Hello,
I plan to apply to the Google Summer of Code with GNUstep as a possible
mentor organization. My ultimate goal is to see WebKit ported, though
my own personal timeline for it happening is beyond the end of the GSoC
program end date. I’ve been trying to research GNUstep projects as much
as possible before I posed any questions on the mailing list, but the
deadline is looming.
I’ve read over much of the WebKit discussion on this mailing list. One
major hurdle I’ve seen is the lack of CoreFoundation support. As I
understand it, GNUstep Base and FoundationKit provide much of CF’s
functionality. I’ve also seen the blog post about the ‘CoreFoundation
emulation library’ project. Is CF support the desired path to reaching
a WebKit port? If so, then I would love to tackle this problem.
On the other hand, there are Qt and GTK ports of WebKit that do not seem
to rely on CF support. On the WebKit-dev mailing list, I’ve seen the
statement that “the biggest dependency is UI toolkit.” This seems to
encourage the idea that it is possible to create this port without
having CF support. I’m assuming, though perhaps wrongly, that the CF
path will create better parity with WebKit proper and easier long-run
code support.
As for my qualifications, I’ve taken a programming logic/design class,
self-taught in C using K&R, taken a C++ class, and will take an assembly
class this spring quarter. I’m a complete Objective-C (and obviously
GNUstep) novice and am starting “Objective-C GNUstep Base Programming
Manual” as a primer. This would be my first ‘real’ development project.
I have nine weeks until the actual GSoC program begins. I do not want
to take on more than I can handle, but I’m confident I can learn ObjC
and familiarize myself with GNUstep (and WebKit) within those 9 weeks.
Is the GNUstep organization looking for more tangible results this
summer (a project that is clearly finished)? I could, perhaps, take on
an easier GNUstep project for the summer and then tackle WebKit
afterwards. Maybe someone can suggest a project that will help with the
porting of WebKit?
Thank you,
J.C. Ortega
(I apologize for being so late in the game with all this. I just found
out about Google’s Summer of Code and GNUstep’s involvement.)
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