[Sugar-devel] Requesting mentor ship for Project related to Sugar

[Dipankar Patro]

Walter Sir,

Thank You very much for accepting to mentor our team on the proposed areas.

But there seems to be some problem regarding participation of a team in the
Program. It looks like, they only allow individuals to participate. So, we
are planning to split the project into two parts:
1. Web browser development.
2. Localization and Porting of Sugar 0.90 to Ubuntu.

We are looking for a third project, and would be great to suggest one
It would be very helpful if we could have a discussion on this on irc, as
soon as possible suiting Indian time.

Thanking You.

Sincerely,
Dipankar

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> It was a disappointment that we didn't get direct sponsorship for GSoC
> this year, but working with OSPO may be just the ticket!!  Happy to be
> the mentor on these projects.
>
> Note that you should mention that there is a on-going webkit effort
> for Ubuntu but that Chromium would give us more flexibility and a
> broader offering.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Dipankar Patro <dipankar at seeta.in> wrote:
> > Hello Walter Sir,
> > I Dipankar Patro, Research Engineer, SEETA, would like to represent my
> team
> > from SEETA, comprising of Neeraj Gupta, Ishan Bansal, Mukul Gupta with
> the
> > following proposal of a project. The team members worked in the summer of
> > 2010 for Ubuntu Sugar Remix, (with Manusheel Gupta, SEETA) and also made
> > some successful patch submissions which eventually got pushed in the main
> > repository. The reports regarding our work are published
> > here: http://opensource.seeta.in/task_reports
> > We all want to apply for the GSOC under GOOGLE
> > OSPO: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/ospo
> > We would like to work on the following areas related to Sugar, and would
> > highly appreciate if you could mentor us. We will be presenting the same
> > areas as below for GSOC.
> >
> > The following are proposed areas:
> >
> > 1. Developing a faster, secure and customizable browser activity for
> Ubuntu
> > Sugar Remix.
> > Since Ubuntu Sugar Remix does not have a stable 'Browse' activity due to
> the
> > hulahop package problem, we aim to develop a new browser activity
> > implementing Google Chrominum base and functionality making the browser
> > faster, secure and customizable. The same activity can be used for XO
> where
> > the performance is crucial given the hardware specifications it has.
> > 2. Successful porting of Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu along with upgrading the
> > existing activities.
> > Sugar is rapidly developing and we feel the need to be same with the
> Ubuntu
> > Sugar Remix. Porting Sugar 0.90 to USR will be the first step in
> providing
> > the latest compatible version of Sugar to Ubuntu Users.
> > 3. Localisation in India
> > If Sugar needs to be spread across in India, we feel the need of
> > incorporating regional languages into it. This would include activities
> and
> > applications available in regional languages. A new reason why Sugar can
> be
> > used in Classrooms, even in Sub-Urban areas.
> >
> > For the above, we have planned the following structure of working and
> road
> > map:
> >
> > All members have experience of working on the Sugar back-end (where the
> code
> > needs to be written or modified).
> > I have some knowledge of networking, and would like continue to work on
> the
> > same field for Sugar.
> > Mukul and Ishan are experienced with working on activities. Ishan
> specially
> > worked with Gtk end of activities, where as Mukul worked on the coding
> > portion. As Neeraj has experience in the field of localization and has
> also
> > worked on it, he will be the one specially working on the localization.
> > For road map please visit this page: http://opensource.seeta.in/roadmap
> > As you have incomparable experience in activity development on Sugar, we
> are
> > seeking for your expert guidance on the whole browser activity
> development,
> > which will definitely lead us to an outstanding achievement, and also
> help
> > Sugar grow and spread more rapidly.
> > Thank You for taking out time for us.
> > Regards,
> > Dipankar Patro,
> > dipankar at seeta.in
> > Neeraj Gupta,
> > neeraj at seeta.in
> > Ishan Bansal,
> > ishan at seeta.in
> > Mukul Gupta,
> > mukul at seeta.in
>
>
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>
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