On 10.2.2014 8:31, Vojtech Horky wrote: > the deadline for GSoC application is this Friday and the list of ideas > [gsoc14] is still not very long. Furthermore, the tickets there are > recycled ones from previous years. Maybe we shall drop some of them and > add some new ones. I am sending a few ideas that might be interesting > for GSoC but I would like to hear second opinion as well. > > > New programs/servers > * our own FTP server > * bdsh improvements (loops, variables, pipes) > * interactive partition editor > * taskbar (i.e. list of open windows, launcher, clock) > > > Porting > * Bazaar. We have Python thanks to Zbigniev but it is a bare > interpreter. This would mean adding all the functionality needed to run > bzr. Unfortunately I am not able to predict how much work that could be. > * Finish GCC porting. There are two bigger topics: first, make gcc a > truly "native" compiler (i.e. no need for -nostdlib etc. flags) and, > second, update the ported GCC to the newest version (that would mean > bringing C++ support to HelenOS). Again, I am not sure about the difficulty. > * ncurses. Maybe it is not the best API around but it would allow us to > port interactive applications. > * IUP toolkit. Last year we discussed [ml-gui] some problems with > porting of GUI toolkits but it still might be doable. > > > Drivers > * I already created ticket [571] for graphical output on Raspberry Pi. > But it still needs polishing. > * Network over USB (also on Raspberry Pi) > > > Other > * Installer wizard. I mean something with nice interface that would help > the user install HelenOS. > * There are also ideas on our wiki page [ideas] > > > So, which ones of these shall we promote for GSoC? Or, are some of these > inappropriate for GSoC because of their difficulty? Or do you have some > other ideas that would be worth suggesting?
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