Thinking about it, let's do the following: We leave those tasks we'd like to get done, but put a note that students interested should take a look at the reference documentation in order to get an idea of their level of confidence regarding the task.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Marc-André Moreau < marcandre.mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:21 PM, S. Erisman <seris...@serisman.com> wrote: > >> On 3/2/2011 8:13 AM, Marc-André Moreau wrote: >> > >> > By regular hardware, do you mean hardware that does not include the >> > special RemoteFX chip? Adding RemoteFX support without the chip means >> > implementing the codec in software, and that is way too much for a >> > student to do in a summer. I have looked at the codec specification, >> > it definitely is non-trivial. Of course I'd like to get that done, but >> > I don't think it fits the form of tasks we can propose for google >> > summer of code. >> > >> >> Opps... I added RemoteFX to the list before my email client displayed >> the rest of this discussion. >> >> My question... does it hurt to leave it there even if it isn't likely to >> find someone with that expertise? >> > > I really doubt we could find a student expert enough in that field to do > that task over the summer. Maybe if there was a way to break it down into a > smaller task, such as a valuable part of what would be the complete solution > could be something. As the mentor for the project, I will need to coordinate > the work and make sure students will be able to get their work done. I > wouldn't want a student to apply on something thinking it might not be that > bad and realize later that it's much harder than expected. > > I might be able to find some students with C programming skills, but there > aren't that many in universities today. Java is what they teach now, and > sometimes people take C/C++ classes. There are some self-taught programmers > that we can find to do nice tasks. However, for the rest of the "normal" > students, we might want to find easier introductory-level tasks. If some of > it could be in Java, such as some tool that could be useful to us, that > might get us some additional students. > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in >> Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT >> data >> generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, >> virtual >> or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business >> insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Freerdp-devel mailing list >> Freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel >> > >
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