From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <47C5880E.4070703@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:55:58 +0100 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008: Application period for mentoring organizations: March 3-12 List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan , Markus Rex , "'printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org'" Cc: Jeff Licquia Hi, the Google Summer of Code 2008 got announced these days: http://code.google.com/soc/2008 The application period for mentoring organizations is March 3 - 12. It would be great if this year we get some implementation work done by means of the Google Summer of Code. My ideas for student projects are: * libjtapi: C implementation of JTAPI to be shipped by Linux distribution and Unix operating systems. * PAPI integration in CUPS: Seems that no one is working on that currently * Filling the holes in the PDF workflow with CUPS: It is still not determined who will code the CUPS filters pdftoraster, texttopdf, pdftoijs * Common Printing Dialog: Coding on the dialog designed by OpenUsability, for KDE and/or GNOME * OpenPrinting database: Web-based (CGI) software for efficiently reviewing and triaging user-contributed printer entries and comments and integrating them into OpenPrinting XML database (Foomatic database). Also to join duplicates and to remove bad entries. Please post your ideas up to Monday, March 10 at the latest, so that we have time to include them in our application. As agreed with Jeff Licquia, the Linux Foundation will enter as one mentoring organization, with projects from all workgroups, especially also LSB. Please enter your project ideas on https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code Should we schedule a conference call about the application for the Google Summer of Code? Till ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi, the main weakness of OpenPrinting is the lack of man power, so we should make use of all means to raise man power. A very good opportunity is the Google Summer of Code (http://code.google.com/soc/), but we must be well prepared when they open their call for mentoring organizations. Between the opening and the application deadline there is only one week and so we will possibly not be able to schedule a phone meeting in that week. Remember that we have missed last year's deadline by finalizing in the OP Steering Committee phone meeting. As there are no announcements of the opening we should already start to prepare the definitions of the projects we want to offer so that when they open we have the application ready. So please anyone, make your suggestions for projects to be offered for Google Summer of Code students. My suggestions are (the order is not the order of importance): * libjtapi: C implementation of JTAPI to be shipped by Linux distribution and Unix operating systems. * PAPI integration in CUPS: Seems that no one is working on that currently * Filling the holes in the PDF workflow with CUPS: It is still not determined who will code the CUPS filters pdftoraster, texttopdf, pdftoijs * Common Printing Dialog: Coding on the dialog designed by OpenUsability, for KDE and/or GNOME * OpenPrinting database: Web-based (CGI) software for efficiently reviewing and triaging user-contributed printer entries and comments and integrating them into OpenPrinting XML database (Foomatic database). Also to join duplicates and to remove bad entries. Last year the deadline for mentor organizations to apply was March 12, please keep an eye on the Google Summer of Code web site to not miss the opportunity again. What about phone meetings to talk about this subject? Till