Google Code-in Ideas 2012

This is the brainstorm page for the ​Google Code-In.

Translation tasks have been dropped from Google Code-In 2012, so there will be no translation tasks here. Google is reducing the number of orgs for 2012 down to 10 from a total of 18 orgs in 2011. Haiku may or may not be one of those 10. Also the difficultly levels will be removed and tasks should be created such that they would take about 2-4 hours to complete.

Developers and documenters: Suggested tasks can be added below if you have wiki edit rights.

Prospective Students: This page should give you an idea of what tasks may be available for Haiku, should we get selected for GCI 2012.

1. Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code

For coding tasks students should make sure to follow Haiku's coding guidelines: (​https://www.haiku-os.org/development/coding-guidelines)

Resolve any open Haiku trac ticket	<== Need to search through these and create tasks for ones that students could handle
Add Haiku native GUI to the cmake port, (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/236)
Bluetooth Stack/UI Improvements (​http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc8wsckv_6d8qdzbfz)
Create a linux package (.deb / ppa) for bfs_fuse
Research and implement AMD SimNow HDD image build target
Update poorman to use layout manager #3787
Add support for syntax highlighting of XML files in Pe. (​http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=18703&group_id=5154)
Fix BGLView glitch #5369
Fix BGLView /OpenGL resize bug when direct mode is enabled #7050
Fix [screen_blanker] crashes in BGLView::DirectConnected () #8898
Implement Missing/Incorrect POSIX Functionality defined in header files
Add Haiku native GUI to the cmake port
Add BFS attribute support to an archive format
Cleanup and Perform code audit on Haiku's GameSound classes
Implement missing sysconf definitions
Fix SDL custom cursors on Haiku
Bluetooth - Retrieve Discovery and DevClass in Startup
Write a working .bep file to allow haikuporter to build MySQL ​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/342
Implement <time.h> clock and timer support in Haiku
Implement <utmpx.h> #3207
Fix unnamed union in pthread.h #2971
Implement B_OUTLINE_RESIZE #2724
Use ICU API for line breaking
Implement missing <math.h> functions #7007
Implement <aio.h> asynchronous I/O #5683
Investigate and find correct fix for bfs: wrong error mapped #2708
Create a .bep file for Haikuporter to build Apache Harmony on Haiku
Fix BGLView /OpenGL resize bug when direct mode is enabled #7050
Fix webpositive so that it can render arabic fonts. #6352
Fix StyledEdit so that it properly checks for valid utf-8 when loading a file #6447
Add Haiku native GUI to the cmake port
Cleanup and Perform code audit on Haiku's GameSound classes #332
Bluetooth - Retrieve Discovery and DevClass in Startup
Fix SDL custom cursors on Haiku
Implement missing sysconf definitions #2044
Implement BGLScreen #1182
Review and implement any missing functions and definitions in <search.h>, <stdio.h>, <stdlib.h>, <wchar.h> #7008
Rewrite ISA.h and PCI.h headers #1576
Create fix for handling _POSIX_VDISABLE Correctly #3416
Fix ICO translator so that it rejects bad input bitmaps in Identify #726
Check fix for Allegro and improve on it if it's not working as expected. (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/581)
Check scummvm port and bring up to latest release (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/501)
Port libs3, create a working .bep so that it builds cleanly using haikuporter (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/563)
Create a clean .bep and patch for building freedroid on Haiku using haikuporter (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/464)
Check protobuf port and bring up to latest release (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/282)
Check hedgewars port and bring up to the latest release (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/469)
Check xut port and bring up to the latest release (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/471)
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to libass (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/494)
Create bep files for 3 of the 9 font sets listed in HaikuPorts trac ticket 560 (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/560)
Create bep files for 3 of the 9 font sets listed in HaikuPorts trac ticket 560 (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/560)
Create bep files for 3 of the 9 font sets listed in HaikuPorts trac ticket 560 (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/560)
update haikuporter to support building haiku x86_64 packages (ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/629)
Update .bep files for all packages listed in OptionalPackages and LibPak for x86_64 support (ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/630)	<== break into several smaller tasks
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build latest release of libass (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/494)
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build mysql (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/342)
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build Xapian (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/651)
Add a GUI to Transmission
Port libglut #9059 so that it builds using haikuporter
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build HaikuTwitter
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build freepascal (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/372)
Create a .bep file for HaikuPorter to build Beezer (​https://bitbucket.org/cpr/beezer/)
Create a .bep file for HaikuPorter to build DocumentViewer (​http://gitorious.org/documentviewer)
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build hqx (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/485)
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build the Qt Framework
Update .bep file for openjdk so that it fully builds using haikuporter
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build htop
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build mediainfo (​http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/)
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build eventual (​http://developer.berlios.de/projects/haiku-pim/)
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build mussel and beshare (​http://dev.osdrawer.net/projects/beshare)
Create a .bep File to build fitz (libfitz) from mupdf 1.1 (based on already existing bep file for Fitz 1.0)
Check if DocumentViewer (​http://gitorious.org/documentviewer) builds with fitz 1.1 instead fitz 1.0
Extend the Makefile of mupdf 1.1, so that it builds also shared libraries (not only static ones)
Create a basic pdf translator on top of fitz 1.1
Submit a 20kb+ patch containing codestyle fixes in any part of the Caya source tree (​http://dev.osdrawer.net/issues/478)
Update apache http server to latest 2.2.xx released version
Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build apache http server 2.4.xx latest released version

