Dear all,
we will have 3 students hacking Org thanks to Google and the GSoC
program. The list of all accepted projects can be checked here:
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2012
Congratulations to Thorsten, Aurélien and Andrew who made it!
And special thanks to Thorsten, who really pushed me into this.
Here is a short description of these projects:
Bugpile - a bugtracker for GNU Emacs Org-mode written in Elisp and
Org-mode (Thorsten)
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.
Org-mode – Let Org-mode synchronize with online bug-tracking and
todo-list services (Aurélien)
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.
Emacs-Orgmode Git merge tool for Org Files (Andrew Young)
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.
Eric Schulte will mentor Thorsten's project and I will mentor Aurélien's
and Andrew's ones, with the help of Nicolas and Carsten.
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.
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
like a student again :)
Thanks to all for your long-lasting commitment and support.
Happy orging,