Welcome potential Haiku Google Code-In 2013 students
Here is the page we used for drafting up ideas for tasks for Google Code-In 2013. Many of these will be added to melange and ready to go on day one of the contest. To get up to speed you should familiarize yourself with Haiku. If you have never run Haiku before perhaps the easiest way would be to try it out in a VM. Many of this year's tasks are related to the recent addition of Package Management to Haiku. With this change we need to create .recipe files so that we can rebuild the many packages and projects into .hpkg file to use with Haiku. For information on Haikuporter see https://bitbucket.org/haikuports/haikuports/wiki/Home. For most of our tasks being familiar with Bash scripting, C/C++ programming, some Python, and knowing how to use git will be helpful. More than 50% of our tasks so far this year will fall into the Code category, but there will still be many others for those new to coding. Here is a good starting point to those who are new to Haiku and looking to help out: https://www.haiku-os.org/development. If you have any specific questions you can't find the answer to here, you can ask in irc or contact the Haiku GCI admin via email (scottmc2 @ gmail . com).
Google Code-in Ideas 2013
This is the brainstorm page for the Google Code-In. Google has announced that they are going to hold Google Code-In 2013. Google Summer of Code 2014 and Google Code-In 2013 Announcement Google Code-In Homepage
New task ideas for 2013
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)
| Fix ICO translator so that it rejects bad input bitmaps in Identify #726 | siarzhuk |
| Fix "Devices" app so that you can copy text that is displayed #8880 | |
| [StyledEdit] Support "Export" feature utilizing text translators. Fix #9394 | siarzhuk |
| [STXT Translator] Wrap and use ICU's Character Set Detection feature. Fix #9395 | siarzhuk |
| Improve "top" utility screen redraw. Fix #9509 | siarzhuk |
| Add RTF output to RTF Translator. Fix #8873 | siarzhuk |
| [StyledEdit] add icons to Open... menu. Fix #9999 | siarzhuk |
| StyledEdit "Save As..." window does not open under certain circustances.Fix #10032 | siarzhuk |
| StyledEdit: the find panel is modal, and doesn't allow to interact with the document.Fix #10053 | siarzhuk |
| libarchive: implement support for BFS extended attributes in zip format | siarzhuk |
| DriveSetup: Popup menu for partition entries and make DriveSetup window zoomable. Fix #9906 and #6265 | siarzhuk |
| DriveSetup:Add a "FixMBR" command. Fix #5980 | siarzhuk |
2. Documentation/Training: Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more
| Create a generic .recipe for a library | scottmc |
| Create a generic .recipe for a Haiku app | scottmc |
| Create a generic .recipe for a command line app | scottmc |
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) |
4. Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality
5. User Interface: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction
| Design UI mockups for the Terminal profiles support. More info in ticket:5030#comment:8 | siarzhuk |
Tasks Imported from Spreadsheet, ready to be copied into Melange when it goes live
| Task # | Description | Task Type |
| 1 | Re-factor StyleEdit's Export feature | Code |
| 2 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the games Manic Miner and/or Jet Set Willy | Code |
| 3 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the game Pachi el Marciano | Code |
| 4 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the game Dragon Memory | Code |
| 5 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the Martian Memory | Code |
| 6 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the game Pipepanic | Code |
| 7 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the game Teeworlds | Code |
| 8 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the game build Xmoto | Code |
| 9 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the game Rezerwar | Code |
| 10 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Entropia Engine++ | Code |
| 11 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the Android font Roboto | Code |
| 12 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the Ninja build system | Code |
| 13 | Create a preliminary password screen for Haiku using the password from the screensaver preferences | Code |
| 14 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build OpenArena | Code |
| 15 | Code a delay of the password lock for a few seconds | Code |
| 16 | Add a keyboard shortcut to move to Tracker's location bar without a mouse | Code |
| 17 | Code an on-screen keyboard for Haiku - Part One - Reuse Keymap code | Code |
| 18 | Code an on-screen keyboard for Haiku - Part Two - Add thumb mode for tablets | Code |
| 19 | Code an on-screen keyboard for Haiku - Part Three - Polish code | Code |
| 20 | Code a blog editor app that can connect to webblog APIs - Part One - | Code |
| 21 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the Haiku game BeSol | Code |
| 22 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BeCasso - Part One | Code |
| 23 | Patch BeCasso so that it doesn't require a keyfile anymore to work - Part Two | Code |
| 24 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the BeOS library ArpCommon | Code |
| 25 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the Windows Extended Metafile Data translator | Code |
| 26 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the BeOS library libMDI | Code |
| 27 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build the BeOS library LibImageManip | Code |
| 28 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build LanguageBindings - Part One - | Code |
| 29 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build LanguageBindings - Part Two - | Code |
| 30 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build LanguageBindings - Part Three - | Code |
| 31 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Ham | Code |
| 32 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build OpenBinder | Code |
| 33 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Mono | Code |
| 34 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build A-Book | Code |
| 35 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BinaryClock | Code |
| 36 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build launchpad | Code |
| 37 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build FileCropper | Code |
| 38 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build ImageMounter | Code |
| 39 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Konfetti | Code |
| 40 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build NetPulse | Code |
| 41 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Organizer | Code |
| 42 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build PPViewer | Code |
| 43 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build AVLDupTree | Code |
| 44 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BackUp | Code |
