On 03/05/2012 09:35 PM, mehdi houshmand wrote:
Because of the overwhelming popularity of this idea, I've created a
link on the Wiki
(http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/GoogleSummerOfCode2012) for
the GSoC proposals.
You note font library extraction as a possibility there. I'd like to
note
On 03/05/2012 09:35 PM, mehdi houshmand wrote:
Because of the overwhelming popularity of this idea, I've created a
link on the Wiki
(http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/GoogleSummerOfCode2012) for
the GSoC proposals.
Things that come to mind for me:
- PDFBox backend (probably ideal for GSoC
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Chris Bowditch
wrote:
> On 05/03/2012 16:18, mehdi houshmand wrote:
>
>> I agree that there may be some good project ideas in the bug list, but I
>> don't think the one Alex highlighted is a good one. Changing the layout
>> algorithm is a major undertaking, probably
On 05/03/2012 16:18, mehdi houshmand wrote:
Hi Alex/Glenn,
Hi guys,
I agree that there may be some good project ideas in the bug list, but I
don't think the one Alex highlighted is a good one. Changing the layout
algorithm is a major undertaking, probably several man years :) We need
to fin
Hi Alex/Glenn,
Yeah that's a fair point, I think this may be a textbook case of
Freudian projection, so my apologies if those weren't your intentions
Glenn.
The problem is, I don't have a great deal of experience in the Layout
Engine and I really have no grounds to put a proposal together. I've
p
I don't think that Glenn's idea is that bad. FOP's open bugzilla issues are not
only bugs, they also show what are the areas that FOP needs to be improved. If
we start from the beginning, then
| 1063|New|Nor|2001-03-21|fop does not handle large fo files
is a real, very interesting issue and
Haha, if only it were that simple... The projects have to be
interesting and fulfilling and at least bordering on fun. They also
have to be an opportunity to learn and encourage opensource
development. There's little fun to be had fixing bugs hidden in the
depths of FOPs fairly difficult to delve-i
I would suggest whittling down the fop bug list, starting from the
beginning.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:35 AM, mehdi houshmand wrote:
> Because of the overwhelming popularity of this idea, I've created a
> link on the Wiki
> (http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/GoogleSummerOfCode2012) for
> th
Because of the overwhelming popularity of this idea, I've created a
link on the Wiki
(http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/GoogleSummerOfCode2012) for
the GSoC proposals.
On a serious note, this is literally work for free. Google pays the
bills and I'm happy to mentor any applicants and do the a
Hi Glenn,
The GSoC doesn't relate directly to the ASF or FOP directly, however,
putting a few FOP projects as proposals would be a good way to get
some new interest into the project. I think it would be good for us as
we benefit from any work done, and it helps whomever does the work
learn the var
could you provide a link to the "Google Summer of Code Project"? how does
it relate to ASF and FOP activities?
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:50 AM, mehdi houshmand wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're thinking of submitting a proposal or two to the Google Summer of
> Code project and wanted to get some input from
Hi everyone,
>> Could anyone
>> help understanding what is that exactly? I've crawled through the
>> available JIRA projects and saw none related with XML Graphics (Batik,
>> FOP, XML Graphics Commons)... (Also, if this is a lengthy process I'd
>> hint towards maybe triggering the process now so
Hi everyone,
>> If I understand correctly, you can register your proposed projects in
>> JIRA, see the above web page.
Oops, I missed that sentence; today, while revisiting this thread I
noticed that, according to the timeline [1], the proposals will need
to be postponed for next year. :-| The
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 04:34:45PM +0100, Helder Magalhães wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Somehow related, in the guide to being a mentor, it's stated in the
> procedure that one should "Add an issue to JIRA (if your project
> doesn't use JIRA contact d...@community.apache.org)" [2]. Could anyone
> hel
Hi Simon,
Simon Pepping wrote:
> Thanks to Adrian and Vincent who want to be mentor. We also need some
> ideas for projects.
>
> 1. Our releases require too much work, which has resulted in no
> release for much too long a time. How can the work related to a
> release be minimized? Can we develop
Thanks to Adrian and Vincent who want to be mentor. We also need some
ideas for projects.
1. Our releases require too much work, which has resulted in no
release for much too long a time. How can the work related to a
release be minimized? Can we develop tools to automate much of the
work?
