Closed WPFilmmaker closed 5 years ago
I have carefully studied this opportunity back in 2012. There are several reasons why we not apply. One (most important) of them is that in order to get accepted we MUST have at least one student on our radar, who are:
1) proven to be committed to the project,
2) proven to deliver results within 3 months
This is something that we do not have now.
@morevnaproject Thanks for the answer! Would it be feasible looking for one student for next gsoc? There is a year for attracting new students. I read the post about the new developer. I wish Moverna Project all the luck!
Thank you for the kind wishes. I am regularly doing some efforts on attracting students, but no luck so far. In any case, our project is always open for new contributors. ^__^
I have carefully studied this opportunity back in 2012. There are several reasons why we not apply. One (most important) of them is that in order to get accepted we MUST have at least one student on our radar, who are:
- proven to be committed to the project,
- proven to deliver results within 3 months
This is something that we do not have now.
Are you still looking for someone :) I've just completed my GSoC'18 project with LLVM https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#6751970149269504
Pada tanggal Kam, 20 Sep 2018 01.03, Reshabh Sharma < notifications@github.com> menulis:
I have carefully studied this opportunity back in 2012. There are several reasons why we not apply. One (most important) of them is that in order to get accepted we MUST have at least one student on our radar, who are:
- proven to be committed to the project,
- proven to deliver results within 3 months
This is something that we do not have now.
Are you still looking for someone :) I've just completed my GSoC'18 project with LLVM https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#6751970149269504
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Hello @reSHARMA! Thank you fro the proposal! Yes, we are still interested. Do you have any particular idea where you want to apply your efforts? ^__^
Hello @morevnaproject , I am interested too. Can you guide me from where I can start ?
@reSHARMA Since your GSoC project was related with CI, we have some tasks to do in the area of automatization. One of them is to create a test script which identifies regressions in Synfig's render engine. The script should render a set of sample files using latest version of Synfig and then compare the resulting images against the reference data. Also, it would be nice to measure performance and provide statistics.
@shubhsherl Can you please let me know what is your area of skills? I.e. GUI, OpenGL, CI, etc.. We have many tasks in various areas, from writing new layer types to infrastructure tasks.
@morevnaproject Sounds like a great idea, I'm in. We can use the same for automatic testing of our deb binaries at ci.debian.net.
@reSHARMA Awesome! I suggest to continue further discussion in separate thread - https://github.com/synfig/synfig/issues/634
@reSHARMA So, the first contribution is completed (#634). We can discuss the possible topic of your GSoC project (we will need to submit project ideas as part of application form). ^__^
@morevnaproject , I have prior experience in App development and I am currently developing an app as my internship project(in react-native). But I am open to other areas as well, to learn and apply. Let me know if there is any project open to work on.
@shubhsherl I see. ^__^ Do you have any experience with C++?
@morevnaproject C++ was my first language, and I am comfortable in it. I have a school project in C++03(which I made in 2015) if it counts ;P
@morevnaproject Do let me know if there is anything I can try my hands on.
@shubhsherl Oh, my apologies - I've got distracted by other tasks and didn't responded in time. ^__^"
We have a list of "good first issues", so you can choose which one you would like to start with - https://github.com/synfig/synfig/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
I think we should start preparation from our side for gsoc 2019 org application. After some random browsing I see the "idea page" as a great first step.
"Keep in mind that this page is often the first view of your organization by Google and potential student applicants." [1]
I think we can have the idea page on synfig wiki, and meanwhile can ask for potential mentors and projects on github or synfig forum (or both).
"As a first year organization you will probably receive fewer than 3 students" [2]
We should atleast have 3-4 projects with potential mentors listed.
1 https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/making-your-ideas-page 2 https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/notes-for-first-year-organizations
Yes, it's time for preparations!
As we planning to go away from MediaWiki in favor to Sphinx/ReadTheDocs, I suggest to include Ideas Page into developer's documentation - https://synfig-docs-dev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
Editable here - https://github.com/synfig/synfig-docs-dev
Track the update and suggest changes for synfig project ideas page here (https://github.com/synfig/synfig-docs-dev/pull/3) and for gsoc'19 application draft here!
I would like to be part of gsoc19 as a student at synfig :) what are the prerequisites?
@ankit-kumar-dwivedi I am happy to see your interest! We need some code-related contribution from you before GSoC starts. ^__^
@ankit-kumar-dwivedi I am happy to see your interest! We need some code-related contribution from you before GSoC starts. ^__^
thanks @morevnaproject. I guess solving few code related issues will do the job !
@ankit-kumar-dwivedi Yes, exactly! We have a list of good simple issues to start with - https://github.com/synfig/synfig/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22 (please ignore pinned issue, though). ^__^
Registration for GSoC now open for organizations - https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ We're starting to work on application.
Okay, I have registered an organization, now working on Organization Application and Organization Profile. BTW, every organization must have at least 2 and at most 5 Organization Administrators. @ice0, I propose you to become second administrator. Opinions?
While I am in the process of preparing application, I suggest to start thinking on possible project ideas. ^__^
Hi guys! Sure i am in.
