I'm looking forward to your comments. Best regards, calvin
2012/4/6 calvin <chenmingyang....@gmail.com>: > Hi, > This is my proposal for the gsoc: > > What is your e-mail address and IRC nick? > > Email: chenmingyang....@gmail.com > > IRC nick: calvin > > · Do you have a web page, blog, or microblog? > > Yes, this is my blog:http://blog.csdn.net/lishirui > > · What is your academic background? > > I'm a graduate student in Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy > of Sciences, China. My research interests focus on computer graphics and > computer architecture (especially the memory systems). > > · What is the ultimate goal of your proposal? > > Append “data sync” feature to Epiphany: > > 1.Make it possible for different instances of Epiphany and Firefox to > share user data. > > 2.The data includes bookmarks, history,session state and cookies > > · What components/modules will the proposed or modify or create? > > We will create a sync module for the client, which will store user data to > the server and download it from the server. > > · What benefits does your proposed work have for GNOME and its > community? > > My work will append “data sync” feature for Epiphany. > > · Why are you the right person to work on this project? > > I have researched much on this project. I have read much on Mozilla’s sync > service. After some study on Epiphany’s code, I have understood the overall > structure and some critical classes. In addition, having developped several > related projects, I am familiar with C and GTK+. > > · How do you plan to achieve completion of your project? > > 1. The structure of our project is as follows: > > Client: > > · Store > > · Translate data to Firefox’s format > > · Encrypt data > > · Send record to server > > · Update > > · Retrieve record from server > > · Decrypt data > > · Translate data to Epiphany’s format > > Server: > > Use the Firefox sync server. > > 2. Steps: > > · Find out sync mechanism and implementation details of the Firefox client. > > · Read documentation and code of Epiphany to learn about the data structure > of bookmark, history, session state and cookies. Find out corresponding > “get” and “set” methods. > > · Develop the sync module. > > · Integrate the sync module into Epiphany and do integration testing. > > · Fix bugs reported by users. > > · It really helps to see a schedule with dates and important > milestones/deliveries (preferably in two weeks increments). > > Week 0 – Beginning 21st of May > > Read Mozilla’s sync service documentation [1]. Look through the code of the > client’s sync part. Discuss in the mail list about details of the sync > client and server. > > Week 2 - Beginning 4th of June > > Read the documentation and code of Epiphany. Learn about the implementation > of funtions. Find out data structure of bookmark, history, session state and > cookies. Keep discussing with mentor and developers. > > Week 4 - Beginning 18th of June > > Develop the translater which traslates Epiphany’s bookmark, history, session > state and cookies data to Firefox’s format. Connect the translater and the > sync module in Firefox to make an Epiphany’s syncer. > > Week 6 - Beginning 2nd of July (Includes Mid-Term) > > Design the UI and integrate syncer into Epiphany. > > Week 8 - Beginning 16th of July > > Test and fix bugs. Deliver, ask for feedbacks. > > Week 10 - Beginning 30th of July > > Modify according to feedbacks. > > Week 12 - Beginning 13th of August > > Documentation, any left over work. > > · What will showable at mid-term? > > Two clients which can sync data with each other through Firefox sync server. > Because the UI is in development, data retrieved from server will be printed > just for demonstration. > > · What are your past experiences with the open source world as a user > and as a contributor? > > I have been an open source software user for several years. I like to spread > open source softwares among my friends. > > · What other relevant projects have you worked on previously and what > knowledge you gained from working on them? > > I have finished the “Component-level Power Monitoring System” project > in my lab. The system uses a GTK+-based client to monitor the realtime > change of the power. I’m familiar with GTK+, C, and Linux programming. > > > [1]http://docs.services.mozilla.com/ > > > Best regards, > > calvin > > _______________________________________________ epiphany-list mailing list epiphany-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/epiphany-list