2. Imp
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:58:07AM +0100, Simon Pepping wrote:
>
> If I understand correctly, you can register your proposed projects in
> JIRA, see the above web page. Then you must advertise your projects so
> as to attract students; that part is not clear to me.
>
After some more reading of th
We have two committers who are willing to be a mentor, and a few
project ideas for Batik. The following is the complete message (which
was only sent to the PMCs):
--- Forwarded message ---
It is time for your project to start preparing for GSoC if you have not already
done so.
T
Simon Pepping wrote:
> Ross Gardler of ASF announced that it is time for our projects to
> start preparing for Google Summer of Code (GSoC). Do we have ideas for
> GSoC projects? Are committers willing to be a mentor?
If any student comes up with a good idea of project in the FOP area, I’d
be happ
Hi everyone,
> Do we have ideas for GSoC projects?
Actually I have a couple ideas, in the scope of Batik:
1. Online SVG Rasterization Service
Create an online service for SVG rasterization, as a valuable way to
allow users to benefit from SVG while keeping up with the possibility
of using raste
Hi Simon,
My involvement with FOP these days is a little minimal due to other
commitments, but in principle I would be open to the idea of acting as a
mentor to a GSoC student.
Adrian.
On 12 March 2010 12:07, Simon Pepping wrote:
> Ross Gardler of ASF announced that it is time for our projects
Hi Simon,
Simon Pepping a écrit :
I have one small comment on your decomposition of the line breaking
algorithm:
* defining a somewhat arbitrary formula used to compute the demerit of each
break, and which is to be minimized;
I find the above second item in this list a bit misplaced. It
On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 10:19:27AM +0200, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> Simon Pepping a écrit :
> As far as I'm concerned, I'm planning to put my thoughts about the
> project on a dedicated Wiki page. I think that just providing high-level
> comments on them would already be of great he
On 28.05.2006 20:29:24 Simon Pepping wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:47:03PM +0200, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> > Congratulations to both of you! Both projects got a score of 10 which is
> > the fourth highest score. The ASF got a total of 27 projects. There were
> > other ASF members who voted f
Hi Simon,
Simon Pepping a écrit :
I have winters of code and summers of less code. That diminishes my
ability to provide assistance.
What kind of work and responsibilities would assistance include? What
would be the time constraints, that is, how fast needs a review be
done or a question be ans
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:47:03PM +0200, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> Congratulations to both of you! Both projects got a score of 10 which is
> the fourth highest score. The ASF got a total of 27 projects. There were
> other ASF members who voted for the acceptance of the two FOP proposals.
> That's
That's great news for you both and for FOP! Congratulations... I'll
be monitoring the list and if there's anything I can do, I'll do my
best to be responsive.
Clay
On May 24, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
Same for me! We will perhaps have to clone Jeremias.
I'm glad to at las
Congratulations to both of you! Both projects got a score of 10 which is
the fourth highest score. The ASF got a total of 27 projects. There were
other ASF members who voted for the acceptance of the two FOP proposals.
That's very satisfying and motivates me a lot.
I know this will require quite a
Vincent Hennebert schrieb:
> Same for me! We will perhaps have to clone Jeremias.
Wohoo! That's really great news (for both of you and for FOP)
Christian
Same for me! We will perhaps have to clone Jeremias.
I'm glad to at last have the possibility to work full-time on Fop.
I hope I will perform good work.
Vincent
Patrick Paul a écrit :
Hello everyone,
Great news for me today, I got accepted for the Google Summer of Code to
work on the auto t
Hello everyone,
Great news for me today, I got accepted for the Google Summer of Code to
work on the auto table layout.
Thank you very much Jeremias for taking the time to apply as a mentor
and rank our projects.
Patrick
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
Got it and rated it. All green! :-)
On 07.0
Got it and rated it. All green! :-)
On 07.05.2006 22:24:26 Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> Ok, this should have worked this time. Don't know what happened.
>
> Vincent
>
>
> Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
> > Vincent, I'm afraid I don't see your application, either. You could
> > simply try again or cont
Ok, this should have worked this time. Don't know what happened.
Vincent
Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
Vincent, I'm afraid I don't see your application, either. You could
simply try again or contact the GSoC support.
