From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <47D58ACE.5080608@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:23:58 +0100 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <47D57DD5.6080007@gmail.com> <1205175495.27299.36.camel@perihelion> <1205175707.27299.40.camel@perihelion> In-Reply-To: <1205175707.27299.40.camel@perihelion> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Printing-architecture] [Lf_driver_backport] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jon Masters Cc: lsb-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org, Jim Zemlin , lf_driver_backport@lists.linux-foundation.org, Linux Foundation Staff , "printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Printing-japan , printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org, webdevel@lists.linux-foundation.org Jon Masters wrote: > On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 14:58 -0400, Jon Masters wrote: > >> *). Online automated driver update database. 2 positions for developers >> who will work on enhancing the Linux tool "Jockey" and build a third >> party driver update database service. This will allow users of a wide >> variety of Linux systems (several different distributions) to >> automatically retrieve and install updated drivers. The online database >> service will allow driver writers to securely interact, publish their >> driver information, and make it available to users. Some effort will be >> devoted to working with existing projects, such as openprinting.org. > > As we said on the call last week, the main idea here is these folks will > cleanup and make our initial rough cuts "pretty" and usable for third > parties - manage accounts, handle secure access to the site, etc. Perhaps you should add this to the description in the ideas page, too. Till