Andrey,
Thank you!
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Andrey Pavlenko
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maksim, I'm willing to help.
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Maksim Ananjev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> wrote:
>
> > Ok, Alexei, thanks for your help.
> >
> > Folks, I would feel happy collaborating with any Harmony expert who is
> > interested in this project.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Alexei Fedotov
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Maksim,
> > > As I've already said, you may count on my advise, expertise in drag
> > > and drop area. I promise doing my best.
> > >
> > > From the other side it would be better to claim an Apache committer as
> > > an official mentor. Let me hint that Alexey Petrenko, Andrey Pavlenko
> > > and Alexey Ivanov have much more experience with AWT than me, so it
> > > may be worth asking them first. Also, I'm sorry for taking Apache GSoC
> > > rules seriously: they require spending 5 hours per week on mentoring
> > > of each student. If Tharindu quits, I will get more time for
> > > mentoring, but his assuring start makes me think he won't.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Maksim Ananjev
> > >
> > >
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Tim, Alexei, thanks for your responses!
> > > >
> > > > Well, now I see, that java5 completeness looks much better then
> > java6
> > > > for a mere sudent project.
> > > > So the goal is "Implement missing classes and methods of java 5
> > > > including close to real world set of unit tests to verify the
> > > > results".
> > > >
> > > > As for the mentorship - Alexei, could you please mentor me as far as
> > > > you are an expert in this area?
> > > > Other harmony gurus are also welcome.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Alexei Fedotov
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Maxim,
> > > > > This is great. Just imagine how it would look like in your
> > resume:
> > > > > "For a master degree I created the first 100% complete open
> > source
> > > > > Java implementation."
> > > > >
> > > > > As for drag and drop support [1] my investigation shows that
> > > > > completing it might be a bit trickier than one could expect, and
> > could
> > > > > take a good amount of your time. Tim's report doesn't tell you
> > that a
> > > > > good amount of availabile code is good for passing unit tests
> > like the
> > > > > following one, or as good as dead. You may count on my advise in
> > this
> > > > > area, though my advances [1] are pretty modest.
> > > > >
> > > > > try {
> > > > > myApiMethod(null);
> > > > > fail("NPE expected");
> > > > > } catch (NullPointerException) {
> > > > > /* expected */
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/harmony/Drag_and_Drop
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Maksim Ananjev
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > Hi, Harmony people!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I want to participate in Google Summer Of Code 2008 as a
> > student, and
> > > > > > I have a project in mind, which can be benefitial for Harmony.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I will be happy to complete Class Library up 100%
> > compatibility with java6.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Harmony is claimed to have "near 100%" completeness. As far as
> > I
> > > > > > rememeber, this claim has been made for the last 2 years. It's
> > great
> > > > > > to have such a high level of comleteness, but the question
> > arises "why
> > > > > > not 100%?". As far as I know, Harmony evangelists all over the
> > world
> > > > > > often face such a tough question.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So, I want to have the following fun this summer:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. Identify what classes and methods are unimplemented in
> > comparison
> > > > > > with Java 6 documentation
> > > > > > 2. implement them :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There is a project of enabling FreeCol in the list of proposed
> > > > > > projects. Of course, I will have to collaborate with the guy
> > engaged
> > > > > > in this project when it comes to java.image.io classes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I will be glad to hear from Harmony gurus in this list whether
> > it is
> > > > > > possible to comlete class library in 3 months and who is
> > willing to be
> > > > > > the mentor for such a project,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > P.S. About myself: I run for Master's degree in Physics in
> > Novosibirsk
> > > > > > State Unoversity. I have some experience in Java and C++. I
> > > > > > contributed to Harmony VM JIT-compiler: powerful optimization
> > called
> > > > > > "operator strengh reduction"[1] and some perfomance-improving
> > fixes. I
> > > > > > am now working on the vectorization support for Harmony jit
> > compiler.
> > > > > > I hope to have it done this spring.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-5090
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Maksim
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > With best regards,
> > > > > Alexei
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Maksim
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > With best regards,
> > > Alexei
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Maksim
> >
>
--
With best regards,
Alexei
