Re: gsoc proposal

[calvin <chenmingyang ict gmail com>]

I'm looking forward to your comments.

Best regards,
calvin


2012/4/6 calvin <chenmingyang ict gmail com>:
> Hi,
> This is my proposal for the gsoc:
>
>      What is your e-mail address and IRC nick?
>
> Email: chenmingyang ict gmail com
>
> IRC nick: calvin
>
> ·     Do you have a web page, blog, or microblog?
>
> Yes, this is my blog:http://blog.csdn.net/lishirui
>
> ·     What is your academic background?
>
> I'm a graduate student in Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy
> of Sciences, China. My research interests focus on computer graphics and
> computer architecture (especially the memory systems).
>
> ·     What is the ultimate goal of your proposal?
>
> Append “data sync” feature to Epiphany:
>
>     1.Make it possible for different instances of Epiphany and Firefox to
> share user data.
>
>     2.The data includes bookmarks, history,session state and cookies
>
> ·      What components/modules will the proposed or modify or create?
>
> We will create a sync module for the client, which will store   user data to
> the server and download it from the server.
>
> ·      What benefits does your proposed work have for GNOME and its
> community?
>
> My work will append “data sync” feature for Epiphany.
>
> ·      Why are you the right person to work on this project?
>
> I have researched much on this project. I have read much on Mozilla’s sync
> service. After some study on Epiphany’s code, I have understood the overall
> structure and some critical classes. In addition, having developped several
> related projects, I am familiar with C and GTK+.
>
> ·      How do you plan to achieve completion of your project?
>
>            1. The structure of our project is as follows:
>
>             Client:
>
> · Store
>
> · Translate data to Firefox’s format
>
> ·  Encrypt data
>
> ·  Send record to server
>
> · Update
>
> ·  Retrieve record from server
>
> ·  Decrypt data
>
> · Translate data to Epiphany’s format
>
> Server:
>
>                    Use the Firefox sync server.
>
> 2. Steps:
>
> ·  Find out sync mechanism and implementation details of the Firefox client.
>
> ·  Read documentation and code of Epiphany to learn about the data structure
> of bookmark, history, session state and cookies. Find out corresponding
> “get” and “set” methods.
>
> ·  Develop the sync module.
>
> ·  Integrate the sync module into Epiphany and do integration testing.
>
> ·  Fix bugs reported by users.
>
> ·     It really helps to see a schedule with dates and important
> milestones/deliveries (preferably in two weeks increments).
>
> Week 0 – Beginning 21st of May
>
>  Read Mozilla’s sync service documentation [1]. Look through the code of the
> client’s sync part. Discuss in the mail list about details of the sync
> client and server.
>
> Week 2 - Beginning 4th of June
>
> Read the documentation and code of Epiphany. Learn about the implementation
> of funtions. Find out data structure of bookmark, history, session state and
> cookies. Keep discussing with mentor and developers.
>
> Week 4 - Beginning 18th of June
>
> Develop the translater which traslates Epiphany’s bookmark, history, session
> state and cookies data to Firefox’s format. Connect the translater and the
> sync module in Firefox to make an Epiphany’s syncer.
>
> Week 6 - Beginning 2nd of July (Includes Mid-Term)
>
> Design the UI and integrate syncer into Epiphany.
>
> Week 8 - Beginning 16th of July
>
> Test and fix bugs. Deliver, ask for feedbacks.
>
> Week 10 - Beginning 30th of July
>
> Modify according to feedbacks.
>
> Week 12 - Beginning 13th of August
>
> Documentation, any left over work.
>
> ·      What will showable at mid-term?
>
> Two clients which can sync data with each other through Firefox sync server.
> Because the UI is in development, data retrieved from server will be printed
> just for demonstration.
>
> ·      What are your past experiences with the open source world as a user
> and as a contributor?
>
> I have been an open source software user for several years. I like to spread
> open source softwares among my friends.
>
> ·      What other relevant projects have you worked on previously and what
> knowledge you gained from working on them?
>
>      I have finished the “Component-level Power Monitoring System” project
> in my lab. The system uses a GTK+-based client to monitor the realtime
> change of the power. I’m familiar with GTK+, C, and Linux programming.
>
>
> [1]http://docs.services.mozilla.com/
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> calvin
>
>