Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-22 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014-02-20 10:58 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > Jan-Peter Voigt writes: > >> Hi Janek, David, Urs, >> >> I agree, that the shape-project in fact is a project *and* IMO it is a >> very important one. >> But if I understand Davids concerns correctly, I agree, that it will be >> difficult to define boun

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-20 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am 20.02.2014 10:58, schrieb David Kastrup: >> Well, let's put this in perspective. This was a call on the GNU >> maintainer list for proposing projects within 12 hours. That basically >> requires turnkey-ready proposals, and Urs volunteered what basically >> amounted to buz

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-20 Thread Urs Liska
Am 20.02.2014 10:58, schrieb David Kastrup: Well, let's put this in perspective. This was a call on the GNU maintainer list for proposing projects within 12 hours. That basically requires turnkey-ready proposals, and Urs volunteered what basically amounted to buzzwords referring to ongoing work

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-20 Thread David Kastrup
Jan-Peter Voigt writes: > Would it also be easier to make lilypond a library, if it is based on > guile v2? Harder I should think. GUILEv2 is quite more unwieldy, and it comes with its own headaches like figuring out where to store the byte-compiled files. -- David Kastrup __

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-20 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Am 20.02.2014 10:58, schrieb David Kastrup: > I have already been told by the Mageia maintainer that LilyPond would > likely stop getting distributed by them if it continues to require > GUILEv1. While I'm not sure if and when this threat will come true, we > _are_ pissing off distribution maintai

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-20 Thread David Kastrup
Jan-Peter Voigt writes: > Hi Janek, David, Urs, > > I agree, that the shape-project in fact is a project *and* IMO it is a > very important one. > But if I understand Davids concerns correctly, I agree, that it will be > difficult to define boundaries for this project. Well, let's put this in pe

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-20 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hi Janek, David, Urs, I agree, that the shape-project in fact is a project *and* IMO it is a very important one. But if I understand Davids concerns correctly, I agree, that it will be difficult to define boundaries for this project. You showed a lot of shapes, which are not "publication ready". A

Re: [SPAM] Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014-02-19 23:21 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > Janek Warchoł writes: > >> 2014-02-19 18:41 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : >>> Urs Liska writes: Janek's Tie Crusade? >>> >>> There is a three-month limit as far as I can see. There seems little >>> point in proposing stuff that a student cannot reali

Re: [SPAM] Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > 2014-02-19 18:41 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : >> Urs Liska writes: >>> Janek's Tie Crusade? >> >> There is a three-month limit as far as I can see. There seems little >> point in proposing stuff that a student cannot realistically be expected >> to wrap his head around in t

Re: [SPAM] Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014-02-19 18:41 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > Urs Liska writes: >> Janek's Tie Crusade? > > There is a three-month limit as far as I can see. There seems little > point in proposing stuff that a student cannot realistically be expected > to wrap his head around in the given time frame. > [...] Wit

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am 19.02.2014 20:16, schrieb David Kastrup: > >> What _is_ the "tie project"? There are lists of ugly ties. That's not >> a project. > > http://lilypondblog.org/tag/tie-project/ And? How is this defining a project? >>> and equipped with enough pre-research. >> >> I don't

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.02.2014 20:16, schrieb David Kastrup: Urs Liska writes: Am 19.02.2014 18:41, schrieb David Kastrup: There is a three-month limit as far as I can see. There seems little point in proposing stuff that a student cannot realistically be expected to wrap his head around in the given time f

Re: [SPAM] Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am 19.02.2014 18:41, schrieb David Kastrup: >> >> There is a three-month limit as far as I can see. There seems little >> point in proposing stuff that a student cannot realistically be expected >> to wrap his head around in the given time frame. The GUILEv2 migration >> is

Re: [SPAM] Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.02.2014 18:41, schrieb David Kastrup: Urs Liska writes: Am 19.02.2014 18:23, schrieb David Kastrup: Hi, the GNU project has a dearth of ideas for the Google Summer of Code. I volunteered GUILEv2 migration, but if anybody has some other reasonable idea that can be coached and finished i

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am 19.02.2014 18:23, schrieb David Kastrup: >> >> Hi, the GNU project has a dearth of ideas for the Google Summer of Code. >> I volunteered GUILEv2 migration, but if anybody has some other >> reasonable idea that can be coached and finished in a three-month span >> (right?), i

Re: GSoC 2014

2014-02-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.02.2014 18:23, schrieb David Kastrup: Hi, the GNU project has a dearth of ideas for the Google Summer of Code. I volunteered GUILEv2 migration, but if anybody has some other reasonable idea that can be coached and finished in a three-month span (right?), it would be good to come up with it