SAOC 2026: seeking a mentor for dub build caching

[drug007]

On 8/24/26 20:41, Hariprakash wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm putting together a Symmetry Autumn of Code 2026 proposal and looking 
> for a mentor.
> 
> The project is content-hash based build caching for dub, replacing the 
> current timestamp-based invalidation, which has real problems with clock 
> skew, Docker builds, and filesystem timestamp precision. There's a 
> stalled 2021 proof of concept (PR #2077) that got most of the way there 
> but never landed. I'm picking that up, resolving the open design 
> question it left around dub.selections.json in the cache key, and 
> shipping it with proper test coverage. As a secondary goal, I'll extend 
> this year's newly merged Ninja generator backend to auto-select itself 
> for large multi-package builds.
> 
> Some context on me: I'm a 2026 GSoC contributor with the D Language 
> Foundation, where I built the Ninja backend for dub this summer (merged 
> PRs #3124, #3130, #3131, #3143), so I'm already familiar with the 
> relevant parts of the codebase.
> 
> If this sounds like something you'd be interested in mentoring, or if 
> you know someone who might be, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. 
> Happy to share the full proposal.
> 
> Thanks,
> Hariprakash

Have you tried to contact the author of #2077?