Re: [O] Google Summer of Code -- 3 Org projects for our first participation!

[Carsten Dominik]

All three projects?????!!!!!

This is truely amazing.  Wow.

- Carsten

On Apr 24, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Bastien wrote:

> 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,
> 
> -- 
> Bastien
> 
> 

- Carsten