Hello, the deadline for GSoC application is this Friday and the list of ideas [gsoc14] is still not very long. Furthermore, the tickets there are recycled ones from previous years. Maybe we shall drop some of them and add some new ones. I am sending a few ideas that might be interesting for GSoCbut I would like to hear second opinion as well.
New programs/servers * our own FTP server * bdsh improvements (loops, variables, pipes) * interactive partition editor * taskbar (i.e. list of open windows, launcher, clock) Porting * Bazaar. We have Python thanks to Zbigniev but it is a bare interpreter. This would mean adding all the functionality needed to run bzr. Unfortunately I am not able to predict how much work that could be. * Finish GCC porting. There are two bigger topics: first, make gcc a truly "native" compiler (i.e. no need for -nostdlib etc. flags) and, second, update the ported GCC to the newest version (that would mean bringing C++ support to HelenOS). Again, I am not sure about the difficulty. * ncurses. Maybe it is not the best API around but it would allow us to port interactive applications. * IUP toolkit. Last year we discussed [ml-gui] some problems with porting of GUI toolkits but it still might be doable. Drivers * I already created ticket [571] for graphical output on Raspberry Pi. But it still needs polishing. * Network over USB (also on Raspberry Pi) Other * Installer wizard. I mean something with nice interface that would help the user install HelenOS. * There are also ideas on our wiki page [ideas] So, which ones of these shall we promote for GSoC? Or, are some of these inappropriate for GSoC because of their difficulty? Or do you have some other ideas that would be worth suggesting? Cheers, - Vojta [gsoc14] http://trac.helenos.org/report/21 [ml-gui] http://lists.modry.cz/private/helenos-devel/2013-March/006368.html [571] http://trac.helenos.org/ticket/571 [ideas] http://trac.helenos.org/wiki/ContemplatedFeatures
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