Hello, On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Frank Karlitschek <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On 24.04.2012, at 16:04, viraj sinha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello , > > My name is Viraj Sinha. I had applied for GSoc 2012 for owncloud > dolphin integration but didn't get selected. I really wanted to contribute > to owncloud and kde so I had a chat with Bartek Przybylski . He helped me a > lot and suggested that first we should think of a protocol for owncloud to > link with file managers as the existing process using webdav is too > complicated . I would really like to work on this, as the idea is pretty > interesting and niece , along with Bartek. This could make the process so > easier and fun.Can I submit this as an idea for kde-soc 2012 and Bartek can > guide me as he has already helped me a lot? Do let me know guys please as I > am really interested to work on it this summer. > > Hi Viraj, > > I´m sorry that you are not selected. > It would be really awesome if you could work on the dolphin integration. > > I agree with Bartek that we need a special API for that. We want to use > WebDAV for all the file access stuff. > But if we want to add action to dolphin like "share with.." or "show > versions of .." or "send public link to..." then we need special calls for > that of course. > I suggest to add to to the existing OCS API that´s already implemented in > ownCloud. This is a RESTfull API that we have to extend for the new > features that you need. Than we can extend libattica in KDE to support this > new call and then we just have to use this calls in dolphin. > > I can help you with that part together with Bartek of course :-) > Thanks for your help Frank. I completely agree with you. It would be an honour to work with the owncloud founder himself. > > I think the next logical step would be to look at the use-cases that we > want to cover with the Dolphin integration and then design the API calls > accordingly. I can also help with that. > > Does this make sense? > Yes it makes sense. Infact i just learned about use cases in my Software eng class this semester and came to know the importance of it . I wanted to work on it after may 24 as my end semester exams are from May 7,2012-May 25 2012 . I am free for the summer after that. That is why I wanted to apply for it in kde-soc. What are your thoughts? > > > > Cheers > Frank -- Regards Viraj Sinha Mitbuzz Developer Third Monkey Labs Dept of Comp Sc MIT,Manipal
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