[Kget] Google Summer of Code ideas, Metalink

[Lukas Appelhans]

On Mittwoch 01 April 2009 20:49:22 Anthony Bryan wrote:
> Urs:
> > On Thursday 26 March 2009 22:14:09 Anthony Bryan wrote:
> >> I've added an idea from last year. you guys should too! I'd be happy
> >> to help out in any way that I can this year too, if you have ideas let
> >> me know.
> >>
> >> http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Summer_of_Code/2009/Ideas#KGet
> >>
> >> Lukas mentioned proofreading English documentation. I'd love to do that.
> >>
> >> openSUSE serves up metalinks with checksums and signatures now, check
> >> these out.
> >>
> >> http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/iso/
> >>
> >> http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/iso/openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i58
> >>6.i so.metalink
> >>
> >> if the above idea doesn't get picked up for gsoc, I'd still love to
> >> see it in KGet!
> >>
> >> here are the relevant metalink related bugs...
> >>
> >> * Bug 61397 ? Built-in signature verification support
> >> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61397
> >>
> >> * Bug 158816 ? Use chunk checksums in Metalinks to r...
> >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158816
> >>
> >> * Bug 158819 ? Integrate KGet with Nepomuk (acquire ...
> >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158819
> >
> > Hi Anthony
> >
> > Thanks for adding this task. We talked already about adding KGet task,
> > but forgot about the last year one. These ideas are still resonable.
> >
> > Also I will be able to mentor a project this year since I'm not a student
> > this year.
> >
> > If you have any further meta link task for KGet, please add them.
> > Probably you can add a "single" project idea just with metalink ideas.
>
> cool, I've changed it to say you as the mentor & just got a mail from
> a student that I'll send to you.
>
> no other metalink ideas offhand, but if I student (or anyone else)
> works on this I'd love to work w/ them & we might come up w/ other
> refinements.
>
> Lukas:
> >> Lukas mentioned proofreading English documentation. I'd love to do that.
> >
> > Yeah, but we still need to write it... Urs, maybe we should do that
> > before 4.3. ;) (Should also be a good training for school at least for me
> > ;))
Hey!
>
> good! let's work on it before 4.3...
Yep... :)

Btw just to keep you informed, we have 3 aspirants for GSoC now (all for the 
multiple improvements stuff & one additionally for some different stuff (as 
alternative...))....

I hope we get at least the slot for multiple improvements... :)

Lukas
>
> >> openSUSE serves up metalinks with checksums and signatures now, check
> >> these out.
> >>
> >> http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/iso/
> >>
> >> http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/iso/openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i58
> >>6.i so.metalink
> >>
> >> if the above idea doesn't get picked up for gsoc, I'd still love to
> >> see it in KGet!
> >>
> >> here are the relevant metalink related bugs...
> >>
> >> * Bug 61397 ? Built-in signature verification support
> >> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61397
> >>
> >> * Bug 158816 ? Use chunk checksums in Metalinks to r...
> >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158816
> >>
> >> * Bug 158819 ? Integrate KGet with Nepomuk (acquire ...
> >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158819
> >
> > Yep, it's still on my TODO if it doesn't get picked... I'm just a bit
> > spare on time currently, too many projects and too much to do in
> > real-life...
> >
> > But maybe I can work on the Nepomuk-Task during the
> > Nepomuk-Developer-Sprint, which I will most probably attend. =)
> >
> > Verification stuff shouldn't be hard as well...
> >
> > Bug 158816 needs some work though, I think we should get the
> > DataSourceFactory done for it, and a working backend for it... I surely
> > need Manolo for that. :( (he seems very busy these days :/)
>
> good to know...