[SoC] Re: Looking for mentors and project ideas for Squeak's Summer of Code application

[Giovanni Corriga]

Hi Hilaire,

looks cool. Have you added yourself to the mentors list and the project 
to the project lists?

	Giovanni

Hilaire Fernandes ha scritto:
> Le mardi 04 mars 2008 à 08:17 +0000, Giovanni Corriga a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> the Squeak Foundation will be applying to participate in the 2008 
>> edition of the Google Summer of Code. This year we'll be interested in 
>> involving the other Squeak-related communities, too. So I'm asking for 
>> both volunteer mentors and project ideas.
>>
>> If you're interested in being a mentor, and/or want to provide a project 
>> idea, please contact me at giovanni at corriga.net .
> 
> I want to propose DrGeo. I also proposed it to OLPC but feedback is not
> very clear.
> 
> Tell me what you think about it.
> 
> So here is a description:
> 
> ---8<---
> The DrGeoII port to Squeak need to be finished and improved in different
> areas.
> 
> 
> Parts to be written
>       * implementation of the macro-construction system. It is a system
>         to record a set of constructions as a function the user can save
>         and use repeatably. See the original implementation.
>       * implementation of the script system. A script within DrGeo is
>         code hooked to an interactive sketch, it is used to perform
>         calculus. See the original implementation in Scheme. The script
>         language will be Smalltalk based.
> Parts to improve
>       * improve the load time, the load time is now unacceptable for the
>         user and make DrGeo unadapted for the OLPC.
>       * define a journal type entry to save/load.
>       * improve the user interface, particularly the access to the
>         construction tools.
>       * improve the locus sampling, it is by now suboptimal.
> 
> Other suggestions for improvements, see the DrGeo tracker.
> ---8<---