From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heiko Voigt Subject: Re: Re: Summer of Code project ideas Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:31:57 +0100 Message-ID: <20110322203157.GA21163@book.hvoigt.net> References: <20110303185918.GA18503@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20110303203323.GA21102@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20110309174956.GA22683@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20110309215841.GC4400@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jeff King , Shawn Pearce , Ramkumar Ramachandra , Jonathan Nieder , Jens Lehmann , Christian Couder , Thomas Rast , git , "J.H." , Pat Thoyts , Paul Mackerras To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Mar 22 21:32:14 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q28FS-0002Ql-6T for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:32:14 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755158Ab1CVUcD (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:32:03 -0400 Received: from darksea.de ([83.133.111.250]:51348 "HELO darksea.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755150Ab1CVUb7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:31:59 -0400 Received: (qmail 12725 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2011 21:31:57 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 22 Mar 2011 21:31:57 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 04:40:44PM -0700, Jakub Narebski wrote: > * embedding graphical diff and graphical merge tool in git-gui, e.g. as > "git gui diff". I think that we can use xxdiff; the license is > compatibile. > > Pat and Shawn, is it something worth doing? Does it look like a good > project for GSoC2011, or is it too small of a project for this? Would > we be able to find mentor for this idea? > > * splitting gitk, common library (Tcl/Tk bindings) for gitk and git-gui > > Pat and Paul, do you think it is right scope, or is it too large project > to put as an GSoC idea? I would be interested in mentoring those projects. I do not know whether we can reach consensus how to split up things. The last time we discussed a possible approach[1] to share code between gitk and git gui we did not reach one. Cheers Heiko [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/166663/focus=166695