2. Documentation/Training: Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more

Verify if all the steps mentioned in the "Welcome to Haiku" document are accurate, and suggest improvements.

Write an introduction for one of Haiku's kits for ​http://api.haiku-os.org

Write documentation for one class in API reference manual

Make a video showing off queries (see #2119)

Make a video showing off Stack and Tile

Make a video showing off the power of Haiku's image translators, and other translators

Make a video showing how to write and build a C++ "Hello World" program using the BeAPI

Update the step by step build instructions on the Haiku web site to reflect the switch from svn to git, and verify that it works

Make a video showing Qt installation and Qt applications under Haiku

Make a video showing OpenJDK installation and Java applications running in Haiku

3. Outreach/Research: Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing, or studying problems and recommending solutions

Present a Haiku lightning talk (about 5 minutes long) at a local Linux User Group or similar interested group. (5 or so slides on a specific part of Haiku)

Present Haiku at a local Linux User Group or similar interested group. (20 or so slides and demo time)

Create a more gripping screenshot slideshow for the website.

Research way to do right-to-left text in ICU and integration to Haiku API

Research and report on what would be needed in order to add support for PHP to poorman

4. Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality

Test all open trac tickets for Expander (6) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed.

Test all open trac tickets (0-6700) for MediaPlayer ShowImage (22) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed.

Test all open trac tickets (6700-8100)for MediaPlayer (21) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed.

Test all open trac tickets for ShowImage (15) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed.

Test all open trac tickets for StyledEdit(15) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed.

Test all open trac tickets for Terminal (28) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed.

Boost fails many tests, recheck it on a gcc4 Haiku and create a wiki page showing the status of the failed tests. (​http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/622)

Submit a 20kb+ patch containing codestyle fixes for any part of the system

Submit a 20kb+ patch containing codestyle fixes for any part of the system

Submit a 20kb+ patch containing codestyle fixes for any part of the system

GameSound classes need code audit and cleanup ​http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/332

Perform code review of Translation kit checking for utf-8 string vulnerabilities, report results

Review trac tickets #2696, #4947 and report on what if any of the missing functionality is still missing in the current Haiku code

5. User Interface: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction

Check over the various apps included in Haiku, both with the fonts set to size 12 and set to size 18. Check the apps for text alignment report any issues you find. Keep a list of the apps that you checked over.

Check over the various apps include in Haiku, checking it with various languages set. Note any text alignment problems and report any issues you find. Keep a list of the apps that you checked over, and languages checked.

Check over the various apps included in Haiku, looking for instances of large/too small spacing between elements. Document these problems with annotated screenshots added as attachments in Trac.

Some Haiku apps/preflets use non-standard controls that could be replaced with standard ones, eg. custom progress bars etc.. Identify where these are used, so that they can be updated to use standard controls

Search Haiku's trac for issues related to the GUI and recheck them to see if they are still valid.

Research a hypothetical Haiku R2 Deskbar and make a mock-up

Create a HVIF icon for vCard files using Icon-O-Matic