Hey metalworkers, The recent discussion here and on melange have shown that UPnP is a very interesting, but also a very large topic for a single GSoC student. Since GSoC is intended for learning and contributor integration rather then burning people out, I decided to make a new GSoC proposal.
http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2010/Ideas#Project:_Network_Device_Detection_.26_Desktop_Integration_for_UPnP This proposal focuses on the Solid detection side and also various smaller integrations into KDE SC. Examples I can think of: - Plasma device notifier extended to list UPnP mediaserver shares. With extra info like IP address, netbios- or hostname, etc - Gateway listed in KNetworkManager tooltip, with list of forwarded ports and a direct link to the management page. - Network neighborhood plasma widget. The UPnP backend for Solid will test the architecture in preparation for other local network protocols: DAAP, Bonjour, netbios, ... We have 2 candidates for UPnP, so logistically we are set. Don't let that prevent interested students from applying though. Bart _______________________________________________ Kde-hardware-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-hardware-devel
