Fedora Summer Coding community March 2012

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Java API/ABI changes checker
by Stanislav Ochotnicky 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

I've been asked for details on "Java API/ABI changes checker" by a few students so I am putting them all here so I don't have to repeat myself. I envision following use cases for this toolset: 1. packagers will run this on new release of upstream jar, and old release of upstream jar, compare results and decide how to proceed 2. generate a big database of comparison data for a lot of different versions of various projects/jars where developers can go and see the stuff without actually running the tool themselves (similar to [1]) 3. [possibly in the far future] runs by automatic quality control tools such as AutoQA that would prevent an update to a package in a released version of distribution that would break compatibility. Not all of this needs to be included in the proposal, try to get a good idea what you would like to do, how you'd like to do it. There are several available approaches including but not limited to: 1. Modify some of the existing solutions. I've linked 2 of them in the idea page, but they are not the only one. I encourage you to find others, look at them, evaluate them, learn from them...and make sure you mention this in your proposal 2. Start from scratch. While this approach is viable, I would like to see good reasons why modifying existing solutions is not the right path. This will require even better research/evaluation part. Be sure you know what you are getting into A very simple example how I envision the package to work: ---------------------------------------------------- $ javachecker "utils-1.0.jar:commons-1.0.jar" \ "utils-2.0.jar:commons-1.1.jar" ERRORS: Class Util in utils-2.0.jar removes method helper() WARNINGS Superclass for VersionProp changed in commons-1.1.jar Field VersionProp added to abstract class CommonFunc in commons-1.1.jar ---------------------------------------------------- This is more-less minimal that would be considered as a "solution", though output would have to be also accessible in parseable formats (xml/json). There is also great deal of problems that would have to be detected, categorized (especially if you start from scratch). That is why this project requires non-trivial knowledge how Java inheritance works, including overrides, generics etc and even some JVM bytecode knowledge might be necessary. Be sure you know how classpaths work, how JVM finds classes you are import-ing etc. Having the solution modular, being able to be integrated with other tools is also very important. If there are still things I haven't answered feel free to ask for more specific details. [1] http://upstream-tracker.org/java/ -- Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky(a)redhat.com> Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno PGP: 7B087241 Red Hat Inc. http://cz.redhat.com

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Applying for Fedra Project "Semi-automated system implementation for FWN" for GSoC 2012
by Hiran Walawage 25 Mar '12

25 Mar '12

Hi, I'm hiran from Faculty of Information Technolgy, University of Moratuwa. I am studying as a level 2 undergraduate and I have moslty worked with PHP and XML in web development. I have already created a xml web service shopping cart website as a complete project in my faculty. I am also familiar with python language as well. I am planning to join with you for your project related to topic "Semi-automated system implementation for FWN" for GSoC 2012. I hope I can contribute to this project according to my knowledge. And I'm really interested in web forum development with php. I have also new ideas related to this topic. - We can introduce notification bar system for latest news posts. - we can develop dynamic web forums. - For more people awareness we can connect notification alerts with latest news with social networks. - Let the readers to join with conversations with commenting widgets. So let me know how should I contribute to this project. I have more related new ideas as well. Thank You Best Regards, Hiran, Faculty of Information Technolgy, University of Moratuwa.

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GSoC Idea Proposal: Enlightenment
by Leif Middelschulte 25 Mar '12

25 Mar '12

Hey there, I'd like to porpose to work on the enhancement of the e17 desktop shell, to improve the user interface experience of people with low power systems like tablets. Why e17? Read below. Fedora already provides und supports two heavy weight desktop environments (GNOME and KDE) and two lightweight ones (XFCE and LXDM). E17 is a lightweight, yet very configurable and featurerich desktop shell for X window systems built upon the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. These libraries are highly optimized for usage in resource restricted environments, as their usage as e.g. UI kit in Tizen prooves. Supporting my work on e17 will directly improve the user interface experience of fedora users who only have access to machines with limited ressource such as: - Tablets - Old Devices Due to it's efficiency it reduces the time to (desktop) usage significantly, which improves the fedora experience on every other machine too. Subproject ideas: - Advanced RandRR configuration (like monitor profile assignments to put e.g. Impress fullscreen windows on "projectors") - Improved tablet user interface customization (e17 supports so-called profiles) - connman support improvement (support WPA-EAP) - Improved notification center - libcanberra support - Configuration dialogs in general - Themeconverter for other window manager themes Last, but not least I think that the cooperation of fedora with the enlightenment project is a good opportunity for both to promote the usage of desktop distributions on tablets. Please let me know if you need any further information. Best regards, Leif

