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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Google SoC Project Idea: Kontact Exchange
From:       Vic Fryzel <vic () shellsage ! com>
Date:       2007-02-26 4:14:54
Message-ID: 200702252314.54229.vic () shellsage ! com
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Hi,

I'd very much like to contribute to KDE via the Google Summer of Code.  I 
think that I have two good project ideas (the first of which is listed 
below), and have no problem putting forth the required effort to contribute 
features.  I've already contributed patches to the KDE project, am an active 
Gentoo developer, and develop a lot of open source software in my spare 
time.

Please take the time to review, comment on, and build on my proposal, and I 
very much appreciate any feedback.  I'll submit it as soon as the web 
interface for proposal submissions is available.

My preliminary project proposal for full Kontact Exchange integration follows:

Who are you? What are you studying?
My name is Vic Fryzel.  I'm pursuing a B.S. and M.S. in Software Engineering.

What exactly do you intend to do? What will not be done?
It is my intent to bring the MS Exchange implementation in Kontact to be as 
feature-complete as Evolution.  I intend for this to be included in KDE4.  It 
is not my intent to affect any other features of Kontact that are unrelated 
to getting Exchange integration to work, unless a new feature is required by 
Exchange integration.

Why are you the right person for this task?
I'm the right person for the task because I have substantial open source 
software development experience, a significant will to see Kontact and KDE 
become more popular and widely used, and use both KDE and Evolution on a 
daily basis, so I know what's missing from Kontact.  I'm also familiar with Qt 
and the KDE libraries.

How many hours are you going to work on this a week?
I'm prepared to work as many as 30-40 hours per week on this project.  My 
other commitments include my full-time day job as a software engineer.

Are you comfortable working independently under a remote supervisor or mentor?
I'm comfortable working independently under a supervisor or mentor who is at a 
remote location.  I'd set weekly goals for the project, and discuss these 
goals and my progess weekly (or less frequently based upon the requirements 
of the mentor) with my mentor.  I've already had experience with this sort of 
thing in becoming a Gentoo developer, where a large number of the developers 
live in Europe, and I live in the U.S.

What is your native language?
My native language is English.

Where do you live?
I live in Rochester, NY, USA;  a local mentor would be spectacular, but I've 
yet to meet a KDE developer from the area.

To what extent are you familiar with the software you're proposing to work 
with?
I'm very familiar with Kontact and KDE development in general.  I've 
read the source code (I've already looked into further implementing Exchange 
integration in Kontact just in my spare time).  I've begun to modify the 
source to perform better calendar Exchange queries, but have nothing 
patch-ready, although all of my work has been on the KDE trunk, so it is all 
going towards KDE4.  I have used C++ for many work-related projects, and am 
familiar with Qt and the KDE libraries.  I'm also very familiar with MS 
Exchange queries, and have written work-related applications to query 
Exchange servers for data such as one's mail folder/email information, and 
appointment/meeting information;  this included the handling of meeting 
requests.


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Vic Fryzel (vic at shellsage dot com)
http://shellsage.com/
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