| 45 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BeCheckers | Code |
| 46 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Scooby | Code |
| 47 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build TransPlus | Code |
| 48 | Create recipe files for 3 fonts sets listed on Gentoo-Portage media-fonts/ that don't yet have a an entry on Haikuports (can be repeated, just not duplicated) | Code |
| 49 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BeIndexed | Code |
| 50 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BePhotoMagic | Code |
| 51 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BeScreenCapture | Code |
| 52 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BeTeX | Code |
| 53 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Capital Be | Code |
| 54 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Cherry Blossom | Code |
| 55 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build ClipUp | Code |
| 56 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build CoveredCalc | Code |
| 57 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Critical Mass | Code |
| 58 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build DriveEncryption | Code |
| 59 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Einsteinium | Code |
| 60 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Eventual | Code |
| 61 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Faber | Code |
| 62 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Filer | Code |
| 63 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build FilWip | Code |
| 64 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Finance | Code |
| 65 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build FreeBird | Code |
| 66 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build FolderShaper | Code |
| 67 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build GuitarMaster | Code |
| 68 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build CommandNotFound | Code |
| 69 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build HitMan | Code |
| 70 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Hugen | Code |
| 71 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build HyperStudio | Code |
| 72 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build JamMin | Code |
| 73 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build JoystickUtilizer | Code |
| 74 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Lava | Code |
| 75 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Manabu | Code |
| 76 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build MasterPiece | Code |
| 77 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Melt | Code |
| 78 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Microbe | Code |
| 79 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Mr. Peeps! | Code |
| 80 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Muscle | Code |
| 81 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Mynti | Code |
| 82 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Niue | Code |
| 83 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Paragraph | Code |
| 84 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build PeopleEdit | Code |
| 85 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build PhotoGrabber | Code |
| 86 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build PonpokoDiff | Code |
| 87 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build ProjectConceptor | Code |
| 88 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Randomizer | Code |
| 89 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Recibe | Code |
| 90 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build RepliCat | Code |
| 91 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Resourcer | Code |
| 92 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build RobinHood | Code |
| 93 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Run | Code |
| 94 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build SageBrush | Code |
| 95 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Seeker | Code |
| 96 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Scrittore | Code |
| 97 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build SimplyVorbis | Code |
| 98 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Shredder | Code |
| 99 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Snapshot | Code |
| 100 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build SystemInfo | Code |
| 101 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build TakeNotes | Code |
| 102 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Taskpad | Code |
| 103 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Titan | Code |
| 104 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Tolmach | Code |
| 105 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Torrentor | Code |
| 106 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build TrackerGrep | Code |
| 107 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Virtual BeLive! | Code |
| 108 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build VWGet | Code |
| 109 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build WaveView | Code |
| 110 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Weather | Code |
| 111 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Whisper | Code |
| 112 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build SheepShaver | Code |
| 113 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build QuickLaunchPeople | Code |
| 114 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Spiff | Code |
| 115 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build PhantomLimb | Code |
| 116 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build SockHop | Code |
| 117 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Morph | Code |
| 118 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BeSwarm | Code |
| 119 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build BinaryClock and BinaryClockSS | Code |
| 120 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build Space | Code |
| 121 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build MinimizeAll | Code |
| 122 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build QueryWatcher | Code |
| 123 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build RemoteControl | Code |
| 124 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build NightAndDay | Code |
| 125 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build TimeCop | Code |
| 126 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build ConvertToLF | Code |
| 127 | Create a recipe for lato-fonts, it should put OTF and TTF in different packages | Code |
| 128 | Write a freecell solitare clone using the Haiku (Be) API | Code |
| 129 | Write a spider solitare clone using the Haiku (Be) API | Code |
| 130 | Write a klondike solitare clone using the Haiku (Be) API | Code |
| 131 | Update minesweeper code to use resource based definitions instead of individual graphics | Code |
