but I am just completing my second (elective) operating systems course and have a class in x86 assembly language under my belt. I’m starting my first class in embedded programming at the end of the month. (I’m excited!)
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Welcome! That sounds like a good baseline to start with RTEMS from.

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> Based on the long-term participation of previous years’ GSoC students, I see that this community is committed to stewarding the project into the future. And I see that the work you do is literally out there among the stars. That is what I’d call a legacy! I know that I could learn so much from the community, and hopefully, with a lot of sweat, contribute something as well.
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> One project in which I’m interested is #4328: “New APIs Added to POSIX Standard (2021)”. I would be grateful if someone could help me understand the current state of this effort and where it fits into the greater “POSIX Compliance” effort (#2966). I notice in the “Small Projects” section there is a task to flesh out the RTEMS POSIX User’s Guide. I thought that this might be a good way for me to build up my understanding of RTEMS, prepare me to better work on 4328, and add something along the way. Is that something that would be helpful?
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Joel should be able to provide guidance on both fronts. Improving the
documentation is always helpful. The POSIX code improvements are often
a good, incremental coding activity.

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> It’s nice to “meet” you all and I look forward to hearing back from you!
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Great. One thing you might consider is to use plain-text mode instead
of HTML/rich-text editor. It will make your emails easier to reply to
in threaded context.

Gedare

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> Sincerely,
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> Matt
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