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

[Dipankar Patro]

Walter Sir,

Sorry I was not clear in my previous mail.

The two projects that we will be sending proposal for:
- Web browser development for Sugar on Chromium base.
- Localization and Porting Sugar 0.90 packages.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Dipankar Patro <dipankar at seeta.in> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Why not split these into two projects?
>
> -walter
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>
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