Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of GoogleSummerOfCodeIdeas

Timestamp:

Dec 14, 2009, 5:22:57 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

mmadia

Comment:

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GoogleSummerOfCodeIdeas

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 Limitations:
- * Should be peripherary projects that will not affect any timelines for the project.
+ * Should be peripheral projects that will not affect any time lines for the project.
  * Published ideas need at least one person willing to be mentor. 
  * Maybe we can mention which ideas require a mentor to be found ?
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 Actual Ideas
         * Non R1 tasks: http://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/FutureHaikuFeatures
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         * TTY Layer
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         * Remote app_server -- user-friendly integration
-        * Finalize new driver architecture & rewrite drivers
+
         * Updating & Utilizing RamFS
                 * detect available memory at boot. 
                 * create drives based on some rules
                 * /tmp should be mounted as ramfs -- for both RW & RO medium
+                * maybe a Preflet to control settings
                 * create a true live cd experience.
                         * keep settings on ramfs.
                         * write to a secondary disk at shutdown or at 'sync'
                         * read imagefile from disk to ramfs at boot
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         * Filesystems: general improvements
                 * EXT, ReiserFS: write support
                 * UFS2: Read (& Write) support
                 * ZFS: Read (& Write) support
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         * Non-x86 Ports:
-                * Atari Falcon
                 * ARM
                 * PowerPC
-                * Mipsel
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         * Improving POSIX support
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         * 3rd Party Applications
                 * [http://dev.osdrawer.net/projects/imkit IM Kit]
@@ -46 +51 @@
                 * WebKit based browser
                 * OpenJDK
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         * Utilizing aspects of 3rd party software
                 * Creating Text Translators from OpenOffice
-        * Integrating software into Haiku -- updating to use layout manager, HVIF icons, Locale Kit, possibly becoming an actual part of Haiku's source tree and not a 3rd party addition.
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+        * Integrating software into Haiku
+                1. updating to use a jam build system
+                1. complying with Haiku's Coding Guidelines
+                1. layout manager
+                1. HVIF icons
+                1. Locale Kit
+                1. possibly becoming an actual part of Haiku's source tree and not a 3rd party addition
                 * [http://dev.osdrawer.net/projects/infopopper InfoPopper] -- as an actual notification_sever
                         * [http://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-development/Notification-Server Big discussion in May 2007]
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                 * [http://dev.osdrawer.net/projects/colors Colors!] 
                 * [http://dev.osdrawer.net/projects/clipup ClipUp]
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         * Native GUI for:
                 * Transmission
                 * VLC
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         * Updating applications to use layout manager.
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         * Hardware profiling tool
                 * an application for creating a hardware database.
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         * Language bindings in SWIG
                 * python
                 * perl
                 * ...
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         * Maybe something involving HaikuPorts?
-                * improving HaikuPorter to work more like FreeBSD's ports
+                * improving HaikuPorter to work more like FreeBSD's ports  -- python programming
+
         * Jam build system enhancements.
-                * like what...?  generic wrapper for autotools, makefiles. This would help intergrate existing projects into Haiku's source tree or 3rdparty folder
+                * like what...?  generic wrapper for autotools, makefiles. This would help integrate existing projects into Haiku's source tree or 3rdparty folder
+
         * Enhancements for Virtualization Software
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         * Universal Spell Checker, built upon the WordServices SDK. note: see [http://www.haikuware.com/remository/view-details/productivity/utilities/spill-chucker Spill Chucker]
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         * Improving [http://dev.osdrawer.net/projects/qt-beos QT4 port] http://qt-haiku.ru/
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         * IPv6 '''Mentor Needed! '''
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         * CUPS
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         * Gallium3d