Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of GoogleSummerOfCodeIdeas


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Timestamp:
Jan 18, 2009, 2:11:28 AM (16 years ago)
Author:
mmu_man
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fix linewraps, add infos

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  • GoogleSummerOfCodeIdeas

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    66 * usb_webcam driver
     7  - make it portable to other OSes
     8  - fix bugs
     9  - add more webcams
    710
    8  * usb_video (UVC) driver
     11 * usb_video (UVC) driver -- for higher end webcams and other devices
    912
    1013 * Implement either  RamDisk or RamFS
    … …  
    1821 * IPv6 support
    1922
    20  * Improve "ata" bus_manager (adding DMA and ATAPI support) - assuming
    21 it's still not finished by GSoC time that is
     23 * Improve "ata" bus_manager (adding DMA and ATAPI support) - assuming it's still not finished by GSoC time that is
    2224
    2325 * Improve PCI bus_manager resource-allocation/management (see tickets: #3 #4 #5 )
    2426
    25  * Port (any) 3d driver to our hardware-acceleration plugin model
    26 (perhaps either the Intel, or AMD reference drivers?)
     27 * Port (any) 3d driver to our hardware-acceleration plugin model (perhaps either the Intel, or AMD reference drivers?)
    2728
    28  * Complete the port of FreeBSD wireless stack and at least one driver
    29 (would depend on progress made in the meantime I guess)
     29 * Complete the port of FreeBSD wireless stack and at least one driver (would depend on progress made in the meantime I guess)
    3030
    3131 * Add OpenBFS support to FUSE (so other OSes could read/write BFS volumes)
    3232
    33  * Add PCMCIA support (ok, that ones a bit selfish since I have several
    34 laptops that could benefit)
     33 * Add PCMCIA support (ok, that ones a bit selfish since I have several laptops that could benefit)
    3534
    36  * Add ExpressCard support (not sure what would actually be needed for
    37 this, but at least hot-pluggable support on top of PCIe I suppose)
     35 * Add ExpressCard support (not sure what would actually be needed for this, but at least hot-pluggable support on top of PCIe I suppose)
    3836
    3937 * Media Encoding support see ticket #1043 others?
    … …  
    4543 * AC-3 encoding support -> S/PDIF, for 5.1 support to receivers in media kit
    4644
    47  * Add OpenBFS support, SSD, Transparent compression, Allocate-on-flush, Extents, Desfrag Online,Sparse files, Delayed allocation, Persistent preallocation, and Journal checksumming like Btrfs and ext4 http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4 
     45 * Add OpenBFS support, SSD, Transparent compression, Allocate-on-flush, Desfrag Online,Sparse files, Delayed allocation, Persistent preallocation, and Journal checksumming like Btrfs and ext4 http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4 
    4846
    49  * Improve multi-byte support (see tickets #215 #840 #976 #1855 #2241 others?)
     47 * Improve multi-byte support (see tickets #215 #840 #976 #1855 #2241 others?) There is also a huge Unicode support library we could port: http://icu-project.org/
    5048
    5149
    … …  
    5452 * AbiWord: update/redo the BeOS port.
    5553
    56  * OpenOffice: Some step have been documented on the
    57 EducOOo wiki, and it was planned on doing it as part of it, but maybe
    58 some steps could be done as SoC.
     54 * OpenOffice: Some step have been documented on the [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project/Effort#Applications_for_Haiku_port EducOOo wiki], and it was planned on doing it as part of it, but maybe some steps could be done as SoC.
    5955
    60  * VideoLAN: update the port and rewrite the BeOS GUI
     56 * VideoLAN: update the port and rewrite the BeOS GUI.
    6157
    6258 * Scribus: we could also port this Publisher-like app, http://www.scribus.net/
    6359
    64  * OpenJDK didn't seem to have participated, but maybe they would help
    65 with the java port
     60 * OpenJDK didn't seem to have participated, but maybe they would help with the java port.
    6661
    67  * NetSurf port: improve Haiku support (GUI, bookmark/cache/download
    68 backends, printing, prefs, ...).
    69 NetSurf participated last year and is planning this year's tasks. Again
    70 having a common task might appeal to Google.
     62 * NetSurf port: NetSurf participated last year and is planning this year's tasks. Again having a common task might appeal to Google.
     63  - improve Haiku support (GUI, bookmark/cache/download backends, printing, prefs, ...).
    7164
    72  * Eclipse: we could probably use a native eclipse toolkit port, once we
    73 get Java :)
     65 * Eclipse: we could probably use a native eclipse toolkit port, once we get Java :)
    7466
    7567 * Cairo: BeOS/Haiku specific code needs updating, we need that for Firefox, and probably other things too...
    7668
    77  * BZFlag: Was ported to BeOS long ago, updating the
    78 port would probably not be enough for a single task, but might keep
     69 * BZFlag: Was ported to BeOS long ago, updating the port would probably not be enough for a single task, but might keep
    7970someone busy after he's done with his job :)
    8071
    81  * Handhelds.org participated in 2007, maybe they'd be interested in
    82 sponsoring an ARM port
     72 * ARM port: Handhelds.org participated in 2007, maybe they'd be interested in sponsoring an ARM port
    8373
    8474 * Mono: partial port was started in 2008.
    8575
    86  * wxWidget: there is a port started (called wxBeOS), but no one has time to finish it.
     76 * wxWidget: there is a port started (called wxBeOS), but no one had time to finish it.
    8777
    8878 * WINE: port to Haiku