Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Cyrille Artho wrote: > Org name is OK. > Maybe I can't use Internet this weekend due to the magnitude 8.9 earthquake. > Food and getting home safely come first... > I just read about this, and a richter 9-point earthquake sounds scary! > So please update all the

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello Cyrille Thank you for offering us your help. Please read below. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Cyrille Artho wrote: > Dear all, > from having participated in a different GSoC program in the past, I think > the Devel/GSoC2011 wiki page looks very good, and I think the projects > definitel

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread Cyrille Artho
Dear all, from having participated in a different GSoC program in the past, I think the Devel/GSoC2011 wiki page looks very good, and I think the projects definitely deserve support from GSoC. Even if the web page won't be 100 % polished by the end of today, please apply with the material you

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread stefano franchi
Thanks. Stefano On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > stefano franchi wrote: > > could you add a description of the ledpar support project and, most > > importantly, a description of what you would realistically expect a > student > > to deliver in about 2 months of work? Some i

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread Pavel Sanda
stefano franchi wrote: > could you add a description of the ledpar support project and, most > importantly, a description of what you would realistically expect a student > to deliver in about 2 months of work? Some input on the programming > prerequisites would be helpful as well. I have set up a

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread stefano franchi
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: > I just copied and pasted some stub responses for the application questions. > If people could have a look, edit, brainstorm, etc. It would be appreciated. > When I have some time tonight, I'll try and flesh out the UI improvements > component of

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread Rob Oakes
I just copied and pasted some stub responses for the application questions. If people could have a look, edit, brainstorm, etc. It would be appreciated. When I have some time tonight, I'll try and flesh out the UI improvements component of projects page. Cheers, Rob

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread stefano franchi
Hi Pavel, could you add a description of the ledpar support project and, most importantly, a description of what you would realistically expect a student to deliver in about 2 months of work? Some input on the programming prerequisites would be helpful as well. I have set up a template on the wik

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 10 March 2011 18:01:35 Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: > I can help you with the application. However, I would have liked > somewhat more support from the community. > > Vincent I can be a mentor. -- José Abílio

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Op 10-3-2011 20:30, Abdelrazak Younes schreef: On 10/03/2011 18:48, Rob Oakes wrote: This is quite a wonderful note, and as I received it the other day, I thought everyone had been able to read through Leo's thoughts. I'm still composing my reply, but I thought that I would see if we want to

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
On 10/03/2011 18:48, Rob Oakes wrote: This is quite a wonderful note, and as I received it the other day, I thought everyone had been able to read through Leo's thoughts. I'm still composing my reply, but I thought that I would see if we want to try for Google Summer of Code this year. From

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread stefano franchi
I am willing to help with the application process, and I think it would be great if we could apply this year, for all the reasons that have been discussed: missing features, broadening the developer base, etc. However, I am not a coder and I cannot help with the actual mentoring. But count me in I

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Op 10-3-2011 18:48, Rob Oakes schreef: This is quite a wonderful note, and as I received it the other day, I thought everyone had been able to read through Leo's thoughts. I'm still composing my reply, but I thought that I would see if we want to try for Google Summer of Code this year. Fro

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-10 Thread Rob Oakes
This is quite a wonderful note, and as I received it the other day, I thought everyone had been able to read through Leo's thoughts. I'm still composing my reply, but I thought that I would see if we want to try for Google Summer of Code this year. From the discussion so far, it seems that we h

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-09 Thread stefano franchi
00 Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday! Hello LyX developers, (apologies for manually sending a reply, I am not subscribed. Please CC me to responses :) I'm a LyX user, KDE developer and occasional reader of this list. I've also been a student, mentor, and for the

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-07 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
For the first step, we would need project ideas and mentors who could supervise. I would put forward the following: 1.) Improved XHTML export and ePub support. (See other email for a more thorough discussion.) 2.) ODF/DOC/DOCX import library (perhaps developed jointly with KOffice) 3.) UI Impr

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Pavel Sanda
Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: > Btw, what is a good such editor ? Thanks. havent tried it, but lyz should have support for lyx. pavel

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Julien Rioux
On 06/03/2011 5:15 PM, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: If there is already any good such .bib file editor, then perhaps clicking on the bibliography file and launching such editor may achieve a similar functionality. Btw, what is a good such editor ? Thanks. I like Jabref for .bib file management. It

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Tommaso Cucinotta
Il 05/03/2011 20:44, Rob Oakes ha scritto: Does anyone have any other thoughts? Another feature that people might like is one that allows for searching citations into on-line databases without burdening with external tools. I mean: -) Insert->Citation... -) Online... -) Search field "Foo Bar 200

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Tommaso Cucinotta
Il 05/03/2011 22:00, Liviu Andronic ha scritto: Another idea for a project would be developing a layout editor. I'm pretty sure that a large part of the community dreams of one, and as many would-be-switchers-to-LyX seek one. The idea has been discussed at lengths in the past, and the best specs

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Rob Oakes
This website also has some really good advice on constructing ideas pages and policies: http://gsoc-wiki.osuosl.org/index.php/Best_of_the_ideas-lists Also, while we need to sort out mentors, are there any students in our community who may wish to apply? Getting approved does us very little if t

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Rob Oakes
Dear Vincent and Pavel, I'm happy to serve as a mentor, developer point of contact, or both. I'm also happy to help draft the application. In order to understand what would be required, I signed up for a developer account on GSoC. Here's what I found. Everything looks straightforward. In add

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Pavel Sanda
Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: >>> Any other developers that would want to help out mentoring >>> students/reviewing applications/writing an application ? >> - i can offer written specification for layout editor, but i'm not >> interested on coding or mentoring it. > > As a co-mentor perhaps ? In c

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Op 6-3-2011 15:58, Pavel Sanda schreef: Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: I'm interested to put up something. you want to be coder or mentor? Mentor. Any other developers that would want to help out mentoring students/reviewing applications/writing an application ? - i can offer written speci

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Pavel Sanda
Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: > I'm interested to put up something. you want to be coder or mentor? > Any other developers that would want to help out mentoring > students/reviewing applications/writing an application ? - i can offer written specification for layout editor, but i'm not interest

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-06 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Op 5-3-2011 20:44, Rob Oakes schreef: Rob also mentioned Google summer of code. I think that LyX could benefit immensely from having some extra manpower for a few months, to look into features that nobody has time to implement right now. However, mentoring students does take some time (5 - 10

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-05 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: > There are probably dozens of other improvements that could be packaged into > projects. Also, I could offer mentoring support for the third project. We > might partner with KDE for the second? > > Does anyone have any other thoughts? > Another i

Re: Google Summer of Code: deadline is next Friday!

2011-03-05 Thread Rob Oakes
> Rob also mentioned Google summer of code. I think that LyX could benefit > immensely from having some extra manpower for a few months, to look into > features that nobody has time to implement right now. However, mentoring > students does take some time (5 - 10 hours per week), so I'm not sure