SoC2007 application

Google Summer of Code 2007 application

Organization=

We are used to collaborate across timezones and cultures. For the Google Summer of Code we gave ourself a more formal project organization structure in addition to the two software project organizations hugin and panotools .

Steering Committee=

First person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Third person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Coordinators=

First person, main coordinator=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person, backing coordinator=

Short bio, graphics related events

Mentors=

First person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Third person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Students=

First person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Third person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Did your organization participate in GSoC 2005 or 2006=

No

What license does your project use=

GPL.

What is the URL for your ideas page=

http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/SoC2007_ideas

What is the main development mailing list for your organization=

http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/

What is the main IRC channel for your organization=

IRC: #scribus at irc.freenode.net

Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now=

• name / university / current enrollment
• short bio
• did you ever code in C, C++ or Python, yes/no? please provide examples of code.
• do you use Scribus? please provide examples.
• do you make other use of Scribus than for laying out articles? please describe and show examples.
• were you involved in Scribus development in the past? what was your contribution?
• were you involved in other OpenSource development projects in the past? which, when and in what role?
• why have you chosen your development idea and what do you expect from your implementation?

What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible=

• familiarity and experience with the prepress technologies
• knowledge of the existing open source technologies applied to desktop publishing
• experience in mentoring junior coders, possibly from an academic environment
• in depth knowledge of user requirements
• ...