On 07.05.2006 19:12:26 Vincent Hennebert wrote:
Hi Jeremias,
Normally my appl
Vincent, I'm afraid I don't see your application, either. You could
simply try again or contact the GSoC support.
On 07.05.2006 19:12:26 Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> Hi Jeremias,
>
> Normally my application should have been sent. However I don't see it on
> my home page so I wonder if it has to be
Hi Jeremias,
Normally my application should have been sent. However I don't see it on
my home page so I wonder if it has to be reviewed first or if the submit
has failed. The way the webapp works isn't clear to me yet. Do you see
my application?
Vincent
Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
Hi Patrick,
On 05.05.2006 22:44:36 Patrick Paul wrote:
> This is great news :-)
>
> I hope that our score(s) will stay high. Do you have your say in the
> score that the projects get ?
Yes, every registered mentor for the ASF can rate every ASF-related
proposal.
> Have a nice week-end,
You, too.
> Patri
This is great news :-)
I hope that our score(s) will stay high. Do you have your say in the
score that the projects get ?
Have a nice week-end,
Patrick
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
Hi Patrick,
green lights everywhere. I've already ranked it and applied for the
mentor position. It turns out that
Hi Patrick,
green lights everywhere. I've already ranked it and applied for the
mentor position. It turns out that the Wiki in the ASF this time only
was about collecting ideas for projects (unlike last year). The real
project proposals are those on the Google site. At this moment, only 7
entries
Hi Jeremias,
Any news from GSoC ? Were you able to see my application and rank it ?
How are things going within the ASF ?
Patrick
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
It looks like you two need to sign up for the GSoC directly on the
website and enter your application there based on the info on the ASF
W
Hi Jeremias,
I have submitted an application. Indeed all this is unclear, I never
realized mentors also had to signup. But I'm sure that with your
reputation there won't be any problems ;-)
In my application I mainly copied the content of the Wiki page. Should
you have any comments or sugges
It looks like you two need to sign up for the GSoC directly on the
website and enter your application there based on the info on the ASF
Wiki. This needs to be completed until May 8. After that the
applications will be rated by the mentors. To me this was all a bit
confusing despite the extensive F
Same here, I've added an entry for auto table layout, right after Vincents.
Patrick
Vincent Hennebert wrote:
Ok, I've added an entry for floats implementation.
I'll be off-line from tomorrow until the 6th of may. Just hoping no
particular problem will occur during my absence. Anyway, if I don
Ok, I've added an entry for floats implementation.
I'll be off-line from tomorrow until the 6th of may. Just hoping no
particular problem will occur during my absence. Anyway, if I don't
answer mails that's just normal.
Vincent
Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
Yes, please add entries for the two p
Yes, please add entries for the two projects. That Wiki page is the
first station. I'm not sure, yet, who exactly will transfer the
proposals to Google (can't remember from last year, either), but the
first step is to identify the projects inside the ASF. I'll need to read
through the whole mentori
Jeremias,
Do you think we should have our two projects posted on the Apache Wiki ?
http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006
Is it better to go through that page, or will our proposals be forwarded
directly to you anyway ?
Thanks,
Patrick
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
I don't see why you
Thank you Jeremias for your amendements.
Patrick
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
Thanks, Vincent and Patrick, for writing down your proposals.
Patrick's is pretty clear. I've only amended it a little. I hope it
won't be a problem that the task cannot be well estimated, yet.
Vincent, a comment on your
On 24.04.2006 20:49:54 Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> Hi Jeremias,
>
> Thanks for your review!
>
> > Vincent, a comment on yours: For before-floats, you refer to best-fit
> > and first-fit approaches. I'm not sure if it's really relevant here. If
> > I'm not mistaken before-floats are pretty similar
Hi Jeremias,
Thanks for your review!
Vincent, a comment on yours: For before-floats, you refer to best-fit
and first-fit approaches. I'm not sure if it's really relevant here. If
I'm not mistaken before-floats are pretty similar to footnotes which
means you can probably take a lot from there. I
Thanks, Vincent and Patrick, for writing down your proposals.
Patrick's is pretty clear. I've only amended it a little. I hope it
won't be a problem that the task cannot be well estimated, yet.
Vincent, a comment on yours: For before-floats, you refer to best-fit
and first-fit approaches. I'm not
That's great thank you.
