Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Richard Hughes
2009/10/20 Mark mark...@gmail.com Also the ability to choose between thumbnailers isn't bad.. this is opensource after all and that's all about freedom of choice. Something inside of me just died. Richard. ___ gtk-devel-list mailing list

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 21:35 +0200, Mark wrote: For Jannis and Philip, Nice tumbler talk but could you two make suggestions for my project? ^_^ As I already wrote: A PDF thumbnailer that implements the 'specialized thumbnailer' spec that doesn't need to link with gdkpixbuf. I think that

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 13:08 +0200, Philip Van Hoof wrote: - You'll have to work with a queue handling the thumbnailing, as Create isn't allowed to block, which means that GThreadQueue could for example be used (which means that your work will involve dealing with threads). Sorry that's

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Mark
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Philip Van Hoof s...@pvanhoof.be wrote: On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 21:35 +0200, Mark wrote: For Jannis and Philip, Nice tumbler talk but could you two make suggestions for my project? ^_^ As I already wrote: A PDF thumbnailer that implements the 'specialized

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 14:33 +0200, Mark wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Philip Van Hoof s...@pvanhoof.be wrote: On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 21:35 +0200, Mark wrote: For Jannis and Philip, Nice tumbler talk but could you two make suggestions for my project? ^_^ As I already wrote:

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Mark
I do miss some vital parts: - Designing the daemon and plugin architecture - Making those 2 That's what i see missing now but i probably missed a few other parts. If you want to make a functional analysis of Tumbler, then go ahead. If you want to draw cute UML diagrams with the classes

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 16:34 +0200, Mark wrote: I do miss some vital parts: - Designing the daemon and plugin architecture - Making those 2 That's what i see missing now but i probably missed a few other parts. What does Making those 2 mean? [CUT] 1. designing a daemon With a

RE: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar
[ CUT ] Sorry to keep chiming in, but regrading the statement: you just don't seem to get the point. I need to build something from the ground up (making uml, class diagrams and such).. and based on that i need to make the actual program. Tumbler is existing already! i would be making

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Cosimo Cecchi
Hi Mark, On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 16:34 +0200, Mark wrote: Now can we please quit bashing the idea that there will be 2 thumbnailing services in a few months time and can i get some constructive feedback about the ideas in my first post? Can i get the: - Git - gnome sub domain - blog for

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Mark
Can i get the: - Git - gnome sub domain - blog for this project on planet gnome and/or gtk No one is bashing anything, but despite the many who agree, that this project is NOT a requirement for GNOME or GTK (and since it is only for school, a place that rots the brain) I would be

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Andrew Cowie
Mark, On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 16:32 +0200, Mark wrote: on school i study ... So this project, described in depth below... Keep in mind that contribution to an open source project doesn't have to be bounded by school projects or an institution's academic calendar; you are welcome to continue

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-20 Thread Mark
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Andrew Cowie and...@operationaldynamics.com wrote: Mark, On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 16:32 +0200, Mark wrote: on school i study ... So this project, described in depth below... Keep in mind that contribution to an open source project doesn't have to be bounded by

Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-19 Thread Mark
Hi, on school i study Computer Science. That exists of a dozen Major semesters and a few Minor semesters. Each lasts 10 weeks and that for 3 years. So this project, described in depth below, will have to be done within 10 school weeks of which the first 8 are the creation weeks. After that it

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-19 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 16:20 +0100, Rob Taylor wrote: We already have a thumbnailing service that is only just now starting to be used. A complete reimplementation of soemthing existing will not be a very useful thing. I also suggest that 13weeks for your entire plan is very over optimistic. I

Re: Thumbnailing service project; opinions, suggestions?

2009-10-19 Thread Mark
Hi, Let me say this again. (said it but apparently not clear) I am currently in a school semester which takes roughly 3 weeks till that one is done. Then the next semester starts (and each semester takes 10 weeks) which is the thumbnailing service semester. So i only have 10 weeks not 13. of