Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tasks for the summer

[Erich Christian <erich_tdf@irq.at>]

Hi,

Am 11.06.2011 13:29, schrieb Tom Davies:
> Oh, i just remembered about problems in 
> 
> 4.  Impress.  

+100  :-)


> A previous coder, Christian, has offered to mentor anyone willing 
> to take over because he just doesn't have enough time to get stuck into coding.  
> The problem is about linking or embedding sound files and it has driven a couple 
> of people back to MS Office's PowerPoint.  There might be something a bit more 
> serious in there too but Christian could give details.
> 
> I still think Base is more important because people are more likely to deal with 
> Impress anyway.  Base desperately needs people, almost as desperately as the 
> Documentation Team.  I think Svg is already being worked on so it might be all 
> completed before GsoC starts.
> 
> Many regards and congrats from
> Tom :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
>> To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
>> Cc: vuhung@ki-ei.com
>> Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 12:19:32
>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tasks for the summer
>>
>> Hi :)
>> I don't really know what skill level they currently have or what they  need to 
> 
>> aim for (i haven't read your links yet).  Also i think the  question might be 
>> better asked in the devs mailing list rather than  marketing list.  If you 
>> wanted 
>>
>> ideas for a marketing project this would  be the perfect place.  
>>
>>
>> My immediate thoughts  are;
>>
>> 1.  Base would be awesome.  Any work on it would be  fantastic.  A good place 
>> to 
>>
>> earn a good reputation if the skills are up  to it!  I don't think anyone is 
>> really working on it now but there are  a few people that could help with some 
> 
>> guidance, eg Alex Thurgood if he has  time and i guess there would still be 
>> mentors on the coding side.  It  is a huge challenge although there are 
>> probably 
>>
>> a ton of easy hacks  listed.  
>>
>>
>> 2.  SVG import and embedding for all  platforms.  Apparently it is done for 
>> Windows versions but not Mac, nor  other Bsd nor even Linux!  Usually linux 
>> stuff 
>>
>> gets done first  apparently as it's easier to port to the other platforms 
>> (except 
>>
>> possibly  it's not so easy to port to Windows as it is to port to Mac).
>>
>> 3.   Perhaps a collection of Easy Hacks.  Just select a bunch in a single app 
>> (such as Base).  
>>
>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=EasyHack&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
>> D
>>
>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks
>>
>> 5.   Perhaps working on a needed Extension might be good?  I don't know of one 
> 
>> but there are lots for OpenOffice that haven't been migrated to official TDF 
>> servers.  Apparently a lot have been pushed into main-line LibreOffice  but 
>> there 
>>
>> might be something there.  
>>
>>
>> 6.  The most  under-staffed group in TDF at the moment is the Documentation 
>> Team.   They have just had 3 new people join last week and those 3 have already 
>>
>> done  a ton of excellent work but more people are needed.  It is a very 
>> friendly 
>>
>> & helpful team so working there is quite rewarding.  I guess this  doesn't 
>> count 
>>
>> as coding because they don't usually even need to use mark-up  language but it 
>> is 
>>
>> the most critically short-staffed area in TDF right now  and there is a ton of 
> 
>> work to do urgently.  
>>
>>
>> I have bcc'd  this email to Alex in case he has specific ideas.  There are 
>> other 
>>
>> people that know quite a lot about databases, particularly Base, but his is  
>> the 
>>
>> name i remember most clearly most easily.  
>>
>> Regards  from
>> Tom :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From:  Nguyen Vu Hung (KiEi) <vuhung@ki-ei.com>
>>> To: marketing@libreoffice.org; libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org
>>>  Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 11:00:09
>>> Subject: [libreoffice-marketing]  Tasks for the summer
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Regarding the  "MHST" that we have proposed 2 months  ago[1],
>>> the good news is  that our idea has been accepted and three students  will
>>> join the  fun!
>>>
>>> Well, now I want you ask/confirm some   points.
>>>
>>> 1. The students want to work with some standalone  app
>>> However,  IMO, working on adding a new feature to the LibO will  be more 
> fun.
>>> Please let  me know how do you think.
>>>
>>>  2. We need a list of the ideas registered to  GSoC[2]
>>> so that we  can pick an idea (a task for this summer)
>>>
>>> 3. New  ideas  that are not in the list [2] are OK, too :)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> [1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2011-April/010673.html
>>>  [2] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Gsoc/Ideas
>>>
>>>  -- 
>>> Nguyen Vu Hung (Nguye^~n Vu~ Hu+ng)
>>> LibreOffice, Vietnamese  Translation  Team.

cheers
Erich

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