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GSoC 2k12 : on Insight Calender
by S.P. Mohanty 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Hi, I am a Student studying Computer Science at IIIT-Hyderabad, and Pursuing Research in Computational Linguistics at LTRC, IIIT Hyderabad. I also serve as a Student Systems Administrator in the college, so that gives me experience in Management of Web and Proxy Servers, apart from development work and management of numerous Portals required for workflow in the college. I am a Drupal Developer , with a few projects already deployed, and I also have contributed patches and give support in the Drupal Forums and IRC.I am very much comfortable with the Drupal codebase, to the extent of hacking the core or overriding the core through custom modules. I also have extensive Flash and ActionScript development experience because of my Research Assistantship on a Government of India sponsored project called Virtual Labs. On the ideas page of Fedora, I got intrested in the "Insight use case for calender" project, and given Drupal and PHP as required skills, my experience in both would certainly help me get this done. For this project the Calender Module is a really comprehensive starting point. A new content type for Event could be set up, and the "create content" persmissions be given to the "CLA signed" role. The new content type will have all the numerous Fields that we settle for after the discussions, and also have another user (linked through the User Reference Module) "responsible" for that event. The "responsible" user would have the permissions to classify an Event as "not yet in progress", "in progress", "completed", or "not going to be done", as Kevin Suggested. The event can be categorised based on a taxonomy setup on drupal, as say a Fedora Team Meeting or Fedora Release Schedule, etc which can be themed in the end to let the user know the category of the event in the Calender from the look of the event on the calender. Regarding the creation of the Event, any one with required permissions can either create an event from an admin menu, or we can provide for a graphical "+" symbol on all the dates which appear on hover, to add the Event on that particular date. This would take manipulation and theming of the Calender module. After the events are populated,the Views filters like team, release schedules, etc can be exposed to let users change them, and hence manipulate what appears in their Calender. Drupal Date filters can also be used to show only events completed till date, or all upcoming events. For the proposed Timezone support, Drupal already has built in Timezone support, so that wont be an issue integrating with Calender. Drupal DateApi already provides an iCal Parser, so that can be used in conjunction to achieve the iCal import and export feature (Nevertheless, Views on which Calender module is based, already has a plugin Views iCal Export which can be used, but iCal imports are tricky) And for the feature request by Maria, in specific categories of Events, options like "I am attending"(FUDcon) can be added , or "I am looking forwards to it"(a new Release) , using Drupal Taxonomy Vocabularies. And subsequently the code from Notifications/Subscriptions can be used to Send Notifications, and updates, etc) And as Juan says, if we want logs of meetings, or meeting notes , all we would need to do is add a field to the Event Content Type. This could also include preconference materials I see this project as very much achievable and I really want to take this up as my GSoC project . I would be getting in touch with the specific persons to discuss and get inputs on what fields should be most appropriate for an Event, and other details that would be needed in the completion of this project. A discussion at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Fedora_Calendar_Project , raised the concern about having individual calenders in Drupal. This can be achieved in by Cloning the regular Drupal view of our global calender, and setting up a new filter according to the current uid of the user. A bit tricky if we have varying definations of what an "individual calender" means (maybe on likes, interests, or authorship) but achievable no doubt, with any diversity of parameters. Thats why they call it Drupal :) I would be really grateful if you express interest towards helping me prepare my GSoC project, with your inputs, criticisms and reviews. Thanx, S.P. Mohanty (IRC Nick : _spM_ ) IIIT Hyderabad P.S. : I understand we are required to post our profile along with the proposal, but my personal website, is down because of some issue with the server, I would be posting a link to my profile and work experience in the subsequent mails.

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Mentors : Things to be completed on or before 25th March
by Buddhike Kurera 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Hello Mentors, The students application period will starts on 26th March. As a result x The idea page[1] will be freeze from 25th March(ideas will no be accepted from this date), make sure your idea is on the wiki x Every idea should have to have a mentor, having a co-mentor would be a plus. x Idea which does nt have a mentor will not be selected to the gsoc program therefore those ideas will be removed. If you are a mentor and willing to participate gsoc 2012 with fedora, please make sure, x Your idea is on the wiki x you have competed the required tasks[2] x read the mentors' manual[3] If you are interested in gsoc but do not have your own idea consider mentoring a project from the students' idea list[4]. If you have completed above mentioned point please ignore this notification. Enjoy summer coding !! [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012 [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012#Mentors [3] http://www.flossmanuals.net/gsocmentoring/ [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012/Students_Idea -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera(bckurera) Fedora Ambassador Sri Lanka Event Liaison - Design Team Email: bckurera(a)fedoraproject.org | IRC: bckurera

