[cairo] GSoC Project - API Reference to wiki port

[Bill Weepie]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm at pointy-stick.com>
wrote:

>
> On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 11:55 -0500, Bill Weepie wrote:
> > Hello Cairo,
> >
> > I'm a student of Computer Science at Iowa State University.  I'm
> > interested in helping improve the Cairo wiki and API reference for the
> > Summer of Code 2008.  A few questions:
> >
> > I notice there are quite a few docbook files in the Cairo source tree.
> > Are these references kept current?  If so, the best plan to keep the
> > API reference current would be transforming these docbook files to
> > markdown syntax for the wiki to consume.  My proposal would be to
> > write an xslt stylesheet and/or parser module for ikiwiki to do this
> > transformation.  A module like this would directly benefit Cairo, but
> > would also be usable by any software project using docbook and ikiwiki
> > at once.
> >
> > Is this a reasonable way to tackle this problem, or am I missing
> > something important?
>
> Unfortunately, you're missing something important. When applying for any
> job (which is what SOC is), reading the application details are
> important. In particular,
> http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_doc_proposals .
>
> Proposals that predominantly focus on documentation aren't appropriate
> for summer of code.
>
> Regards,
> Malcolm
>
> --
> Tolkien is hobbit-forming.
> http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/
>
>
Ah, my mistake.  This project idea was listed on Cairo's SoC ideas page, and
I was trying to gauge interest in the project idea before submitting a
formal application.  I should've read Google's FAQ more carefully.

Sorry to waste your time,
Bill
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