Hi :) Oh, i just remembered about problems in 4. Impress. A previous coder, Christian, has offered to mentor anyone willing to take over because he just doesn't have enough time to get stuck into coding. The problem is about linking or embedding sound files and it has driven a couple of people back to MS Office's PowerPoint. There might be something a bit more serious in there too but Christian could give details.
I still think Base is more important because people are more likely to deal with Impress anyway. Base desperately needs people, almost as desperately as the Documentation Team. I think Svg is already being worked on so it might be all completed before GsoC starts. Many regards and congrats from Tom :) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tom Davies <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 12:19:32 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tasks for the summer > > Hi :) > I don't really know what skill level they currently have or what they need > to > aim for (i haven't read your links yet). Also i think the question might be > better asked in the devs mailing list rather than marketing list. If you >wanted > > ideas for a marketing project this would be the perfect place. > > > My immediate thoughts are; > > 1. Base would be awesome. Any work on it would be fantastic. A good place >to > > earn a good reputation if the skills are up to it! I don't think anyone is > really working on it now but there are a few people that could help with > some > guidance, eg Alex Thurgood if he has time and i guess there would still be > mentors on the coding side. It is a huge challenge although there are >probably > > a ton of easy hacks listed. > > > 2. SVG import and embedding for all platforms. Apparently it is done for > Windows versions but not Mac, nor other Bsd nor even Linux! Usually linux >stuff > > gets done first apparently as it's easier to port to the other platforms >(except > > possibly it's not so easy to port to Windows as it is to port to Mac). > > 3. Perhaps a collection of Easy Hacks. Just select a bunch in a single app > (such as Base). > >https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=EasyHack&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED >D > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks > > 5. Perhaps working on a needed Extension might be good? I don't know of > one > but there are lots for OpenOffice that haven't been migrated to official TDF > servers. Apparently a lot have been pushed into main-line LibreOffice but >there > > might be something there. > > >6. The most under-staffed group in TDF at the moment is the Documentation > Team. They have just had 3 new people join last week and those 3 have > already > > done a ton of excellent work but more people are needed. It is a very >friendly > > & helpful team so working there is quite rewarding. I guess this doesn't >count > > as coding because they don't usually even need to use mark-up language but > it >is > > the most critically short-staffed area in TDF right now and there is a ton > of > work to do urgently. > > > I have bcc'd this email to Alex in case he has specific ideas. There are >other > > people that know quite a lot about databases, particularly Base, but his is >the > > name i remember most clearly most easily. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Nguyen Vu Hung (KiEi) <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 11:00:09 > > Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Tasks for the summer > > > > Hello all, > > > > Regarding the "MHST" that we have proposed 2 months ago[1], > > the good news is that our idea has been accepted and three students will > > join the fun! > > > > Well, now I want you ask/confirm some points. > > > > 1. The students want to work with some standalone app > > However, IMO, working on adding a new feature to the LibO will be more fun. > > Please let me know how do you think. > > > > 2. We need a list of the ideas registered to GSoC[2] > > so that we can pick an idea (a task for this summer) > > > > 3. New ideas that are not in the list [2] are OK, too :) > > > > Cheers, > > > > [1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2011-April/010673.html > > [2] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Gsoc/Ideas > > > > -- > > Nguyen Vu Hung (Nguye^~n Vu~ Hu+ng) > > LibreOffice, Vietnamese Translation Team. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >deleted > > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
