Re: [Gimp-developer] Parallelization project (for students)

[Victor Oliveira <victormatheus gmail com>]

Ooops, sorry. I think I haven't sent the e-mail to the list. Here it is:

Hi Thomas,

I've been working with OpenCL in GEGL. I think there is a need in GEGL for
a multi-threading code-path.

But the work necessary for it is far from trivial, I know Daniel has been
working on this so I'm copying him.


On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 4:52 AM, scl <scl gplus gmail com> wrote:

> On 13.07.13 at 01:22 AM Jon Nordby wrote:
>
> > A Google Summer of Code project is also taking place for porting filters
> > from GIMP to GEGL. This work is mentored by Victor Oliviera (victorm) and
> > done by Carlos Zubieta (zurwolf) , so you should probably check in with
> > them. 
> > http://wiki.gimp.org/index.**php/Hacking:GSoC/2013/Ideas<http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Hacking:GSoC/2013/Ideas>
> >
> > So if working with OpenCL is not a problem, there is plenty of suitable
> > work. The nice thing about operations for student work is that they are
> > self-contained and can be understood quite easily in isolation.
>
> I fully agree with you in these two points.
> Yet I haven't seen much traffic in this GSoC item this year (sorry, if
> I'm seeing it wrong), so help might be welcome.
>
>
>  1) wiki pages may be out of date
> >
> Basically you're right. They are not updated immediately.
> Lately I've updated the GSoC page to insert more helpful references.
> The GEGL porting matrix is updated regularly, the last time on
> 07.07.2013. Updating it on every end of month and inserting
> the missing changes is on my list of periodic tasks.
> If something important is missing, I'd be grateful for suggestions.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sven
>
>
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