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

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Dipankar Patro <dipankar at seeta.in> wrote:
> 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.

I am the one who was not clear. It seems that Localization and Porting
are two different projects.

-walter

> 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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>



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