Re: [Wikitech-l] GSOC proposal: Native application uploader

2012-04-06 Thread Krinkle
On Apr 5, 2012, at 1:40 AM, Platonides wrote: Hello all, I'm presenting a GSOC proposal for a native desktop application designed for mass uploading files on upload campaigns. This follows the call by Odder at [1] for such a tool, and indeed the scope of the tool would be tailored to

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSOC proposal: Native application uploader

2012-04-05 Thread Platonides
On 05/04/12 02:19, Max Semenik wrote: When I hear C++ and UI, I reach for my minigun. And you want to make it tiny and portable, too;) Though if you consider QT or wxWidgets to be tinier than JRE/Mono/.NET... Let's make a straw weight competition: du -hc /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/ 119M du

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSOC proposal: Native application uploader

2012-04-05 Thread Petr Bena
I have years of experiences with c++ and gui and I will be happy to help you in any way On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/04/12 02:19, Max Semenik wrote: When I hear C++ and UI, I reach for my minigun. And you want to make it tiny and portable, too;)

[Wikitech-l] GSOC proposal: Native application uploader

2012-04-04 Thread Platonides
Hello all, I'm presenting a GSOC proposal for a native desktop application designed for mass uploading files on upload campaigns. This follows the call by Odder at [1] for such a tool, and indeed the scope of the tool would be tailored to WikiLovesMonuments. The deliverable is such an

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSOC proposal: Native application uploader

2012-04-04 Thread Max Semenik
On 05.04.2012, 3:40 Platonides wrote: * A tiny autocontained program (probably in C++), with different versions for each target operating system. When I hear C++ and UI, I reach for my minigun. And you want to make it tiny and portable, too;) Though if you consider QT or wxWidgets to be

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSOC proposal: Native application uploader

2012-04-04 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Zawartość nagłówka [Followup-To: gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical.] Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I'm presenting a GSOC proposal for a native desktop application designed for mass uploading files on upload campaigns. Opinions? Improvements? Sexy names?

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSOC proposal: Native application uploader

2012-04-04 Thread Gregory Varnum
Greetings, Thank you for your work on this and interest in this year's GSOC. Have you had a chance to write up a proposal on the MW.org wiki? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GSOC#Student_applications It would be helpful, just to avoid confusion, what OSes you plan to support once completed.