I think so! Just to note, David has already registered as a mentor; I don't have any specific idea how to work things out in this situation, but what I do have is appreciation for all the mentoring and help during the planning and coding phase that I can -- and apparently will -- get :-)
I did not submit my proposal yet, I'll post it to the lists when I do. Just to add for interested parties: Mailing list for coordination within GNU is [email protected], in case someone wants to track that. Regards, Ivan Vučica via phone On 29. 4. 2013., at 10:22, Eric Wasylishen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Fred, Ivan, > > I'd be interested in mentoring a backend/Opal related project, or at least > offering guidance if we have a mentor already. > I guess I have to register on the GSoC site? > > Eric > > On 2013-04-24, at 5:56 PM, Fred Kiefer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I thought again and I may be able to stand in as a backup mentor for your >> project. Not the main mentor, joining in later this summer to help out. I >> will try to register as a mentor, but you will still need an official >> mentor. Apart for the usual candidates as Richard and Greg I would like to >> suggest Eric and Niels. They both were excellent students at the GSoC >> themselves and would be able to pass on that experience to other students. >> And they are highly knowledgeable in the area. >> >> Fred >> >> On 24.04.2013 13:44, Ivan Vučica wrote: >>> First, thanks everyone for support and ideas! >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Fred Kiefer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ivan >>>> >>>> I had long ago decided that I wont mentor for GSoC this year, but your >>>> mail led me to rethink that position. Your proposal is very convincing and >>>> would be highly beneficial for GNUstep. ... >>>> >>>> Sorry, but I wont be able to step in here. Hopefully somebody else in the >>>> GNUstep community will. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>>> Best wishes and hope to see you in Cambridge, >>> >>> >>> Ditto! >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:31 AM, David Chisnall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 22 Apr 2013, at 21:43, Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ping! Student registrations have started. Any prospective mentors? >>>> >>>> I've registered as a mentor. I'd also be most interested in the back end >>>> being refactored to support using Opal. >>> >>> Based on feedback everyone gave, yes, the importance of this (and the >>> importance of integration with Core Animation) seems to be the consensus. >>> >>> Currently, basic idea that I have is to copy the entire Cairo backend (or >>> maybe use derived classes, although long-term that seems a bad idea) and >>> ensure that every Cairo surface is instead backed with an Opal context. I'd >>> temporarily expose the Cairo surface from the Opal context, and ensure that >>> calls are directed to the Cairo surface backing the Opal context instead of >>> to the Cairo surface inside the backend. >>> >>> Then, I'd be removing the Cairo surface from the backend and replacing >>> Cairo calls with Opal calls. >>> >>> Finally, I would be continuously looking at options for integrating Core >>> Animation with AppKit (based on feedback). >>> >>> I'll probably need more supervision compared to implementation of UIKit, >>> but this is definitely a more useful long-term project for GNUstep. >>> >>> I'll put together a proposal, register it on GSoC's Melange, and also send >>> it to the mailing list. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gnustep-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnustep-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev
