GSOC 2012 idea

[Sebastian Sauer]

On 02/12/2012 10:38 PM, C. Boemann wrote:
> > From Words' side it's a clear no unfortunately. We are not ready to entertain
> this idea. Collaborative editing is very difficult and out of scope for gsoc.
> The Telepathy side is the easy final touches.
>
> You need to define the protocol, implement the protocol, implement operational
> transforms. Plus struggle with and learn the Calligra code. Code that this
> moment is not even mature. Maybe in two years or more we will be ready, but
> not in 2012

I indeed think too that this would be a lot of work. Without already 
knowing the code I do not see how this can be a success within such a 
short time-span.

@Abhishek
Or do you probably have already a prototype or a plan that shows that it 
can be done within the gsoc-time? How to you plan to record input and 
replay it at the other side? What about conflict-management? Can you 
maybe outline with some words what exactly your plan is from a tech pov? 
Thanks :)

> On Sunday 12 February 2012 22:05:05 Martin Klapetek wrote:
>> Just to fill in folks from Calligra on Telepathy side - we're ready :) We
>> have pretty much all that is needed from a networking POV - we have "stream
>> tubes" that allows to send arbitrary data between contacts (needs Qt 4.8
>> though), we have embedable chat widget and contact list widget (might need
>> little tweaks). However we do not have any protocol defined for
>> collaborative document editing, so one would have to be written (using
>> operational transformation?) if there is no (floss) lib providing it.
>>
>> We could probably help with mentoring from Telepathy side, should this
>> project got accepted.
>>
>> --
>> Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 21:54, Abhishek Sood A<soodabhi7 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> HI,
>>>
>>> I would like to know if there are any plans and possibility of
>>> integrating kde-telepathy with KWord/calligra? It would be helpful in
>>> knowing if others are viewing the same document i.e. similar to google
>>> docs / MS lync+MSWord integration. My understanding of the
>>> implementation and feasibility is little and I appreciate your time for
>>> giving a feedback.
>>>
>>> I have mailed Martin from kde-telepathy (cced) regarding the same.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Abhishek Sood A
>>> Graduate Masters Student
>>> Northwestern University,
>>> McCormick School of Engineering,
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