[Scummvm-devel] Google Summer of Code

[Max Horn]

Am 28.02.2007 um 20:14 schrieb Kostas Nakos:

> Max Horn wrote:
>> 1) If you think this is a good idea -- please state so, on the list.
> It's a very interesting prospect. I support it.
>> 2) Now, if we want to proceed with this, we must prepare an
>> application. Details can be found on <http://code.google.com/support/
>> bin/answer.py?answer=60303&topic=10727&ctx=sibling>. Maybe we should
>> create a Wiki page for that, too, on which we, together write this
>> application. Does that make sense?
> We certainly need some kind of multi-user editing capabilities.

That's what our Wiki is for.

I started something at http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/ 
Summer_of_Code and http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/OpenTasks

But I have not yet added all the suggestions from all mails; the  
former page is not yet presentable; all the tasks still need to be  
written up in proper english; etc.


> I'm not
> sure how well Wiki handles simultaneous commits and such. I think  
> google
> docs does a good job on this (or an cvs/svn server perhaps?).

Well, MediaWiki sure works well enough for the Wikipedia, were  
sometimes hundreds of people edit a single page. :-).
You can, for example, edit only one section of a page, while somebody  
else edits another.


>> * We need a web page (on the Wiki? listing our project ideas/
>> proposals (maybe taking my previous email as a starting point). Any
>> volunteers to get this started?
> Task ideas are crucial and a lot have been proposed. We need to write
> them down.

Started that. Help is welcome!

> Also important is how we address each question in the
> participation application example (given in the SoC documentation); we
> also need to draft this and have a consensus.

Aye (also one could argue about the "consensus" part, but I digress  
*g*).


>> Anybody interested in acting as a mentor, possibly restricted to a
>> specific task/project?
> I'd be glad to participate but there is some unpredictability over
> whether I'll be available at all in late summer (early august+). If
> you've shortage in mentors, count me in.

OK. I added you as potential WinCE mentor at <http://wiki.scummvm.org/ 
index.php/Summer_of_Code> -- feel free to change this to make it  
sound more like a "maybe" :-)


Cheers,
Max