Hi Antonio, I think it is perfectly reasonable to build a Nuxeo connector for a GSoC 2016 project. You'll need to find out if David is interested, and sign up to be a mentor, of course. There's also a mentor list you need to join -- [email protected], I think.
Thanks! Karl On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Antonio David Pérez Morales < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > The ideas proposed by Karl are very interesting and are needed to have a > more stable version of ManifoldCF in terms of supported connectors. > > Regarding the idea of implement new connectors, I have been working lately > with Nuxeo [1] and I would like to propose it as a potential new connector > to be implemented during this GSoC period. > The idea behind this new connector is to use the Nuxeo REST API [2] to > implement a native connector for Nuxeo. > > Karl, in case you think this is an interesting connector to have, I can > create a new Jira ticket for that and I volunteer to act as mentor of this > possible GSoC project. > > Regards > > [1] http://www.nuxeo.com > [2] https://doc.nuxeo.com/display/NXDOC/REST+API > > 2016-03-15 12:27 GMT+01:00 Karl Wright <[email protected]>: > > > Hi David, > > > > Thank you for considering ManifoldCF for your GSoC project. > > > > Most of our potential GSoC projects left over from 2015 involve > connectors > > for proprietary repositories, unfortunately. These are: > > > > (1) Livelink connector (CONNECTORS-1117) -- need to reimplement using the > > newer REST API > > (2) Finishing off the Alfresco Webscript connector (CONNECTORS-1058) -- > > need to add the ability to support thread interruptibility > > > > Other projects that have been discussed include working with SharePoint; > > SharePoint has deprecated their web-services API and has instead gone to > a > > REST API, and we'd need a pair of connectors (authority and repository) > to > > support that. That's not properly ticketed in Jira for GSoC yet, and it > > may be too big for one GSoC project, but we can perhaps break it up into > > smaller pieces. > > > > So, if you can show you have access to one of these three proprietary > > repositories for the purposes of development, you could write a proposal > > along those lines. > > > > Alternatively, if you know of any repository that we may not currently > have > > a connector for that could prove useful to someone, you could propose > that > > as a project. > > > > We're currently pretty shorthanded when it comes to mentors, so we will > > only be able to accept one or two proposals at most this year. > > > > Thanks! > > Karl > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:44 AM, David Arroyo < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am David Arroyo, undergraduate Software Engineer at University of > > > Seville, Spain and I am graduate in a Superior Grade Formative Course > on > > > multi-platform application development. > > > > > > During last months, I have been following the mailing list and also > > > reviewing some open issues (some of them tagged as gsoc gsoc2015). I > > would > > > be interested to collaborate in this project to get some experience > and I > > > think GSoC could be an interesting opportunity to learn about open > source > > > community development, unkown for me so far, and learning a bit more > > about > > > the technologies used in this project. > > > > > > My intention is continue collaborating with the project after GSoC > (both > > if > > > I'm accepted or not) because in summer I have a lot of free time and I > > can > > > work fixing issues or developing new functionalities. > > > > > > I am very interested in Manifold and I would like to get information > > about > > > some connectors that could be needed to be implemented. > > > > > > I really hope participate in Google Summer of Code 2016 and continue to > > > expand my current technical knowledge. > > > > > > Yours faithfully, > > > David Arroyo > > > > > > -- > > > David Arroyo Escobar > > > > > >