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IPV6
by Muditha Dissanayaka 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

hi, what are the IPV6 projects in fedora?? best, Muditha

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gsoc - Need a mentor - Integrate Proxy Settings and Network Connections(Locations)
by Buddhike Kurera 20 Mar '12

20 Mar '12

Hello Folks, Students are starting inquiring about the GSOC project ideas we listed on the wiki[0]. But unfortunately some idea dont have a primary mentor. If any one is interested in following idea[1] which is dealing with networking, please take it. Please treat this request as urgent. The list should be cleared (ideas with no mentors) once the students application period has started. More details about mentoring can be found here[2]. Thanks for the support. [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012 [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012#Integrate_Proxy… [2] http://www.flossmanuals.net/gsocmentoring/ -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera(bckurera) Fedora Ambassador Sri Lanka Event Liaison - Design Team Org Admin - Fedora - GSoC 2012 Email: bckurera(a)fedoraproject.org | IRC: bckurera

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GSOC 2012 program - Mentors Info
by Buddhike Kurera 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

Dear Mentors, Please be informed about the following notice. * Make sure your idea/s is completed [1] * Join with the summer-coding mailing list [2] if you have not already joined. * Register as a mentor with Google-melange [3] * Apply for the mentorship with fedora in Google-melange[4] The application period for students will be open from 26th March. If you have already completed the above tasks please ignore this notification. Thanks for your support and understanding. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012 [2] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/summer-coding [3] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012 [4] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/fedora -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera(bckurera) Fedora Ambassador Sri Lanka Event Liaison - Design Team Email: bckurera(a)fedoraproject.org | IRC: bckurera

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Re: Things to do with GSOC
by Mo Morsi 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

On 03/17/2012 05:33 PM, Susmit wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Buddhike Kurera > <bckurera(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> Dear mentors and contributors, >> >> As you all aware we have made the first milestone. Thanks for the support. >> I seek your ideas and comments on following topics, please feel free. >> The talk page of the wiki page also can be used for discussions. >> >> x Deadline for submission of ideas - March 26, 1859 UTC (from March >> 26, 1900 UTC student application will open) >> x Application for the students can be found at the students' guide[1] >> >> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_Guide_students Buddhike, again thanks for all the hard work. The submission deadline seems reasonable. > "Create your single application page" and "Draft your proposal" > looks redundant and can be merged together. > > Thanks. > > > > Yes, these sections do appear a little confusing to me as well, perhaps merging them into one with the following steps would be a little more clear (open for revisions, can put this on the wiki if you want) 1) login to the fedoraproject.org/wiki using your Fedora Account Credentials 2) Navigate to the following URL, replacing <UserName> with your fedora username https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=GSOC_2012/Student_Application_<UserName>&action=edit 3) Populate the form on this page with the contents of the following, filling in the necessary details: https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=GSOC_2012/Student_Application_T… (make sure to _omit_ the <pre> tags) 4) save the page and then click 'watch this page' at the top 5) Navigate to the following URL, replacing <UserName> with your fedora username and <ProposalName> with the name of your proposal https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=GSOC_2012/Student_Application_<Username>/<ProposalName>&action=edit 6) Populate the form on this page with the contents of the following, filling in the necessary details https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=GSOC_2012/Student_Application_T… (make sure to _omit_ the <pre> tags) 7) Save the page and then click 'watch this page' at the top 8) Repeat steps 5-7 for additional proposals you would like to submit If you need help visit https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012#Communication and/or view the sample proposal at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_Bckurera/sampl… Thoughts? -Mo

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Pursuing "Setup Gitlab as a front end for Fedora Hosted git repositories" as GSOC 2012 Project
by Nitish Upreti 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

Hello Everyone I am Nitish Upreti, a student and Fedora-Ruby enthusiast from India. I would love to pursue the project, "*Setting up Gitlab as a front end for Fedora Hosted git repositories"* this summers. Would like to talk to mentors for an in depth insight on project and what community expects from the idea. I have made a similar introductory reply-post on Gitlab groups as well. Looking forward to an exciting and adventurous summer ahead! :) Cheers Nitish

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