All three projects?????!!!!! This is truely amazing. Wow.
- Carsten On Apr 24, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Bastien wrote: > Dear all, > > we will have 3 students hacking Org thanks to Google and the GSoC > program. The list of all accepted projects can be checked here: > > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2012 > > Congratulations to Thorsten, Aurélien and Andrew who made it! > And special thanks to Thorsten, who really pushed me into this. > > Here is a short description of these projects: > > Bugpile - a bugtracker for GNU Emacs Org-mode written in Elisp and > Org-mode (Thorsten) > > The Bugpile project has two goals: 1. Develop a bugtracker (called > Bugpile) for GNU Emacs Org-mode, using Elisp, Elnode, Org-mode, and a > dVCS. 2. As part of the engineering process, abstract out a > web-framework (called iOrg) based on these GNU Emacs technologies. A > web-framework written in Elisp, with Org files used for database > functionality, is a new approach that enables interactive web > applications built on top of GNU Emacs. Bugpile is an example > application, but useful in itself. > > Org-mode – Let Org-mode synchronize with online bug-tracking and > todo-list services (Aurélien) > > There's currently no convenient way to manage services like Redmine, > Bugzilla or GitHub issue tracking system in Org-mode. Org-mode already > handles TODO-list pretty well, but there's no synchronization > functionality for TODO-list services such as Toodledo or Google > Tasks. The goal of the project is to let Org-mode import and export to > these kind of services in a generic way so that new services can be > added easily later on. > > Emacs-Orgmode Git merge tool for Org Files (Andrew Young) > > The purpose of the project is to create a specialized Git merge driver > for plain text Org-Mode formatted files. A merge driver is a program > which will combine two versions of a file based off of a common > ancestor into a single file, marking conflicting changes within. A > specialized merge driver for Org-Mode files will be able to leverage > the structure to understand the effects of modifications on the > integrity of sections. The merge driver will solidify Org-Mode as a > tool for collaborative work. > > Eric Schulte will mentor Thorsten's project and I will mentor Aurélien's > and Andrew's ones, with the help of Nicolas and Carsten. > > This is an exciting time for Org: no doubt that having people paid for > hacking Org on a full-time basis will boost our favorite software. > > This is an exciting time for me as a maintainer and future mentor: > no doubt that I will *learn* a lot, from both a technical and a human > point of view - as usual. Now that my age and pseudo-marital position > make me come home with a baguette every evening, it will be good to feel > like a student again :) > > Thanks to all for your long-lasting commitment and support. > > Happy orging, > > -- > Bastien > > - Carsten
