[Kde-games-devel] Porting KDE game/games to KDE Frameworks 5

[Anuj Pahuja]

Hi Inge,

Thanks for clearing it out but I never took it as an accusation. Rather I
agree with you that GSoC students should continue contributing to the
community. Your mail was clear enough to state the pre-requisites and
desirables of the program which I completely adhere to.

Meanwhile, I would really appreciate if you and other community members
could provide some pointers on how to proceed with the idea of porting
games.


Regards

On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Inge Wallin <inge at lysator.liu.se> wrote:

>  On Sunday, March 02, 2014 14:38:26 Anuj Pahuja wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the support Roney. I proposed the idea in the kde-devel
> channel
>
> > in IRC and received mixed reviews. As per them, it's a very doable and
>
> > worthwhile project for the summer but is easy and would not take much
> time
>
> > to implement. So could anyone help me narrowing down the scope of my
>
> > project or add should I port to QML/QtQuick as well for it to be a
>
> > reasonable project?
>
>
>
> Hi Anuj,
>
>
>
> Let me be very clear here: My mail had absolutely nothing to do with you
> personally. I am very happy that you are working on the games and helping
> out the community. And I am sorry if what I wrote made you feel as if I was
> attacking you.
>
>
>
> Actually I thought for some time before sending the mail because I
> realized that it could sound a bit harsh. But then I decided that being
> clear was better than the alternative so I sent it after all.
>
>
>
> -Inge
>
>
>
> > Regards
>
> >
>
> > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 1:51 AM, Roney Gomes <roney477 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Inge Wallin <inge at lysator.liu.se>
> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi Anuj,
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > > I think porting to KF5 is a very worthwhile project and it would fit
>
> > >
>
> > > well as
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> > >
>
> > > > a GSoC project. In fact we had these exact types of projects when we
>
> > > > went
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> > > > from KDE3 / Qt 3 to KDE4 / Qt 4.
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > > However, there are two issues, and I will be brutally frank here:
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > > 1. We need to have a mentor for such a project. Somebody has to step
> up
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> > >
>
> > > and
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> > >
>
> > > > volunteer.
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > >
>
> > > > 2. We (KDE as a whole, not specifically the games group) has had some
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> > >
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> > > pretty
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> > >
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> > > > bad experiences with people who just go into the GSoC, does mediocre
> job
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> > >
>
> > > and
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> > >
>
> > > > then disappear. So the general consensus nowadays seems to be that we
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> > >
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> > > will
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> > >
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> > > > not take any students who have not proven themselves beforehand that
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> > > > they
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> > > > are willing to enter the community, learn the code, work inside the
>
> > > > community and generally be valuble community members in their own
> right.
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > > So if you are serious about this, I suggest to start working now
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> > > > already.
>
> > > > Not only will that show your qualities, you will also increase your
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> > >
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> > > chances
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> > >
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> > > > of pulling it off during the GSoC itself.
>
> > >
>
> > > Anuj proved himself already. I mentored him on last SoK when we worked
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> > > on two new features for KBounce. Unluckily I am not available for
>
> > > mentoring him again as GSoC will require much more responsibility and
>
> > > available time, which I currently lack.
>
> > >
>
> > > I really enjoyed his idea though, and considering it is not extremely
>
> > > tied to KDE Games itself, any person well versed in KF5 won't have
>
> > > much trouble mentoring him.
>
> > > --
>
> > > Roney
>
> > > _______________________________________________
>
> > > kde-games-devel mailing list
>
> > > kde-games-devel at kde.org
>
> > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-games-devel
>



-- 
Anuj Pahuja
3rd year Undergraduate
B.E.(Hons.) Computer Science
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