Alan Coopersmith
Senior Software Architect at Oracle Corporation
California, United States
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Top SchoolAlan Coopersmith is a Senior Software Architect with 26 years of deep systems and open-source experience, specializing in Solaris, Unix/Linux, and the X Window System. He has led Solaris engineering at Oracle and drove the migration of Solaris from a proprietary X server to Xorg while contributing Sun changes back to the community. An active contributor to the Meson build system, he improved Solaris compiler/linker recognition and 64-bit library handling, helping broaden cross-platform build compatibility. Alan combines release engineering, security assurance, and long-term community leadership—having served on the X.Org and OpenSolaris boards—with hands-on C and systems programming expertise honed since his UC Berkeley Computer Science degree.
26 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
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architecture9
architectures9
automations9
automation9
system9
testing8
python8
xorg6
xlib6
auto-repeat6
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Github contributions (5)
mesonbuild/meson
Aug 2017 - Nov 2022
The Meson Build System
Role in this project:
System Architect / Automation Engineer
System Architect / Automation EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 26 commits, 12 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Alan's contributions focused on enhancing Meson's support for the Solaris operating system. They implemented changes to recognize Solaris-specific compilers and linkers, including modifications to accommodate version differences and output streams. Additionally, they added support for Solaris 64-bit library subdirectories and implemented Solaris-specific symbol extraction, contributing to the build system's broader platform compatibility. The user also addressed various build issues related to Solaris, including fixing tests and ensuring the correct handling of object files, linking, and rpath configurations.
build-systemmeson
uli42/nx-libs
Mar 2009 - Feb 2016
NX (redistributed)
Contributions:382 commits in 6 years 11 months
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