| 132 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build orphilia-dropbox | Code |
| 133 | Create a recipe file for Haikuporter to build DockBert | Code |
| 134 | Check Haiku/app recipes for source links to osdrawer/Haikuware and repace them with links to github. | Code, Research |
| 135 | Write a guide on how to run Haiku in the jpc virtual machine | Documentation |
| 136 | Write a guide on how to run Haiku in the SimNow virtual machine | Documentation |
| 137 | Write a guide on how to run Haiku in the Virtual PC VM (windows) | Documentation |
| 138 | Write a guide on how to run Haiku in the Q kju VM (mac) | Documentation |
| 139 | Write a guide on how to run Haiku in Xen (linux) | Documentation |
| 140 | Finish writing the guide on how to run Haiku in QEMU (Windows or Linux) | Documentation |
| 141 | Finish writing the guide on how to run Haiku in VMware Fusion (Mac) | Documentation |
| 142 | Check the Main Virtualizing Haiku page for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date | Documentation |
| 143 | Check the VMware Player guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date (Windows) | Documentation |
| 144 | Check the VirtualBox guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date | Documentation |
| 145 | Check the Parallels Workstation guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date (Windows) | Documentation |
| 146 | Check the Bochs guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date | Documentation |
| 147 | Check the Parallels Desktop guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date (Mac) | Documentation |
| 148 | Check the KVM guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date (Linux) | Documentation |
| 149 | Check the Hyper-V guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date (Windows) | Documentation |
| 150 | Check the VirtualBox Serial Debugging guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date (Linux) | Documentation |
| 151 | Check the VirtualBox Serial Debugging guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date (Windows) | Documentation |
| 152 | Check the Connecting to wireless networks guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date | Documentation |
| 153 | Write a introductory document about how to use the Clockwerk user interface with screenshots | Documentation |
| 154 | Check the Installing optional packages guide for errors, spelling mistakes and if it is up to date | Documentation |
| 155 | Expand the DESCRIPTION of 5 .recipe files if their current one is less than 2 sentences | Documentation |
| 156 | Make a Video showing how Package Management works on Haiku | Documentation, Outreach |
| 157 | Write a page for wikipedia on Haiku-depot that meets encyclopedic standards | Documentation, Outreach |
| 158 | Write a page for wikipedia on Haiku's PackageInstaller for legacy BeOS apps which meets encyclopedic standards | Documentation, Outreach |
| 159 | Check WebPositive's Wikipedia page for errors, spelling mistakes and if it's information is up to date | Documentation, Outreach |
| 160 | Check Pe's Wikipedia page for errors, spelling mistakes and if it's information is up to date | Documentation, Outreach |
| 161 | Check BePDF's Wikipedia page for errors, spelling mistakes and if it's information is up to date | Documentation, Outreach |
| 162 | Check BootManager's Wikipedia page for errors, spelling mistakes and if it's information is up to date | Documentation, Outreach |
| 163 | Check Tracker's Wikipedia page for errors, spelling mistakes and if it's information is up to date | Documentation, Outreach |
| 164 | Check 10 .recipe files to see if they build properly on haiku x86_64 nightly, open issues for any that are broken | Quality Assurance |
| 165 | Test Album for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 166 | Test Aplayer for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 167 | Test Beam for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 168 | Test Beget for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 169 | Test Beshare for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 170 | Test BePDF for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 171 | Test Beezer for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 172 | Test BurnItNow for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 173 | Test Caya for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 174 | Test Clockwerk for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 175 | Test Pe for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 176 | Test Quicklaunch for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 177 | Test ThemeManager for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 178 | Test UberTuber for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 179 | Test W6 for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 180 | Test Wonderbrush for Bugs and Issues | Quality Assurance |
| 181 | Write a 2 page research report on the possability of porting CPU-G to Haiku | Research |
| 182 | Write a 2 page research report on AMD SimNow and the possability of its HDD image being a build target for Haiku | Research |
| 183 | Write a 2 page research report on the possability of runing Haiku in Google Ganeti | Research |
| 184 | Research the best way to implement B_OUTLINE_RESIZE BWindow flag | Research, Code |
| 185 | Find a way to update HaikuTwitter to use Twitter API v1.1 | Research, Code |
| 186 | Research the best way to implement utmpx.h | Research, Code |
| 187 | Create a missing 3d HVIF icon for Haiku | User Interface |
| 188 | Create a missing 2d toolbar HVIF icon for Haiku | User Interface |
| 189 | Create new artwork for Minesweeper game | User Interface |
| 190 | Finish coding the native GUI of Cmake for Haiku | User Interface, Code |
| 191 | Finish coding Bluetooth UI improvements and then check for other issues | User Interface, Code |
| 192 | Add a way to change the yellow folder Icon in tracker to the blue folder icon when the folder is read-only | User Interface, Code |
| 193 | Change the old Tracker navigation bitmap buttons to HVIF icons | User Interface, Code |
| 194 | Change the old Mail toolbar bitmap buttons to HVIF icons | User Interface, Code |
| 195 | Change the old Tracker status window bitmap icon to a new HVIF icon | User Interface, Code |
| 196 | Fix a bug in ArtPaint | User Interface, Code |
| 197 | Fix a bug in ArmyKnife | User Interface, Code |
| 198 | Fix a bug in BeAE | User Interface, Code |
| 199 | Fix a bug in Beam | User Interface, Code |
| 200 | Fix a Bug in Beezer | User Interface, Code |
| 201 | Fix a bug in Caya | User Interface, Code |
| 202 | Fix a bug in Friss | User Interface, Code |
| 203 | Fix a bug in Sawteeth | User Interface, Code |
| 204 | Fix a bug in Hare | User Interface, Code |
| 205 | Fix a bug in SumIt | User Interface, Code |
| 206 | Fix a bug in Pe | User Interface, Code |
| 207 | Fix a bug in Vision | User Interface, Code |
These are imported from our GCI 2012 ideas page and many will be removed and/or changed and more will be added.
