<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#3333ff"> Hello, I've add <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org">libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org</a> to the CC: Sorry for the cross-posting but I'd like to hear the voice from the dev list as well. The students who are working on the project are already on the list; that means, they read your emails. (2011/06/11 18:29), Tom Davies wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi :) Oh, i just remembered about problems in 4. Impress. A previous coder, Christian, has offered to mentor anyone willing to take over because he just doesn't have enough time to get stuck into coding. The problem is about linking or embedding sound files and it has driven a couple of people back to MS Office's PowerPoint. There might be something a bit more serious in there too but Christian could give details. </pre> </blockquote> I've talked to the students and they said that they like both Impress and Base so this sounds a good idea. Working with experts here is a good opportunity but we don't to slow Christian (and experience developers in general) <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I still think Base is more important because people are more likely to deal with Impress anyway. </pre> </blockquote> Do you care explaining why? <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Base desperately needs people, almost as desperately as the Documentation Team. </pre> </blockquote> I see, however, I see no tasks related to Base under the idea page <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Gsoc/Ideas">http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Gsoc/Ideas</a> And that there is only an easy hack on bugzilla marked with Base -> EasyHack: LibreOffice Base - Find and replace <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32506">https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32506</a> <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I think Svg is already being worked on so it might be all completed before GsoC starts. </pre> </blockquote> You can consider the team of students as another GSoC team. They will need to do something else that requires programming. <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Many regards and congrats from Tom :) </pre> </blockquote> Keep reading :) <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Hi :) I don't really know what skill level they currently have </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> They are all undergraduate students with *some* C++ experience. <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">or what they need to </pre> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">aim for (i haven't read your links yet). </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> They want to contribute to LibO, to work with/under LibO hackers and to improve themself :) <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Also i think the question might be better asked in the devs mailing list rather than marketing list. If you wanted ideas for a marketing project this would be the perfect place. My immediate thoughts are; 1. Base would be awesome. a ton of easy hacks listed. </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> As stated, I see only on easy hack for Base. Please list or add more hacks. <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> 2. SVG import and embedding for all platforms. </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> Because this task has been assigned to a GSoC team, we will work with something else. <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">3. Perhaps a collection of Easy Hacks. Just select a bunch in a single app (such as Base). <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=EasyHack&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED">https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=EasyHack&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED</a> D <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks">http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks</a> </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> +1 Starting with some (Impress) easy hacks sounds good. As we have three students, probably, they will let them work independently on different taks. <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> 5. Perhaps working on a needed Extension might be good?</pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> It is, indeed. But I assume that it is not C++ but some other language like Python will be use if we go for an extension. Is that right? <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> 6. The most under-staffed group in TDF at the moment is the Documentation Team. </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> This is a programming project for students. Sorry :) <blockquote cite="mid:246641.330.qm@web24103.mail.ird.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I have bcc'd this email to Alex in case he has specific ideas. </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> Please keep him in the CC. From the next emails, the students will ping the dev list with specific questions, not the marketing list. Once again, my apologies for cross-posting. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Nguyen Vu Hung (Nguyyễn Vũ Hưng) LibreOffice, Vietnamese Translation Team.</pre> </body> </html>