Re: google summer of code

[Quentin Mathé]

Le 23 avr. 06 à 00:31, BALATON Zoltan a écrit :

> I think this would be a great opportunity for the project to get more
> developers who can work on writing code. I hope that they let us  
> take part via the GNU umbrella.
>
> Here is my list of ideas:
>
> - Implement the CoreGraphics API on top of Cairo (this brings a common
>   base for the Cairo backend, PDFKit and viewer tasks above)

I don't have a sufficient knowledge of Cairo and CoreGraphics to know  
whether this is possible easily or not.

> - Maybe try to implement CoreImage on top of OpenGL and raster  
> image code
>   in back (this may not be an easy task, but for someone who is  
> dedicated
>   enough and has a whole summer may be feasible)

May be we need better OpenGL support first. But why not.

> - Bring together and consolidate code from gui/base and GWorkspace  
> into a
>   library similar to LaunchServices
>   (http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?LaunchServices)

LaunchServices isn't really that terrific imo.

> - Overhaul and optimise the text system in GUI

Already included.

> - Implement a way for binary packaging and distribution (akin to  
> Apple's
>   Installation private framework) + command line installer + GUI
>   Installer.app and put together a binary distribution (this would  
> also
>   include MultiArch Binary emulation via non-flattened directory  
> layout,
>   possibly flattened during installation)

That's another possibility.
There is an Installer application part of Étoilé at this time, it was  
written by Frederic Munoz, but nobody is working on it at this time.
<http://www.etoile-project.org/etoile/mediawiki/index.php? 
title=Installer>

> - Might have tasks together with the GCC project too concerning the
>   Objective C runtime (e.g. exception handling, objc++ improvements if
>   any needed)

Support for @synchronized would be nice.

> Some of the above tasks might not be easy but I think they sould be  
> challanging enough to find good candidates for implementing them. A  
> warning similar to that of the wine project put on their pages  
> might be appropriate in some cases but there are easier tasks as  
> well so we might be able to give an appropriate task for anyone  
> applying.

As a side note, I updated/improved the wiki page (fixing some  
mistakes too) : <http://mediawiki.gnustep.org/index.php/ 
Summer_Of_Code_2006>
I think we should try to have a better granularity for tasks because  
some of them are fairly small and other quite huge. Any suggestions ?

We would need more mentors too I think… Gregory, Fred, Richard or  
anyone else perhaps ?

Quentin.

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