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 2013.
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 | |
| 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 /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 | SZ's note 1 |
| Add BFS attribute support to an archive format | SZ's note 5 |
| Cleanup and Perform code audit on Haiku's GameSound classes | |
| Implement missing sysconf definitions | SZ's note 1 |
| 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 | SZ's note 1 |
| Implement <utmpx.h> #3207 | SZ's note 1 |
| Implement B_OUTLINE_RESIZE #2724 | |
| Use ICU API for line breaking | |
| Implement <aio.h> asynchronous I/O #5683 | SZ's note 1 |
| Investigate and find correct fix for bfs: wrong error mapped #2708 | sz:unclear - was checked during GCI2012, unconfirmed and just closed without results. |
| 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 | sz:too complicate to be solved in 3 days |
| 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 | SZ's note 1 |
| Implement BGLScreen #1182 | |
| Review and implement any missing functions and definitions in <search.h>, <stdio.h>, <stdlib.h>, <wchar.h> #7008 | SZ's note 1 |
| Rewrite ISA.h and PCI.h headers #1576 | SZ's note 1 |
| Create fix for handling _POSIX_VDISABLE Correctly #3416 | |
| 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 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 | |
| Create a .bep file for haikuporter to build HaikuTwitter (http://code.google.com/p/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 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 |
| Write a how-to guide on how to run Haiku in VMWare |
| Write a how-to guide on how to run Haiku in Parallels Desktop (Mac) |
| Write a how-to guide on how to run Haiku in Parallels Workstation (Windows or Linux) |
| Write a how-to guide on how to run Haiku in Virtual PC |
| Write a how-to guide on how to run Haiku in Bochs. |
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. | SZ's note 2 |
| Test all open trac tickets (0-6700) for MediaPlayer ShowImage (22) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed. | SZ's note 2 |
| Test all open trac tickets (6700-8100)for MediaPlayer (21) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed. | SZ's note 2 |
| Test all open trac tickets for ShowImage (15) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed. | SZ's note 2 |
| Test all open trac tickets for StyledEdit(15) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed. | SZ's note 2 |
| Test all open trac tickets for Terminal (28) and indicate whether they are still valid. Add extra information as needed. | SZ's note 2 |
| 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 | SZ's note 4 |
| Submit a 20kb+ patch containing codestyle fixes for any part of the system | SZ's note 4 |
| Submit a 20kb+ patch containing codestyle fixes for any part of the system | SZ's note 4 |
| 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 | SZ's note 1 |
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. | SZ's note 3 |
| 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. | SZ's note 3 |
| 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. | SZ's note 3 |
| 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. | SZ's note 3 |
| Research a hypothetical Haiku R2 Deskbar and make a mock-up | |
| Create a HVIF icon for vCard files using Icon-O-Matic |
Siarzhuk's Notes on GCI2012 Ideas list
This section contains my thoughts based on GCI 2010/2011/2012 experiense. All should be prefixed with "In my opinion".
Note 1: Completing POSIX stuff for system-wide headers. Should be published only in case we have mentor with good knowledge of the POSIX requrements and corresponding experiense.
Note 2: Recheck all tickets for the Application. It is too silly to complete and gives no guarantee that we can safely close the ticket as fixed. So I treat this as useless waste of time.
Note 3: GUI problems checking tasks in the wrong category. Should be moved to QA category. Instead I propose to invent more creative tasks for this category. For example, Design more usefull/comfortable/informational UI layout or application workflow for the Application. Propose mockups and make those tasks more creative and interesting.
Note 4: Codestyle 20kb+ cleanup. May be we should try to recruit a bit more creative coders than just a cleaning personal?
Note 5: Add BFS attributes support into archive format. Haiku has xattr emulation so we are becoming the BFS attributes support automatically as soon as corresponding archiver can work with xattr. So there are no big reasons to invent homebrewn attributes implementation.
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