From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code -- 3 Org projects for our first participation! Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:17:29 +0200 Message-ID: <3C3D473B-CFE5-4E75-8DF9-C2C37BADE391@gmail.com> References: <8762cpad2q.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56617) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMa0Q-0004mu-5y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:17:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMa0J-00077F-Qb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:17:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8762cpad2q.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org All three projects?????!!!!! This is truely amazing. Wow. - Carsten On Apr 24, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Bastien wrote: > Dear all, >=20 > we will have 3 students hacking Org thanks to Google and the GSoC=20 > program. The list of all accepted projects can be checked here: >=20 > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2012 >=20 > Congratulations to Thorsten, Aur=E9lien and Andrew who made it! > And special thanks to Thorsten, who really pushed me into this. >=20 > Here is a short description of these projects: >=20 > Bugpile - a bugtracker for GNU Emacs Org-mode written in Elisp and > Org-mode (Thorsten) >=20 > The Bugpile project has two goals: 1. Develop a bugtracker (called > Bugpile) for GNU Emacs Org-mode, using Elisp, Elnode, Org-mode, and a > dVCS. 2. As part of the engineering process, abstract out a > web-framework (called iOrg) based on these GNU Emacs technologies. A > web-framework written in Elisp, with Org files used for database > functionality, is a new approach that enables interactive web > applications built on top of GNU Emacs. Bugpile is an example > application, but useful in itself. >=20 > Org-mode =96 Let Org-mode synchronize with online bug-tracking and > todo-list services (Aur=E9lien) >=20 > There's currently no convenient way to manage services like Redmine, > Bugzilla or GitHub issue tracking system in Org-mode. Org-mode = already > handles TODO-list pretty well, but there's no synchronization > functionality for TODO-list services such as Toodledo or Google > Tasks. The goal of the project is to let Org-mode import and export = to > these kind of services in a generic way so that new services can be > added easily later on. >=20 > Emacs-Orgmode Git merge tool for Org Files (Andrew Young) >=20 > The purpose of the project is to create a specialized Git merge = driver > for plain text Org-Mode formatted files. A merge driver is a program > which will combine two versions of a file based off of a common > ancestor into a single file, marking conflicting changes within. A > specialized merge driver for Org-Mode files will be able to leverage > the structure to understand the effects of modifications on the > integrity of sections. The merge driver will solidify Org-Mode as a > tool for collaborative work. >=20 > Eric Schulte will mentor Thorsten's project and I will mentor = Aur=E9lien's > and Andrew's ones, with the help of Nicolas and Carsten. >=20 > This is an exciting time for Org: no doubt that having people paid for > hacking Org on a full-time basis will boost our favorite software. >=20 > This is an exciting time for me as a maintainer and future mentor: > no doubt that I will *learn* a lot, from both a technical and a human > point of view - as usual. Now that my age and pseudo-marital position > make me come home with a baguette every evening, it will be good to = feel=20 > like a student again :) >=20 > Thanks to all for your long-lasting commitment and support. >=20 > Happy orging, >=20 > --=20 > Bastien >=20 >=20 - Carsten