From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qydWSFXgcBjmuS+yrWPzl57cv1CrySZVXselK4IbPlI=; b=haHpQIkKOCESEXEio611LtT4BwajWv7550jUEdqUK/Voef2XF8aB1f/xAWI4RMVFCt xQuLOjQ1TtM3izDv4H/2heIJJUbpiUbVk6XUGjcQnm97JIjhjx2qUd0Qv878x9relJHl 89aKqPi5KptKxym4d0dXsBHe325fv9AXOP6Hz61e8JIoTE8tplNnqLRwyBop+7aLlOAW Ol5MJyebqGnLdgZi/ukWGO2jJZTwWX1GceCUNOKY5BHRfZIxcn+UEEw3TwmZrcl1BWwf auRidnlM9VJl3Ib6EzUfQWT9vBFjIxujHrqxRMfo8PPPmg92R16smXoWX6oUK6rQZ5/9 pB9w== Message-ID: <52F36B42.1060405@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 12:00:18 +0100 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1391601767.6086.YahooMailBasic@web172303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1391601767.6086.YahooMailBasic@web172303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Printing-architecture] GSoC, & printing & not-so-printing projects. List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: htl10@users.sourceforge.net, "printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Printing-japan , "printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Ira McDonald Thank you very much for the good news, Hin-Tak, please add your project ideas to the appropriate workgroup's idea list, or post the copy-and-paste-ready text here on the list(s). Till On 05.02.2014 13:02, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > Hi Till, > > GSoC application for organizations has just started. I assume you'll put in an application > again as per usual? > > I have mentioned once or twice before that ddiwrapper (using wine + extra bits to run > windows printer drivers) is due for an update from recent DIB developments; also there > are newer windows (8!) as well as 64-bit windows become common > since what was 32-bit XP/2000 era technology. One other interesting recent > development is http://www.darlinghq.org/ - which probaby means using Mac OS X printer > drivers might be a possibility - so I think you could update the project descriptions, etc a bit. > > Also, one very important thing - I don't read e-mails to my gmail account often > (mostly for automating patch submissions, etc!), and contact should always be > the sourceforge address, and *most important*, all GSoC or not-GSoC-related queries > *must* CC one of the mailing lists. I cannot emphasize this often enough. > > Just co-incidentally, these last few weeks saw an alternative HFS+ (i.e. Mac OS X file system, > important for dual booting linux+OSX) journalling implementation > emerging - and it just landed in Andrew Morton's tree. - That was the failed GSoC > project I took on two years ago. I have had some discussion on kernel fs-devel > about adapting actual Apple code via fuse - linux's file-system-in-userand - for > inter-operability. So that's another not-printing GSoC project one might advertise on. > > Hin-Tak > >