[Sugar-devel] Google Code In 2016

[Laura Vargas]

2016-11-08 11:12 GMT-05:00 Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>:

> Hi, Walter
>
> Currently for GSOC and GCI, we tell applicants to create a development
> environment. I think that is a mistake. One of the great strengths of Sugar
> is that it is it's own development environment. For example, the design of
> Sugar is that Browse as an activity can be installed directly as an xo
> bundle with a version number independent of the Sugar version number. This,
> of course, has two advantages - a new version of Browse can be used on
> earlier versions of Sugar and the release of Sugar provides the ability to
> execute Sugar activities but is not dependent on them.
>

I am not a developer (yet) but this sounds like an interesting approach.


> GCI can be a great opportunity to develop a Sugar release which can be
> installed on standard PCs and supported by Sugar Labs.  Possibly a Debian
> release supported by Sugar Labs would be most flexible. In this case there
> could also be SD card images which work on models of the Raspberry Pi. Such
> a release could be enhanced by users working independently and then
> submitting their working changes for incorporation in future official
> releases.
>

There is clearly an identified need for such an image. I myself would like
to install and use it, specially if we could get a Sugar Network
"connection". We have documented several downstream projects like
"Huyaruro" and "Esperanza".

Still achieving such an image may be a larger project, and require
professional developers from SL. It would have to be part of the strategic
plan for Sugar Labs, for example to be able to contribute with open quality
sofwate to the edu-eco-bio-system.

Regards and blessings,

Laura Victoria


>
> Tony
>
>
> On 11/07/2016 10:25 AM, Walter Bender wrote:
>
> Great news. Sugar Labs was once again accepted as one of the organizations
> participating in Google Code In.
>
> We have a few weeks to prepare. If you are interested in being a mentor,
> please contact me and also please sign up at
> <https://codein.withgoogle.com>https://codein.withgoogle.com
>
> If you have project/task ideas, please send them my way or add them to the
> wiki page at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2016#This_
> is_a_stub_for_25.2B_example_tasks_new_for_GCI_2016.
>
> As always, I am very much looking forward to GCI.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
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