[Kde-hardware-devel] Solid UPnP GSoC idea

[Kevin Ottens]

On Tuesday 6 April 2010 13:46:02 Bart Cerneels wrote:
> The recent discussion here and on melange have shown that UPnP is a
> very interesting, but also a very large topic for a single GSoC
> student.
> Since GSoC is intended for learning and contributor integration rather
> then burning people out, I decided to make a new GSoC proposal.
> 
> http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2010/Ideas#Project:_Network_Device_Detection_
> .26_Desktop_Integration_for_UPnP

I've been thinking about that as well, I didn't go for it though as I 
seriously doubt it'd keep someone busy for three months. Hence why I proposed 
a couple more small and simple targets for Nikhil proposal (which I wouldn't 
have done if it had a risk of having him burning out).

> This proposal focuses on the Solid detection side

Which is already half there thanks to Friedrich work (if we stick to 
Coherence). It would need to be redone for a HUPnP based one though.

> and also various
> smaller integrations into KDE SC. Examples I can think of:
> - Plasma device notifier extended to list UPnP mediaserver shares.

Trivial to do really, it's about tweaking a desktop file and at worst 
modifying a couple of lines of code.

> With extra info like IP address, netbios- or hostname, etc
> - Gateway listed in KNetworkManager tooltip, with list of forwarded
> ports and a direct link to the management page.

I don't really have an opinion about that.

> - Network neighborhood plasma widget.

That's probably the bit which would require the most work... and I don't see 
it being large.

> The UPnP backend for Solid will test the architecture in preparation
> for other local network protocols: DAAP, Bonjour, netbios, ...
> 
> We have 2 candidates for UPnP, so logistically we are set. Don't let
> that prevent interested students from applying though.

Well, one of them seems to be pretty much focused on one particular UPnP stack 
only and that's the one completely unknown to me.

Note that we're two days near the deadline, I somehow doubt someone will pull 
off such a proposal in a so short timeframe.

Regards.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

KDAB - proud patron of KDE, http://www.kdab.com
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