I added my own page. It's only a start for now. I took some presentation
ideas from you, I hope you don't mind too much. I won't mind if you do
the same in the future.
Cheers,
Patrick
Vincent Hennebert wrote:
Hi,
I'm thinking about setting up a page on the FOP-wik
Hi,
I'm thinking about setting up a page on the FOP-wiki where I would put
up the goals for my proposal. That way I could give the link when
submitting my application.
Nice idea, indeed. I've taken the liberty of implementing it and created
a new Wiki page for the SoC, linked from the Develop
Before-floats are similar to footnotes, so yes, that part will be (a lot)
simpler. I didn't do much thinking about side-float so it's difficicult
for me to do an estimate. Anyway, your proposal sounds good.
On 20.04.2006 00:30:52 Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
> > I don't see
On 19.04.2006 22:57:13 Patrick Paul wrote:
> Jeremias,
>
> I think this is most reasonable. In any case I whish to contribute as
> mush as possible.
>
> I'm thinking about setting up a page on the FOP-wiki where I would put
> up the goals for my proposal. That way I could give the link when
>
Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
I don't see why you couldn't also apply for a slot. Having floats would
be cool (but not simple). I'm not sure about your work on FOrayFont. I
think the projects have to be tied to one of the organizations listed by
Google. Only the client part in FOP would be part of th
Jeremias,
I think this is most reasonable. In any case I whish to contribute as
mush as possible.
I'm thinking about setting up a page on the FOP-wiki where I would put
up the goals for my proposal. That way I could give the link when
submitting my application.
Also, I will be in Europe in
I did make sure I am eligible for the Google SoC, and I will gladly give
you all the details you want or need if you request them.
As far as I know there are no restrictions to the number of slots a
project can get, although this year it seams much more people are
interested in the Google Summ
I don't see why you couldn't also apply for a slot. Having floats would
be cool (but not simple). I'm not sure about your work on FOrayFont. I
think the projects have to be tied to one of the organizations listed by
Google. Only the client part in FOP would be part of that. So floats
would be the b
Patrick, you were faster than me ;-)
I would also be interesting in applying to the Summer of Code. It would
at last give me the opportunity to work full-time on Fop. Is it
conceivable that I also apply, along with Patrick?
Although I'm a bit doubtful that my work on FOrayFont could be eligible
We can set it up so the basic auto table layout is the main goal and
then we add some optional additional goals. That should help making sure
we don't set the bar unrealistically high if we can't do a good estimate.
I'm glad to hear you want to contribute beyond the SoC boundaries. It's
good to ge
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
Patrick,
I have the suspicion that the auto table layout won't fill you up. With
the new design, basic support for auto table layout shouldn't be a very
big deal. There are some details, however, that could make this a much
bigger fish:
I did suspect it would not be e
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
Patrick,
I have the suspicion that the auto table layout won't fill you up. With
the new design, basic support for auto table layout shouldn't be a very
big deal.
That's good news, but I'd *really* like to have it :-)
Unfortunately, I have no time to implement it myself.
On 19.04.2006 10:02:19 Chris Bowditch wrote:
> Jeremias Maerki wrote:
>
> Hi Jeremias,
>
> > Hi Patrick,
> >
> > yes, I've seen that something's going on in that corner. After my
> > experience last year, I was a bit hesitant to take another stab, but
> > since we've already worked together, I'
Patrick,
I have the suspicion that the auto table layout won't fill you up. With
the new design, basic support for auto table layout shouldn't be a very
big deal. There are some details, however, that could make this a much
bigger fish:
Determining ideal column widths based on the inline elment l
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
Hi Jeremias,
Hi Patrick,
yes, I've seen that something's going on in that corner. After my
experience last year, I was a bit hesitant to take another stab, but
since we've already worked together, I'd be fine mentoring a little
project. There are a lot of things that cou
Hi Jeremias,
I am happy to know you have a good impression of me. I do have good Java
skills, from personal experience as well as from 4 university courses
that involved Java.
Implementing the auto table layout sounds like the kind of contribution
I would really enjoy bringing to the FOP pro
Hi Patrick,
yes, I've seen that something's going on in that corner. After my
experience last year, I was a bit hesitant to take another stab, but
since we've already worked together, I'd be fine mentoring a little
project. There are a lot of things that could be approached:
http://wiki.apache.org
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