Hi Thank you both for answering
Antonio's proposal to create a Nuxeo connector seems very interesting. I am going to prepare and submit a proposal. Thanks, regards. On 15 March 2016 at 13:32, Karl Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- David Arroyo Escobar
