Google Summer of Code

2007-04-13 Thread Ross Gardler
This year Forrest has two GSoC students. Gavin will be mentoring one, with me as co-mentor (Oshani Wasana Seneviratne) I will be mentoring the other, with Gavin as co-mentor (Sina Khakbaz Heshmati) Both students will be working on RDF/XML plugins, but both have identified different plugins

Re: Google Summer of Code project

2007-03-27 Thread Ross Gardler
Oshani Seneviratne wrote: On 3/27/07, Ross Gardler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [The following comments will appear to some people, from some cultures, including my own, to be rude, nobody likes talking about money. I hope you understand that I do not mean to offend you, or anyone else] You can g

Re: Google Summer of Code project

2007-03-27 Thread Oshani Seneviratne
On 3/27/07, Ross Gardler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [The following comments will appear to some people, from some cultures, including my own, to be rude, nobody likes talking about money. I hope you understand that I do not mean to offend you, or anyone else] You can get all that without the GSo

Re: Google Summer of Code project

2007-03-27 Thread Ross Gardler
Oshani Seneviratne wrote: Ross, Thanks a lot for all your comments! I have revised my proposal [1] a bit based on your suggestions and it is yet again open for review. Please note that I did not change some of the things, which I have certain doubts about on implementing. However, based on your

Re: Google Summer of Code project

2007-03-27 Thread Oshani Seneviratne
Ross, Thanks a lot for all your comments! I have revised my proposal [1] a bit based on your suggestions and it is yet again open for review. Please note that I did not change some of the things, which I have certain doubts about on implementing. However, based on your advice I am willing to cha

Re: Google Summer of Code project

2007-03-24 Thread Ross Gardler
Oshani Seneviratne wrote: Hi Devs, I am interested in doing the SoC project on 'Creating plugins for embedding/producing RDF/XML and microformats in Forrest content objects'. My proposal is available at [1] and I would love to hear any of your comments on that. [1] http://wiki.apache.org/genera

RE: Google Summer of Code project

2007-03-24 Thread Gav....
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oshani > Seneviratne > Sent: Saturday, 24 March 2007 11:44 AM > To: dev@forrest.apache.org > Subject: Google Summer of Code project > > Hi Devs, > > I am interest

Google Summer of Code project

2007-03-23 Thread Oshani Seneviratne
Hi Devs, I am interested in doing the SoC project on 'Creating plugins for embedding/producing RDF/XML and microformats in Forrest content objects'. My proposal is available at [1] and I would love to hear any of your comments on that. [1] http://wiki.apache.org/general/OshaniSeneviratne/GSoC200

Re: Google Summer of Code

2007-03-09 Thread Ross Gardler
Gav wrote: -Original Message- From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 9 March 2007 9:22 AM To: dev@forrest.apache.org Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code Gav... wrote: If any Forrest devs have the time/inclination to mentor a GSoC student this year then add

RE: Google Summer of Code

2007-03-09 Thread Gav....
> -Original Message- > From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 9 March 2007 9:22 AM > To: dev@forrest.apache.org > Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code > > Gav... wrote: > > > >> If any Forrest devs have the time/inclination to

Re: Google Summer of Code

2007-03-08 Thread Ross Gardler
Gav... wrote: If any Forrest devs have the time/inclination to mentor a GSoC student this year then add your details to http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2007 I've already added a couple of Forrest projects. Ross Hi Ross, I would be happy to help out as a co-mentor on the project

Re: Google Summer of Code

2007-03-08 Thread Gav...
> If any Forrest devs have the time/inclination to mentor a GSoC student > this year then add your details to > http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2007 > > I've already added a couple of Forrest projects. > > Ross > Hi Ross, I would be happy to help out as a co-mentor on the project you

Google Summer of Code

2007-03-08 Thread Ross Gardler
If any Forrest devs have the time/inclination to mentor a GSoC student this year then add your details to http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2007 I've already added a couple of Forrest projects. Ross

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-05-10 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Ross Gardler wrote: >> But what about the other application? So far only Ross has commented >> and I agree with his point about xsl as a skill never being mentioned. > I also made this comment visible to the student in order to give them a > chance to address it. So far they have not done so. T

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-05-10 Thread Ross Gardler
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: I today checked the list of students proposals after the deadline for applications has expired. Nobody aplication for the ODT-plugins as far as I can tell, just one application for the refactoring of dispatcher (http://code.google.com/soc/asf/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:f2c9998f:9d

