Hi, Am 11.06.2011 13:29, schrieb Tom Davies: > Oh, i just remembered about problems in > > 4. Impress.
+100 :-) > 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. cheers Erich -- 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
