I hadn't gone throught TaskView before (probably missed the link), but after going through its API, can't most of the objectives of Transfers like file transfers, downloads be obtained by using TaskView's integration patches in desired applications?
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:03 AM, M.S. Suraj <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the delay in communication. I had some problems with my internet > connection and was out of online reach. > > In the meantime, I have been brushing up on D-Bus and improving my > knowledge of Glib and GTK+. > > Before I discuss more and begin my work on the proposal, I would like to > know what module(s) can I contribute to for answering the question > " * Please include a link to the bug you fixed for the GNOME module your > proposal is related to." ? Since this idea is not specific of a module, I > am not sure what to do about it. > > And although I haven't contributed to GNOME yet, I have contributed to > Pidgin plugins and worked on a GTK based patch for it as well (under > review.. https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/926 ). So I'm quite familiar > with open-source and GTK as well. > > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:42 PM, M.S. Suraj <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > About the bit-torrent protocol support, I asked about yesterday, I would >> > like to ask again if it will be added to Transfers as part of its >> features >> > as Download Manager or will it again be implemented as D-Bus interface >> in >> > existing bit-torrent clients with notification in Transfers. >> >> I think the decision will be the same for every case. Transmission >> uses gtk+ and is a very awesome torrent client/UI. IIRC it already >> even has a D-Bus interface so it might be possible to either modify >> that for our needs or add another one to it. >> >> > For former, I >> > couldn't find any good bit-torrent libraries based on C ( only >> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/libbt/ which again is outdated). I >> found >> > some good C++ based libraries, particularly libtorrent which has lot >> > features and is still being developed. >> >> Yet another reason to implement this in apps then. >> >> > Could I also know who will be the mentor(s) for this project? >> >> The wikipage say ebassi so I guess him? It seems you are already in >> contact with him too. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) >> FSF member#5124 >> > > > > -- > *With regards*, > > M S Suraj > -- *With regards*, M S Suraj
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