On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Thomas Martitz < thomas.mart...@student.htw-berlin.de> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > this is my last status report, the GSoC deadline is arriving soon. Since > the last report I've fixed a few minor issues, but also created 2 wiki pages > ([0] and [1]) which hopefully helped to understand what I achieved and how > to work with it in the future. If there's any questions left, feel free to > ask. > > > So GSoC is almost over now. Time for me to get a bit sentimental. I've > started off with some giant commits (c library cleanup, #ifdef SIMULATOR > cleanup, etc) which in retrospective were really helpful in later on. Then I > created an SDL application, which I feel went somewhat unnoticed to most > people. And finally I managed to get an Android port going that, if you use > it, indeed feels like Rockbox and is fun to use. > > To summarize: In my view, my GSoC project was an overall success. I'm > optimistic we are now able to get Rockbox lift-off for completely new range > of targets. Various platforms where we can run on as an application. That > means we'll be looking at many new users, contributers and hopefully > developers too. But we'll probably also see some new challenges which will > be fun to tackle. After all, Rockbox is about fun. > > Speaking of fun. GSoC was really great fun and exciting for me. Not only, > but in particular when it came to the Android port. I also enjoyed that my > fellow GSoC students also made great progress in their projects. In the end > I'm looking back to more than 3 joyful months. > I'd like to thank all people involved, especially my mentor Frank Gevaerts. > You guys always gave me the feeling that you believe in me and my work and > that I can manage it. That positive feedback gave me indeed an extra > motivation and I generally felt better. > > Now let's make some steps forward and get the Android port out to the > masses :) > > Best regards. > > [0] http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/AndroidPort > [1] http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/Main/PortingApplication > So Frank, does he pass? kugel, not that my opinion counts for anything but that's a heckuva good job you did there! Congratulations once again! FlynDice
