Hey Devs , I'm Lakmal ,a Computer Science & Engineering student from University of Moratuwa ,Sri Lanka . Next few months going to be my term vacation and I was searching for opportunities where I could get the experience of a real world project while improving my technical skills .X.org Endless Vacation of code seemed to match my targets perfectly .
I had a conversation with Matt Dew and Alex Deucher about my past projects,interests ,availability .You can refer to that conversation in the quoted parts below.When I express my interest in working with the project on *adding an OpenCL test framework for piglit* which was suggested in the summer ideas list, Alex asked me to direct my request to this mailing list for more help . I see *piglit *is written in python. I posses a good knowledge in Python and very much interested in working with the language.That was one of the reason I preferred this project .I would be grateful if anyone of you can provide some more details on how should I proceed further , whether this project would be suitable for a summer project (Of course it is suggested in the summer ideas list :-) .But would like to get a comment on that as well ) and any other technologies I should be familiar with to work with the project . I have my semester exams going on until the end of 3rd week of May . So I am hoping to utilize these weeks to make my self familiar with the community and to build up a good proposal.So any help would be greatly appreciated . Thanks in advance On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Lakmal padmakumara <rclak...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Alex ,Matt & Everyone , > > Thanks for the ideas list Alex. I did encounter this link previously when > I was going through the mail archives . > > I'm not sure whether all these projects are available or not .But after > having an initial look I'm pretty much interested in the two projects > mentioned here . > > First one is the project regarding adding an OpenCL test framework for > piglit .Piglit seems to be implemented in python .So I would be very much > interested in working with it . > > And as another option I'm interested in the project focusing adding more > input support for XCB .I dont have much background knowledge needed for > this project .But when I read about it sounded really interesting and also > got the feeling I would enjoy this type of a project . > > You might have some comments on my interested ideas .If you think they are > feasible Please guide me on how should I proceed further with each one . > One thing I experienced in the past was when you try to contribute to a > open source project most difficult part is setting up the required > environment/tools for the development . I would kindly request some > guidance and help on these steps focusing on above projects . > > As I mentioned in my first email message , I will be having my exams until > the end of third week of May .I believe it will be great if I can use these > 3 weeks to get to know the community and move with one of my selected idea > until I can come up with a good proposal with the feedback of the > developers . So I would be able to start my developing phase right after > I'm done with my exams . > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Alex Deucher <alexdeuc...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Lakmal, >> >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Lakmal padmakumara <rclak...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Yes Matt , as you have mentioned I am more interested in non-graphic >> backend >> > stuff . During my last internship I mainly worked with Python and Ruby >> where >> > I used these scripts to access several remote servers ,download data >> ,create >> > databases and finally to analyze and present these data. I found python >> to >> > be a very interesting programming language although I hadn't work with >> it >> > before my internship . >> > >> > I developed an extension to OpenOffice which can be used to do basic >> image >> > manipulation using Java .Most of the features of this extension were >> > depending on pixel manipulation ( Etc Rotation Image , Scale ) where I >> could >> > use my solid mathematics background . >> > >> > As one of the project in the university I'm working in developing a >> > Distributed System Management Framework using Apache Zookeeper and >> Apache >> > Thrift with 3 other team members. Language of implementation is Java and >> > this involves working with some major topics in distributed computing >> like >> > election algorithms ,resource allocation algorithms . >> > >> > In the recent past , I worked a little bit with GNOME shotwell project >> as I >> > was very excited with its lightweight appearance and good set of >> features >> > which made me to hack their code a little bit . So I could make myself >> > familiar with their main implementation language Vala (which I believe >> very >> > similar to C#) . >> > >> > Although I haven't worked with a major project in "C" that is one other >> > language I'm comfortable at, as I used it and still using it in our >> > university assignments. >> > >> > So as the bottom line at the moment I'm very much familiar with >> languages >> > like Python , Java, C ,C++ and Vala and also with PHP as I have >> written >> > some web services during my internship . I have a solid knowledge in >> > database query languages like MySQL and SqLite .But if the task is >> > interesting I will find it extremely exciting to learn new things >> related to >> > it . >> > >> >> >> >> For instance, we have a python script that generates C bindings. >> > >> > >> > This sounds interesting and looks like it matches to my current skill >> set . >> > Let me know more about it and similar sub projects . >> >> You might also want to take a look at this page: >> http://www.x.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeas >> Find something that interests you and send us a preliminary proposal. >> You might want to run your ideas past the xorg mailing lists for >> additional input from other developers familiar with Xorg. That may >> help you narrow down what you want to focus on. Feel free to ask lots >> of questions about possible ideas as the goal is for this to be >> something interesting to you that you will learn something from and be >> able to complete successfully over the summer. >> >> Alex >> > > Best Regards > Lakmal > Best Regards Lakmal
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