Isaac, Welcome, and thanks for setting such a good example for other potential GSoC participants.
> I wonder if this Zero/Sugar project could use some GSOC support, I agree with Ben that 0install-related Sugar work likely encompasses at least one good and worthy GSoC project. First, it's a good springboard toward networking, cryptography, and UI design, if you have interests in any of these areas. Second, you'll get to meet and to work with maintainers from both 0install and Sugar, so it will be a great open-source educational experience. Thrid, it's got an exceptionally direct educational benefit; namely, tremendously improved access to software for connected Sugar learners like those in Uruguay, Paraguay, and elsewhere. > or if there are more useful/important things to work on? First, *definitely* take Walter up on his offer of advice. (In fact, if you're both willing, please take notes and publish them; I'd like learn from your conversation!) Second, take a look at ideas that people have expressed interest in mentoring in the past. Many of them are still relevant. Third, talk to people visiting OLPC or Sugar deployments. Bernie Innocenti, Daniel Drake, Bryan Berry, Caroline Meeks, and Simon Schampijer are all great people to track down. (And there are many more, especially if you're interested in making friends in the southern hemisphere.) Finally, here's a short list of various people's essays and emails on exciting technical problems and potential solutions from which you (or others) might fashion an interesting and useful project: networking: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Network2/Paper http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Network_principles platform: http://dev.laptop.org/~mstone/draft-sugar-core-priorities-01.txt http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2008-July/007441.html http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-June/015838.html journal+datastore: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal2 http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/Designs/Journal http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpcfs security: http://dev.laptop.org/git/security/plain/bitfrost.txt http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Rainbow/Next_Steps More questions? Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel