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
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