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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [M#27294700] Re: Google's Summer of Code
From:       Chris DiBona <cdibona () google ! com>
Date:       2005-06-01 15:24:49
Message-ID: a4f96ca405060108245daeee9b () mail ! google ! com
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Hi Eva, All.

We'd love to have you. Read the http://code.google.com/mentfaq.html
and see if you can take part.

chris

On 6/1/05, Eva Brucherseifer <eva@kde.org> wrote:
> ------------------------ Trakken Ticket Info ------------------------
> Ticket ID: 27294700                   Ticket State: Open
> Message Type: Incoming Message        Queue: Code
> 
> Ticket URL: http://google.trakken.com/cgi-bin/search.py?ticket_id=27294700
> 
> -------------------------- Message Follows --------------------------
> 
> Hi Brad,
> 
> thank you very much for your input! We are already in the process of
> establishing a contact.
> 
> Greetings,
> eva
> 
> Am Mittwoch, 1. Juni 2005 12:53 schrieb Brad Hards:
> > On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:54 pm, Jakob Petsovits wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just read the announcement of Google's "Summer of Code" program,
> > > and being a student who likes open source very much, I'm highly
> > > interested in that ($4500 for a student's open source project, without
> > > any constraint on what do code). More info on
> > > http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html .
> >
> > It isn't a great time for us, because of the KDE4 transition, but I think
> > it would be a shame if KDE didn't even try!
> >
> > Some projects that might be of interest:
> > 1. a description of the main elements of KDE (ie architecture description
> > and diagrams, for new developers)
> > 2. a killer presentation on KDE, for booths at tradeshows. Perhaps
> > automation with DCOP.
> > 3. improved startup time
> > 4. a code coverage plugin for valgrind
> > 5. an Arthur backend for poppler
> > 6. a revamped/refactored Ark - not sure if this is being worked on, but
> > there may be some scope here (more plugins, perhaps useability)
> > 7. Perhaps some kind of test framework that can detect Binary Incompatible
> > Changes, integrate into SVN.
> > 8. More subversion support (possible buddy project for one of the
> > subversion SummerOfCode projects?)
> > 9. Port KDE Embedded to that new Nokia device.
> > 10. A KDE based audio/video editor?
> > 11.  Some kind of SIP (conferencing) support - either a new project, or a
> > boost to one of the existing ones.
> >
> > As you can see, I'm not shy about stealing other people's ideas, but there
> > are certainly many others (see
> > https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_
> >status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_severity=wishlist&votes=21&order=bug
> >s.votes for a big list!)
> >
> >  I'm probably not the best person to coordinate this (and I'd like to have
> > some more experienced developers to act as real mentors), but even a couple
> > of project might be valuable to us.
> >
> > Kalle: Can KDE e.v. step up here with an official position?
> >
> > Brad
> 
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