Re: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013

[Ivan Vučica]

I think so!

Just to note, David has already registered as a mentor; I don't have any 
specific idea how to work things out in this situation, but what I do have is 
appreciation for all the mentoring and help during the planning and coding 
phase that I can -- and apparently will -- get :-)

I did not submit my proposal yet, I'll post it to the lists when I do. 

Just to add for interested parties: Mailing list for coordination within GNU is 
address@hidden, in case someone wants to track that.

Regards,

Ivan Vučica
via phone

On 29. 4. 2013., at 10:22, Eric Wasylishen <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Fred, Ivan,
> 
> I'd be interested in mentoring a backend/Opal related project, or at least 
> offering guidance if we have a mentor already.
> I guess I have to register on the GSoC site?
> 
> Eric
> 
> On 2013-04-24, at 5:56 PM, Fred Kiefer <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I thought again and I may be able to stand in as a backup mentor for your 
>> project. Not the main mentor, joining in later this summer to help out. I 
>> will try to register as a mentor, but you will still need an official 
>> mentor. Apart for the usual candidates as Richard and Greg I would like to 
>> suggest Eric and Niels. They both were excellent students at the GSoC 
>> themselves and would be able to pass on that experience to other students. 
>> And they are highly knowledgeable in the area.
>> 
>> Fred
>> 
>> On 24.04.2013 13:44, Ivan Vučica wrote:
>>> First, thanks everyone for support and ideas!
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Fred Kiefer <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Ivan
>>>> 
>>>> I had long ago decided that I wont mentor for GSoC this year, but your
>>>> mail led me to rethink that position. Your proposal is very convincing and
>>>> would be highly beneficial for GNUstep. ...
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry, but I wont be able to step in here. Hopefully somebody else in the
>>>> GNUstep community will.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>>> Best wishes and hope to see you in Cambridge,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ditto!
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:31 AM, David Chisnall <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 22 Apr 2013, at 21:43, Ivan Vučica <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Ping! Student registrations have started. Any prospective mentors?
>>>> 
>>>> I've registered as a mentor.  I'd also be most interested in the back end
>>>> being refactored to support using Opal.
>>> 
>>> Based on feedback everyone gave, yes, the importance of this (and the
>>> importance of integration with Core Animation) seems to be the consensus.
>>> 
>>> Currently, basic idea that I have is to copy the entire Cairo backend (or
>>> maybe use derived classes, although long-term that seems a bad idea) and
>>> ensure that every Cairo surface is instead backed with an Opal context. I'd
>>> temporarily expose the Cairo surface from the Opal context, and ensure that
>>> calls are directed to the Cairo surface backing the Opal context instead of
>>> to the Cairo surface inside the backend.
>>> 
>>> Then, I'd be removing the Cairo surface from the backend and replacing
>>> Cairo calls with Opal calls.
>>> 
>>> Finally, I would be continuously looking at options for integrating Core
>>> Animation with AppKit (based on feedback).
>>> 
>>> I'll probably need more supervision compared to implementation of UIKit,
>>> but this is definitely a more useful long-term project for GNUstep.
>>> 
>>> I'll put together a proposal, register it on GSoC's Melange, and also send
>>> it to the mailing list.
>> 
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