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author | AlanCoopersmith <AlanCoopersmith@web> | 2013-09-15 11:15:59 -0700 |
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committer | xorg <iki-xorg@freedesktop.org> | 2013-09-15 11:15:59 -0700 |
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diff --git a/SummerOfCodeIdeas2008.mdwn b/SummerOfCodeIdeas2008.mdwn index 26cee0c7..b199c1f4 100644 --- a/SummerOfCodeIdeas2008.mdwn +++ b/SummerOfCodeIdeas2008.mdwn @@ -1,97 +1,96 @@ - - ## Goal -The X.org board treats GSoC as an opportunity to teach new developers rather than a chance to get a pile of free code. With this perspective, if, in two months, the student actually has learned how to contribute to X Window System, that's a huge step forward. Creating a project which guides this process with a maximal chance of success is the only tricky part. +The X.org board treats GSoC as an opportunity to teach new developers rather than a chance to get a pile of free code. With this perspective, if, in two months, the student actually has learned how to contribute to X Window System, that's a huge step forward. Creating a project which guides this process with a maximal chance of success is the only tricky part. ## Ideas -Ideas for projects for students looking to participate in Google's Summer of Code. Please note that these are just suggestions; if you have an idea for something else please ask. +Ideas for projects for students looking to participate in Google's Summer of Code. Please note that these are just suggestions; if you have an idea for something else please ask. -When writing a proposal, please remember to make it detailed. Include at least the information called for in "[[What should a student application look like?|http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60306&topic=10727]]", but including milestones and a project schedule is even better. See [[X.Org-GSoC2008-Application|X.Org-GSoC2008-Application]] for guidelines. +When writing a proposal, please remember to make it detailed. Include at least the information called for in "[[What should a student application look like?|http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60306&topic=10727]]", but including milestones and a project schedule is even better. See [[X.Org-GSoC2008-Application|X.Org-GSoC2008-Application]] for guidelines. ### Xserver core -* Move the dmx muxing code into the server to replace the existing xinerama mux code -* EXA support for surfaces larger than the hardware limits -* Infrastructure for direct-rendering GL windows larger than the hardware supports -* Investigate redoing miarc/miwideline/etc. for smaller size and better performance +* Move the dmx muxing code into the server to replace the existing xinerama mux code +* EXA support for surfaces larger than the hardware limits +* Infrastructure for direct-rendering GL windows larger than the hardware supports +* Investigate redoing miarc/miwideline/etc. for smaller size and better performance ### Xinerama -* Composite/Xinerama integration -* Hotplugging additional local and remote displays -* Auto enabling and disabling Xinerama screens. -* Make Xinerama handle more than just X screens +* Composite/Xinerama integration +* Hotplugging additional local and remote displays +* Auto enabling and disabling Xinerama screens. +* Make Xinerama handle more than just X screens ### Xdmx - * Integrate with the rootless code a la Xdarwin and Cygwin/X, for floating window migration - * Add support for Fixes/Damage/Composite - * Fix input +* Integrate with the rootless code a la Xdarwin and Cygwin/X, for floating window migration +* Add support for Fixes/Damage/Composite +* Fix input ### XCB - * Auto-generate server-side protocol stubs from XCB's protocol descriptions - * Implement a new language binding for XCB - * Finishing the Haskell language binding would be really cool. - * Implement a more complete test suite for XCB - * Port Gdk and/or Qt to XCB - * Port the important X utilities (xdpyinfo, xhost, etc.) to XCB - * The [[XCB demos|http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xcb;a=tree;f=xcb-demo]] include partial ports of xdpyinfo and xrandr. - * You'd have to port a lot of applications to make this an interesting Summer of Code project. - * See [[XCBToDo|http://xcb.freedesktop.org/XCBToDo]] and Bugzilla(XCB) for more ideas, or contact [[jamey@minilop.net|mailto:jamey@minilop.net]] or [[xcb@lists.freedesktop.org|mailto:xcb@lists.freedesktop.org]]. +* Auto-generate server-side protocol stubs from XCB's protocol descriptions +* Implement a new language binding for XCB + * Finishing the Haskell language binding would be really cool. +* Implement a more complete test suite for XCB +* Port Gdk and/or Qt to XCB +* Port the important X utilities (xdpyinfo, xhost, etc.) to XCB + * The [[XCB demos|http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xcb;a=tree;f=xcb-demo]] include partial ports of xdpyinfo and xrandr. + * You'd have to port a lot of applications to make this an interesting Summer of Code project. +* See [[XCBToDo|http://xcb.freedesktop.org/XCBToDo]] and Bugzilla(XCB) for more ideas, or contact [[jamey@minilop.net|mailto:jamey@minilop.net]] or [[xcb@lists.freedesktop.org|mailto:xcb@lists.freedesktop.org]]. ### Xau/Xdmcp - * Implement the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-2 authentification protocol for better IPv6/XDM support. (See [[Bug 277|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277]] and the never-adopted draft of the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-2 changes to the XDMCP protocol spec.) - * Replace the old/uncompiliable KERBEROS-5 authentication with GSS-API authentication. +* Implement the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-2 authentification protocol for better IPv6/XDM support. (See [[Bug 277|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277]] and