Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tasks for the summer

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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