[Mailman-Developers] GSOC Project Discussion

2013-05-06 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
varun sharma writes: Thanks for the introduction! > In my project "Better user settings management", i need to extend the > Client class of mailman.client and i will be adding a lot of instance > methods and variables to the class. Is this the right approach? What are you adding (some exampl

[Mailman-Developers] GSOC Project Discussion

2013-05-06 Thread varun sharma
Hi Guys, In my project "Better user settings management", i need to extend the Client class of mailman.client and i will be adding a lot of instance methods and variables to the class. Right now, i am having a look at the mailman core and mailman interfaces to figure out if the method/implementatio

Re: [Mailman-Developers] GSoC Applicants

2013-05-06 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Stephen J. Turnbull writes: > Step 1. > Step 2. > Step 3. > Step 4. Urk. I think I said way too much. Your lucky day! ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mail

Re: [Mailman-Developers] GSoc - Requirement from Mentor to complete the project

2013-05-06 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Abhilash Raj writes: > Let me divide the project in a few pieces so that each can be > discussed upon separately. This is a good idea, but you should take them up one at a time, unless you have a good approach and are expecting "sounds good, get started" as the reply to that point. > * Firstl

Re: [Mailman-Developers] GSoC Applicants

2013-05-06 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Shanu Salunke writes: > What I need help with as a starting point (at least) is how to "link" the > functionality with the (django) front-end. One solution (thank you abomard) > is using the API that (postorius also uses) MM3 and HK have support > for. This isn't your job, IMO. Your proposal

Re: [Mailman-Developers] GSoC Applicants

2013-05-06 Thread Shanu Salunke
Hey all, As I understand it, this thread is meant for looking at your project from an implementation point of view (correct me if I'm wrong). Well, my proposed project is called "A Modern Interface for Member's Area" and is basically aims at providing the existing (and some new) MM-HK functionali

Re: [Mailman-Developers] GSoc - Requirement from Mentor to complete the project

2013-05-06 Thread Abhilash Raj
Let me divide the project in a few pieces so that each can be discussed upon separately. * Firstly a utility to encrypt or decrypt the message. Well i found [python-gnupg][1] for this purpose and would try to write a wrapper around it for the use by mailman. But I found another option for it [Gnup

Re: [Mailman-Developers] GSOC - Seeking insight on Authenticated RESTful APIs

2013-05-06 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On May 6, 2013, at 4:36 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: >> Initially , I was familiar with tastypie and I was strongly considering to >> use Tastypie only for this project. However after some advice from Richard >> , I am trying to be more flexible and I am trying to evaluate both the >> framewor

[Mailman-Developers] GSOC - Seeking insight on Authenticated RESTful APIs

2013-05-06 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Before I get started on the content, note that I'm going to be rather critical of most posts of all students for a while, mostly negative. **This is not a reflection of the quality of the candidate or of the proposals involved.** Instead, it reflects the fact that we need to learn to communicate ef