the never-adopted draft of the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-2 changes to the XDMCP protocol spec.) +* Replace the old/uncompiliable KERBEROS-5 authentication with GSS-API authentication. ### Drivers - * Add more support for EXA in the drivers; see [[ExaStatus|ExaStatus]] for a list. - * Add dualhead support to an unsupported chip (trident, mach64, s3virge, [[nv|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5190]], etc.) - * Add basic DRI support to an unsupported chip (trident, s3virge, glint, siliconmotion, etc.) - * Do some work on [[nouveau|http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/]] ; ideas include adding 3D support for more cards, better Xv/XvMC support through gallium, suspend/resume support, (see our [[TODO page|http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ToDo]] for more ideas) - * More DRI-related ideas are visible on [[http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/GSoC_2008|http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/GSoC_2008]] +* Add more support for EXA in the drivers; see [[ExaStatus|ExaStatus]] for a list. +* Add dualhead support to an unsupported chip (trident, mach64, s3virge, [[nv|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5190]], etc.) +* Add basic DRI support to an unsupported chip (trident, s3virge, glint, siliconmotion, etc.) +* Do some work on [[nouveau|http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/]] ; ideas include adding 3D support for more cards, better Xv/XvMC support through gallium, suspend/resume support, (see our [[TODO page|http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ToDo]] for more ideas) +* More DRI-related ideas are visible on [[http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/GSoC_2008|http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/GSoC_2008]] ### XQuartz (OSX) -Some of these might require changes to libXplugin (proprietary Apple code), but Apple is more than willing to provide the needed hooks. Just join the [[xquartz-dev mailing list|http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/MailingLists]] - - * New extension support - * RandR - * Composite - * Fix OpenGL support - * Switch to XF86DRI instead of AppleDRI - * Write a Mesa DRI driver that uses OpenGL.framework - * Top-Of-Tree syncing - * input model, keymapping needs to be reworked - * Copy/Paste proxying between OS-X and X11 - * Eliminate the need for AppleWM extension to allow other WMs to work better - * Handle exposé / spaces events inside the X server rather than quartz-wm (so other WMs can be used) - * Compositing window manager to replace quartz-wm (once Composite is enabled) +Some of these might require changes to libXplugin (proprietary Apple code), but Apple is more than willing to provide the needed hooks. Just join the [[xquartz-dev mailing list|http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/MailingLists]] + +* New extension support + * RandR + * Composite +* Fix OpenGL support + * Switch to XF86DRI instead of AppleDRI + * Write a Mesa DRI driver that uses OpenGL.framework +* Top-Of-Tree syncing + * input model, keymapping needs to be reworked +* Copy/Paste proxying between OS-X and X11 +* Eliminate the need for AppleWM extension to allow other WMs to work better +* Handle exposé / spaces events inside the X server rather than quartz-wm (so other WMs can be used) +* Compositing window manager to replace quartz-wm (once Composite is enabled) ### Misc -* Add test cases for more extensions, especially newer ones like Render, Composite, etc. (possibly to XTS5; see [[TestGroup|TestGroup]] wiki) -* Introspection extension to support tools like xscope - * Would allow querying for request names and structures in generic fashion - * Look at xcb-proto descriptions -* Integrate NX in XCB or X protocol -* Create GUI or textual tool for assisted editing of XKB configuration database. -* Formally documenting XKB configuration syntax and configuration database structure. +* Add test cases for more extensions, especially newer ones like Render, Composite, etc. (possibly to XTS5; see [[TestGroup|TestGroup]] wiki) +* Introspection extension to support tools like xscope + * Would allow querying for request names and structures in generic fashion + * Look at xcb-proto descriptions +* Integrate NX in XCB or X protocol +* Create GUI or textual tool for assisted editing of XKB configuration database. +* Formally documenting XKB configuration syntax and configuration database structure. ### DRI - * GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap - * Update to latest spec - * More efficient implementation, ideally texturing directly from offscreen pixmaps - * Integrate properly with Composite, in particular, render to redirected windows correctly - * Port new memory manager changes to drivers other than i915 - * make the X server's Xsync extension use DRM vblank waits or signals (really a DRI/X cross project) - * rough patch is already available - * developer would get good exposure to server and DRM internals -See also: [[ToDo|ToDo]], [[Releases/7.4|Releases/7.4]], [[DRI ideas list|http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/SummerOfCode]]. +* GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap + * Update to latest spec + * More efficient implementation, ideally texturing directly from offscreen pixmaps +* Integrate properly with Composite, in particular, render to redirected windows correctly +* Port new memory manager changes to drivers other than i915 +* make the X server's Xsync extension use DRM vblank waits or signals (really a DRI/X cross project) + * rough patch is already available + * developer would get good exposure to server and DRM internals + +See also: [[ToDo|ToDo]], [[Releases/7.4|Releases/7.4]], [[DRI ideas list|http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/SummerOfCode]]. |