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@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ easily addressed with what we have. Students taking this project would be
building tools to address those use cases. building tools to address those use cases.
A good starting point would be to become familiar with how files are placed on A good starting point would be to become familiar with how files are placed on
a grid. [architecture.txt](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs/architecture.txt), a grid. [architecture.txt]source:docs/architecture.txt,
[file-encoding.txt](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs/specifications/file-encoding.txt), [file-encoding.txt]source:docs/specifications/file-encoding.txt,
[mutable.txt](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs/specifications/mutable.txt), [mutable.txt]source:docs/specifications/mutable.txt,
[the immutable file upload code](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/src/allmydata/immutable/upload.py), and [the immutable file upload code]source:src/allmydata/immutable/upload.py, and
[the mutable file upload code](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/src/allmydata/mutable/publish.py) are good [the mutable file upload code]source:src/allmydata/mutable/publish.py are good
places to do that. Also, you might want to look at the places to do that. Also, you might want to look at the
[storage server code](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/src/allmydata/storage/server.py) to understand that [storage server code]source:src/allmydata/storage/server.py to understand that
better. Some good tickets to start looking at are #699, #543, and #232; you'll better. Some good tickets to start looking at are #699, #543, and #232; you'll
find that those link to other tickets. find that those link to other tickets.
@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ There are many ways to help address these issues. Some ideas:
* Alter Tahoe-LAFS to rebalance mutable files when uploading a new version * Alter Tahoe-LAFS to rebalance mutable files when uploading a new version
of them. (#232) of them. (#232)
Any one of these projects is probably too small to fill a summer, but combined they would be a big usability improvement for Tahoe-LAFS. Any one of these projects is probably too small to fill a summer, but combining a few of them would be a big usability improvement for Tahoe-LAFS.
Depending on how you address this, this is tightly integrated with ideas of Depending on how you address this, this is tightly integrated with ideas of
file health and accounting, so prospective students would do well to explore file health and accounting, so prospective students would do well to explore
@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ Implement a protocol for distributed introduction, thus removing the only remain
# Mentors # Mentors
*Who is willing to spend about five hours a week (estimated) helping a student do it right?* *Who is willing to spend about five hours a week (estimated) helping a student do it right?*
<br> <br>
* [Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn](http://testgrid.allmydata.org:3567/uri/URI:DIR2-RO:j74uhg25nwdpjpacl6rkat2yhm:kav7ijeft5h7r7rxdp5bgtlt3viv32yabqajkrdykozia5544jqa/wiki.html) (Python/C/C++/JavaScript, cryptography) [<zooko@zooko.com>]mailto:zooko@zooko.com * [Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn](http://testgrid.allmydata.org:3567/uri/URI:DIR2-RO:j74uhg25nwdpjpacl6rkat2yhm:kav7ijeft5h7r7rxdp5bgtlt3viv32yabqajkrdykozia5544jqa/wiki.html) (Python/C/C++/JavaScript, security+cryptography) [<zooko@zooko.com>]mailto:zooko@zooko.com
* [Jack Lloyd](http://www.randombit.net) (C/C++/Python, cryptography) * [Jack Lloyd](http://www.randombit.net) (C/C++/Python, security+cryptography)
* [David-Sarah Hopwood]mailto:david-sarah@jacaranda.org (Python/C/JavaScript, SFTP frontend, security+cryptography) * [David-Sarah Hopwood]mailto:david-sarah@jacaranda.org (Python/C/JavaScript, SFTP frontend, security+cryptography)
* [Brian Warner]mailto:warner-tahoe@lothar.com (Python/C/JavaScript, security+cryptography)
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