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-05-10 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
I today checked the list of students proposals after the deadline for applications has expired. Nobody aplication for the ODT-plugins as far as I can tell, just one application for the refactoring of dispatcher (http://code.google.com/soc/asf/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:f2c9998f:9db1d897). So I guess I won

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-21 Thread Ross Gardler
Thorsten Scherler wrote: El jue, 20-04-2006 a las 10:59 +0200, Thorsten Scherler escribió: El mié, 19-04-2006 a las 10:13 +0200, Thorsten Scherler escribió: http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 I added two proposals, maybe somebody wants to add more and/or help me with my proposal

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-21 Thread Thorsten Scherler
El jue, 20-04-2006 a las 10:59 +0200, Thorsten Scherler escribió: > El mié, 19-04-2006 a las 10:13 +0200, Thorsten Scherler escribió: > > http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 > > > > I added two proposals, maybe somebody wants to add more and/or help me > > with my proposals. > > > > T

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-21 Thread Ross Gardler
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: 1) Does the student think they can do it? If they don't they will not apply. That's the one I worry about. 2) Do we really expect a student to be able to do it in the time allowed? We have to provide a report to Google saying whether the

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-21 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Ross Gardler wrote: > 1) Does the student think they can do it? If they don't they will not apply. That's the one I worry about. > 2) Do we really expect a student to be able to do it in the time > allowed? We have to provide a report to Google saying whether the > objectives were met an

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-21 Thread Ross Gardler
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: Web Maestro Clay wrote: Although your wiki entry is IMO well-worded, it would be useful and nice not to limit the plugin to merely text documents, but to enable support for ODT Base & Impress (Spreadsheet and Presentation) support (Draw is another 'nice to have').

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Web Maestro Clay wrote: > Although your wiki entry is IMO well-worded, it would be useful and > nice not to limit the plugin to merely text documents, but to enable > support for ODT Base & Impress (Spreadsheet and Presentation) support > (Draw is another 'nice to have'). I hesitated to add

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Web Maestro Clay
On Apr 20, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Ferdinand Soethe wrote: OK, I have added the odt-plugins project to the wiki. -- Ferdinand Soethe Thank you Ferdinand! Although your wiki entry is IMO well-worded, it would be useful and nice not to limit the plugin to merely text documents, but to enable suppo

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
OK, I have added the odt-plugins project to the wiki. -- Ferdinand Soethe

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Clay Leeds
On Apr 20, 2006, at 2:37 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: Thorsten Scherler wrote: El jue, 20-04-2006 a las 09:51 +0200, Cyriaque Dupoirieux escribió: le 19/04/2006 19:07 Ferdinand Soethe a écrit : Web Maestro Clay wrote: I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output* plugin (in

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Thorsten Scherler wrote: > Yes, that would be nice, the only thing I am unsure is whether it gives > enough work for the period of time for a GSoC project. Personally I > think it is quite easy to implement such a plugin. My aim would be to actually get a complete, tested and documented plug-in

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ross Gardler
Thorsten Scherler wrote: El jue, 20-04-2006 a las 09:51 +0200, Cyriaque Dupoirieux escribió: le 19/04/2006 19:07 Ferdinand Soethe a écrit : Web Maestro Clay wrote: I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output* plugin (in addition to an ODT *input* plugin & along the

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Thorsten Scherler
El jue, 20-04-2006 a las 09:51 +0200, Cyriaque Dupoirieux escribió: > le 19/04/2006 19:07 Ferdinand Soethe a écrit : > > Web Maestro Clay wrote: > > > > > >> I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output* > >> plugin (in addition to an ODT *input* plugin & along the lines o

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ross Gardler
Thorsten Scherler wrote: El mié, 19-04-2006 a las 10:13 +0200, Thorsten Scherler escribió: http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 I added two proposals, maybe somebody wants to add more and/or help me with my proposals. TIA Who volunteers to be co-mentor for this projects with me?

