Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
I don't see why you couldn't also apply for a slot. Having floats would be cool (but not simple). I'm not sure about your work on FOrayFont. I think the projects have to be tied to one of the organizations listed by Google. Only the client part in FOP would be part of that. So floats would be the better option I guess.
By re-reading the FAQ I noticed that the work we do for a project to which we are already contributing must be new. So it's best that I apply for floats. I can't really estimate the amount of work needed to implement floats, besides the documentation phase. My feeling is that it shouldn't be too difficult to implement before-floats, as there already is a number of papers dealing with this quite well-known issue. Side-floats should be much trickier, as they would interfere with line-breaking, and the CSS model for them looks rather complicated. We could propose before-floats as a main goal, plus basic side-float implementation and optional refinements.
BTW, both of you should make sure you're eligible for participating in the SoC. See the Students FAQ on the Google SoC site. Someone who applied last year wasn't a student.
As a PhD student I'm eligible, no problem. Vincent