Project ideas:
Infrastructure
Code improvements
Big improvements
Just throwing in more ideas based on popularity in this github:
Hi Everyone, I'm also an aspiring GSOC 19 student and my area of specialization is UX Engineering.
While I really love the current interface and experience of the current Synfig version, I feel as if a lot of porweful features are hidden from the user and makes working in Synfig a difficulty for beginners.
I do not know how difficult the task is to propose a work with a team on the UX of some parts of Synfig most especially the Timeline. But it's a task I don't even need GSOC to wish to accomplish.
What are the reasons for the current Interface?
Hello @ThobyV! Happy to see your interest. ^__^
Many UI decisions came from original developers, who created Synfig and opensourced it back in 2006. After that, many improvements were made by community contributors. A big work done by Yu Chen (@jcome), who has made a lot of good rework on UI and also brainstormed other improvements (you might want to take a look at topics here - https://forums.synfig.org/search?q=UI%20Redesign%20-%20).
Of course, Synfig's UI is still far from perfect and contributions are welcome.
I suggest to open new issue here (on GitHub) to start discussion on possible improvements.
Thank you so Much @morevnaproject for your time replying.
I will make sure to open a seperate discussion as soon as I have enough insights on this Topic. I look towards creating some user experience improvements with the team for this awesome project so in attempt to make things easier and more intuitive.
May I ask what Tool/Platform the Synfig UI Is written in?
May I ask what Tool/Platform the Synfig UI Is written in?
It is written in C++ with GTK3 libraries as GUI toolkit.
Currently all UI layout is written in plain code. It would be nice to utilize some UI builder (Glade3). In this case modifications to UI will be very simple.
P.S. @ThobyV Can you please drop me a mail via https://www.synfig.org/contact/? ^__^
@morevnaproject I am really sorry for the delay! I will be communicating more frequnetly and timely from now. I have sent an email to the Address you shared.
@ThobyV Got your letter and mailed a response to you. Please check your mailbox. ^__^
Dear friends, I have finalized our application test - https://synfig-docs-dev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gsoc/2019/application.html Your comments are welcome (but remember that the deadline is tomorrow ^__^).
@morevnaproject looks good to me! Finger crossed for you! And please let us know if you get accepted <3
@WPFilmmaker Thank you for the kind words! Even if we will not get accepted, we will keep moving. The project gets a good traction lately, so good times ahead! ^__^
The project gets a good traction lately, so good times ahead! ^__^
Yes @morevnaproject synfig is getting famous :smiley: . PS: I am planning to conduct a workshop about synfig in my college.
Your comments are welcome (but remember that the deadline is tomorrow ^__^).
I see there is no mention about the synfig forum. Can't that be used as a Communication medium for gsoc?
I see there is no mention about the synfig forum. Can't that be used as a Communication medium for gsoc?
I just haven't found a suitable place to mention that in application form. Also, currently all of our development team is hanging out here, at GitHub.
Of course, ideally it would be nice to get all devs registered on the forum and ask everyone to subscribe for "Development" category (https://forums.synfig.org/c/development).
This way it can act as mailing list for us (with a cool emojis and likes). And then I can mention it in "Mailing List" section.
@blackwarthog @ice0 @reSHARMA @ankit-kumar-dwivedi @ThaFireDragonOfDeath @ThobyV what do you think about this idea?
(I am not pinging @BobSynfig, since he is already there ^__^).
BTW, I have wrapped up our ideas list - https://synfig-docs-dev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gsoc/2019/ideas.html
Congratualations
@morevnaproject @WPFilmmaker and everyone at synfig :100: Synfig is now a mentoring Organization at GSOC'19
Congrats guys! Hopefully this will push Synfig development and recognition further! Keep up the great work!
Congratulations to everyone!
In the meantime, I have started to write documentation about Synfig's code structure, which will help newcomers to understand how everything works. By this moment I have finished documenting "synfig-core" - https://synfig-docs-dev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/common/structure.html
@morevnaproject and all, congratulations! What's the next step? By when do you have to make a list of mentored students?
@WPFilmmaker interested students will submit their application by 9th April, and you will have quite a good time to decide :)
Congratulations to all, I remember after last gsoc when I was bored, I googled "gsoc 2019" and got the link to this thread. It's been half a year and I'm elated that we got this issue right <3. Though I've not contributed much in synfig and just been in conversation with Konstantin but this place feels like home.
Thank you and congratulations again!
[Suggestion] Hello everyone, The Student Application Period is over and it marks the beginning of the Application Review Period. This will take approximately a month. It would be nice if someone could share the statistics of the proposals. 😃 I am attaching a screenshot as an example of how an organization did it this time: @morevnaproject @ice0 tagging you guys here being the org admins. 🙂
Hi @AnishGG! Just a quick info: we've got 14 proposals in total. ^__^
Thank you so much @morevnaproject for this opportunity. I am overwhelmed and congratulations to @AnishGG 🎉
The deadline for this year was January...Knowing that Morevna Project is always looking to get better financially wise and improve the code, why not applying to Gsoc next year? Has this ever been considered?It would be beneficial for Synfig and reduce the costs for the project (at the least for the duration of the event)