[cairo-commit] [cairo-www] 3 commits - src/news src/summerofcode

Tue Mar 18 09:28:34 PDT 2008

src/news/2008/03/17/cairo_summer_of_code.mdwn |   37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/news/cairo-1.5.10.mdwn                    |    2 -
 src/news/cairo-1.5.12.mdwn                    |    2 -
 src/summerofcode/ideas.mdwn                   |    8 ++---
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit 2bca4157508cb41acc135439ce44fe15118f64b6
Author: Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 18 09:28:22 2008 -0700

    Add news item about Google Summer of Code 2008

diff --git a/src/news/2008/03/17/cairo_summer_of_code.mdwn b/src/news/2008/03/17/cairo_summer_of_code.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e33c4b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/news/2008/03/17/cairo_summer_of_code.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[[meta title="Cairo participates in Google Summer of Code 2008"]]
+
+Welcome, students!
+
+The cairo graphics project is participating in [Google Summer of Code
+2008](http://code.google.com/soc/2008/). This is a fantastic
+opportunity for students to gain experience with the free-software
+community, work closely with experts, and also make a valuable
+contribution to a significant project. More than that, working with the
+cairo graphics library and community is a lot of fun!  (And Google
+even pays the student a little bit.)
+
+Interested students should review [Google's
+overview](http://code.google.com/soc/2008/) of the program and also
+the [cairo project's ideas](http://cairographics.org/summerofcode/ideas/).
+Each idea in this list contains a short description of what the
+project would consist of, and also a difficulty rating (Easy, Medium,
+or Hard), so that students can better estimate their ability to
+complete the project.
+
+Any student that sees an interesting project idea there should then
+subscribe to the [cairo at cairographics.org mailing
+list](http://cairographics.org/lists/) and send an email off stating
+the project of interest. There on the list, the student can start to
+interact with potential mentors and learn more details about what the
+project will require.
+
+Finally, between March 24 and March 31, (see [Google's
+timeline](http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline)
+for the exact cutoff dates/times) students will submit applications to
+the Summer of Code program. And then the real fun starts as mentors
+and students work together over the (northern hemisphere) summer to
+make cairo more excellent than ever.
+
+We're pleased that you're interested in the cairo graphics
+library. And we hope that you enjoy playing with and improving this
+code. Have fun with cairo!
commit 67e2fc537ce092c8263bed2e0ab9c94ec88836ab
Author: Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 18 09:27:58 2008 -0700

    Fix typos and other minor edits to summerofcode ideas page

diff --git a/src/summerofcode/ideas.mdwn b/src/summerofcode/ideas.mdwn
index c3c20ef..67f80a7 100644
--- a/src/summerofcode/ideas.mdwn
+++ b/src/summerofcode/ideas.mdwn
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ be a very effective way of helping users become developers gradually.  It all
 starts by submitting that small first patch.  Same thing about our IRC channel.
 Feel free to join and watch for a few days, to get the hang of it.  We never
 say "this is not the right list/channel for this question/discussion".
-Mailing list and IRC information can be found [here](http://cairographics.org/contact/).
+Mailing list and IRC information can be found on the [cairo contact page](http://cairographics.org/contact/).
 
 
 Library improvements
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in src/cairo-xlib-surface.c.  All the other xlib-specific code is under
 src/cairo-xlib-*.c names too.  The code itself is fairly well documented with
 comments and documentation blocks for all public symbols.  The best way to start
 seeing how things work, after you have checked the [documentation](http://cairographics.org/documentation/)
-and know how the to _use_ cairo, is to start skimming through src/cairo.c and
+and know how to _use_ cairo, is to start skimming through src/cairo.c and
 checking out other source files from there.
 
   * [Medium] Implement a faster lookup-table-based rasterizer
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ checking out other source files from there.
     The problem is, the XCB backend is not maintained and does not get
     the same treatment (bug fixes, improvements, ...) that the XLib
     backend does.  The two also duplicate a lot of code.  The idea is to merge
-    the duplicate code, possibly using a similar approach used by to make
+    the duplicate code, possibly using a similar approach used to make
     the Postscript and PDF backends share code, namely, cairo-pdf-operators.c.
 
   * [Medium] Implement `cairo_stroke_to_path()`
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ checking out other source files from there.
     Cairo needs the ability to allow for color management. By this project it 
     will become possible to work in different color spaces, convert 
     automatically to blend different content and tag graphics objects to tell 
-    backends about the color spaces involved. The colour space information 
+    backends about the color spaces involved. The color space information 
     will follow the ICC standard.
 
     In this project you will learn about the constraints at different OS'es and handle API abstraction. 
commit 0a48c864dbc99e0e0d1485981393a1548567acc2
Author: Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 18 09:27:38 2008 -0700

    Fix typos: date, not data

diff --git a/src/news/cairo-1.5.10.mdwn b/src/news/cairo-1.5.10.mdwn
index e504641..9bb451d 100644
--- a/src/news/cairo-1.5.10.mdwn
+++ b/src/news/cairo-1.5.10.mdwn
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [[meta title="cairo 1.5.10 snapshot available"]]
-[[meta data="2008-02-20"]]
+[[meta date="2008-02-20"]]
 
 	From: Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org>
 	Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:22:17 -0800
diff --git a/src/news/cairo-1.5.12.mdwn b/src/news/cairo-1.5.12.mdwn
index 22ef0d8..8c5cbee 100644
--- a/src/news/cairo-1.5.12.mdwn
+++ b/src/news/cairo-1.5.12.mdwn
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [[meta title="cairo 1.5.12 snapshot available"]]
-[[meta data="2008-02-28"]]
+[[meta date="2008-02-28"]]
 
 	From: Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org>
 	Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:15:31 -0800