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Thorsten Scherler
El mié, 19-04-2006 a las 10:13 +0200, Thorsten Scherler escribió: > http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 > > I added two proposals, maybe somebody wants to add more and/or help me > with my proposals. > > TIA Who volunteers to be co-mentor for this projects with me? salu2 -- Thorste

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ross Gardler
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: Does that mean you can undertake to cover for Ferdinand during his holidays (see other mails in this thread). I'll do my best, but at this stage am unable to promise to be available for the whole period. If there is someone who can then they

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Ross Gardler wrote: > Does that mean you can undertake to cover for Ferdinand during his > holidays (see other mails in this thread). > I'll do my best, but at this stage am unable to promise to be available > for the whole period. If there is someone who can then they should be > named co

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Ross Gardler
Cyriaque Dupoirieux wrote: le 19/04/2006 19:07 Ferdinand Soethe a écrit : Web Maestro Clay wrote: I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output* plugin (in addition to an ODT *input* plugin & along the lines of PDF). Does that sound like something the Forrest folk mi

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-20 Thread Cyriaque Dupoirieux
le 19/04/2006 19:07 Ferdinand Soethe a écrit : Web Maestro Clay wrote: I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output* plugin (in addition to an ODT *input* plugin & along the lines of PDF). Does that sound like something the Forrest folk might appreciate? +1^2

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Ross Gardler wrote: > As long as you have a co-mentor who is willing to cover that period it > will be fine. Do you have the exact dates, I may be able to commit to > being a co-mentor. The long period would be July 28th to August 13. -- Ferdinand Soethe

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Ross Gardler
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: If you are able to mentor this please add a proposal to the SoC wiki [1]. Mentoring means you undertake to apply the students patches in a timely manner and ensure that their questions are answered. However, as you saw last year, it should be a c

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Ross Gardler wrote: > If you are able to mentor this please add a proposal to the SoC wiki [1]. > Mentoring means you undertake to apply the students patches in a timely > manner and ensure that their questions are answered. However, as you saw > last year, it should be a community effort. I wil

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Ross Gardler
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: Web Maestro Clay wrote: I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output* plugin (in addition to an ODT *input* plugin & along the lines of PDF). Does that sound like something the Forrest folk might appreciate? +1^2 If you are able to mentor th

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
Web Maestro Clay wrote: > I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output* > plugin (in addition to an ODT *input* plugin & along the lines of > PDF). Does that sound like something the Forrest folk might appreciate? +1^2 I'd really like to see this happening because it wo

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Ross Gardler
Web Maestro Clay wrote: On Apr 19, 2006, at 1:13 AM, Thorsten Scherler wrote: http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 I added two proposals, maybe somebody wants to add more and/or help me with my proposals. TIA salu2 -- Thorsten Scherler I was thinking it 'might be nice to have'

Re: [FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Web Maestro Clay
On Apr 19, 2006, at 1:13 AM, Thorsten Scherler wrote: http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 I added two proposals, maybe somebody wants to add more and/or help me with my proposals. TIA salu2 -- Thorsten Scherler I was thinking it 'might be nice to have' an OpenDocument *output*

[FYI] Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-19 Thread Thorsten Scherler
http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 I added two proposals, maybe somebody wants to add more and/or help me with my proposals. TIA salu2 -- Thorsten Scherler COO Spain Wyona Inc. - Open Source Content Management - Apache Lenya http://www.wyona.com http://lenya.a

Re: Welcome Anil Ramnanan - Google Summer of Code Awardee

2005-06-27 Thread David Crossley
Anil Ramnanan wrote: > Ross Gardler wrote: > > >So, I would like to welcome Anil Ramnanan to the Apache Forrest > >community. > > > Thank you for the welcome. I look forward to working with Forrest and > the Forrest community. Just be warned that I will be asking many > questions. :) That is e

Re: Welcome Anil Ramnanan - Google Summer of Code Awardee

2005-06-27 Thread Ross Gardler
Anil Ramnanan wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: So, I would like to welcome Anil Ramnanan to the Apache Forrest community. Thank you for the welcome. I look forward to working with Forrest and the Forrest community. Just be warned that I will be asking many questions. :) Well, it is my role as

Re: Welcome Anil Ramnanan - Google Summer of Code Awardee

2005-06-27 Thread Anil Ramnanan
Ross Gardler wrote: So, I would like to welcome Anil Ramnanan to the Apache Forrest community. Thank you for the welcome. I look forward to working with Forrest and the Forrest community. Just be warned that I will be asking many questions. :) Regards, Anil Ramnanan

Welcome Anil Ramnanan - Google Summer of Code Awardee

2005-06-27 Thread Ross Gardler
low). Anil created the original code for the plugin and donated it to Apache in July 2004 whilst he was employed on a short term contract. However, he has not been active within the Apache Forrest project directly. It is my hope that his involvement through the Google Summer of Code program will res