Re: [Printing-architecture] [Printing-sc] Application of OpenPrinting as Mentoring Organization for the Google Summer of Code 2007

[Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>]

Then put in yourself for now and we will replace you by your co-workers
as soon as you have talked with them. Now we simply need a complete
application.

   Till


TORATANI Yasumasa wrote:
> I'm interested in the GSoC activity, but I'm sorry I do not have
> enough time to work for it. I know some engineers who know
> OPVP and "opvp" driver code as well as xpdf etc, however,
> 2-3 hours ristriction is very short for asking them.
> 
> TORATANI.
> 
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:31:57 +0000
> Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> IMPORTANT: Everything which is needed is needed today, in the next 2-3
>> hours!
>>
>> Below is the up-to date state of the application form. We should go
>> through the points during the call. We should also complete the project
>> ideas page:
>>
>> http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/GSoC2007
>>
>> (Note the typo correction in the address. I have already corrected it on
>> the server and in the application form).
>>
>> Especially we should write something about the JTAPI and PAPI
>> implementation. Claudia, Norm, Wendy, Ira?
>>
>> In the application form we still need:
>>
>> General (7): License for PAPI
>>
>> About your mentors (2): Google user names for
>>
>>  - Claudia Alimpich -
>>  - Norm Jacobs
>>  - Wendy Philips
>>  - Yasumasa Toratani (Or who else will mentor OPVP-related stuff)
>>
>> About the program (4): We need a somewhat better answer here.
>>
>>    Till
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> General
>> -------
>>
>>
>> 1. What is your Organization's Name?
>>
>> OpenPrinting
>>
>>
>> 2. What is your Organization's Homepage?
>>
>> http://www.openprinting.org/
>>
>>
>> 3. Describe your organization.
>>
>> The goal of the OpenPrinting workgroup is to develop and promote a set
>> of standards that will address the complete printing needs of embedded,
>> mobile, desktop, enterprise, and production environments, including
>> management, reliability, security, scalability, printer feature access
>> and network accessibility.
>>
>> OpenPrinting also provides the most comprehensive printer compatibility
>> database, Foomatic, with its printer driver integration framework. This
>> system turned a de-facto standard which is used by all Linux
>> distributions and SUN Solaris.
>>
>>
>> 4. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2007? What
>> do you hope to gain by participating?
>>
>> We want to get complete implementations of OpenPrinting API
>> modules into the common Linux distributions, in order to add them to
>> the Linux Standard Base (LSB) in the 4.0 release ]
>>
>>
>> 5. Did your organization participate in GSoC 2005 or 2006? If so, please
>> summarize your involvement and the sucesses and failures of your student
>> projects. (optional)
>>
>> No, we did not participate.
>>
>>
>> 6. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have
>> you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)? (optional)
>>
>> No, this is our first application.
>>
>>
>> 7. What license does your project use?
>>
>> PAPI:  ...
>> JTAPI:  MIT
>> Foomatic:  GPL
>> Downloadable drivers and PPDs: Licenses of the upstream suppliers, for
>> most PPDs MIT.
>>
>>
>> 8. URL for your ideas page
>>
>> http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/GSoC2007
>>
>>
>> 9. What is the main development mailing list for your organization?
>>
>> printing-architecture Mailing List,
>> http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-architecture
>>
>>
>> 10. Where is the main IRC channel for your organization?
>>
>> We are not using IRC currently.
>>
>>
>> 11. Does your organization have an application template you would like
>> to see students use? If so, please provide it now. (optional)
>>
>>
>> 12. Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please enter
>> their Google Account address. We will email them to confirm, your
>> organization will not become active until they respond. (optional)
>>
>> Ira McDonald - blueroofmusic@gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> About Your Mentors
>> ------------------
>>
>>
>> 1. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors?
>> Please be as specific as possible.
>>
>> We selected working group chairs and/or principal editors/developers for
>> the various
>> OpenPrinting APIs and components.
>>
>>
>> 2. Who will your mentors be? Please enter their Google Account address
>> separated by commas. If your organization is accepted we will email each
>> mentor to invite them to take part. (optional)
>>
>> Till Kamppeter - till.kamppeter@gmail.com
>> Ira McDonald - blueroofmusic@gmail.com
>> Claudia Alimpich -
>> Norm Jacobs -
>> Wendy Philips -
>> Yasumasa Toratani -
>> Ralph Giles - giles@xiph.org
>>
>>
>> About The Program
>> -----------------
>>
>>
>> 1. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
>>
>> We will transition their work-in-progress to a caretaker
>>
>> (i.e., the appropriate mentor)
>>
>>
>> 2. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
>>
>> We will transition their mentor role to another active
>> member of appropriate OpenPrinting working group
>>
>>
>> 3. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your
>> project's community before, during and after the program?
>>
>> We hold annual Printing Summit face-to-face conferences.
>> We will attend other Linux professional conferences and shows as
>> time and funding permits.
>>
>>
>> 4. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the
>> project after GSoC concludes?
>>
>>> [ Ira - frankly it seems unlikely that they will - IMHO ]
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> TORATANI Yasumasa
> Software Engineering Dept.23
> Platform Technology Development Headquarters, CANON INC.
> 
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