Graham Dumpleton
grahamd at dscpl.com.au
Tue Apr 18 21:09:17 EDT 2006
Depending on what lists and sites you read, you have probably heard by now that Google is running it's Summer of Code program again. In their own words: Summer of Code 2006 is a program that offers student developers stipends to create new open source programs or to help currently established projects. The idea being that various groups, of which Apache Software Foundation is one, suggest projects which could be taken on by students under the program. More details can be found at: http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006 There has been a bit of discussion back and forth on the HTTPD developers list about possible projects. This email is to see if anyone has any specific ideas with a mod_python flavour that could be put up. I have posted this on the general list rather than the developer list for mod_python as although you need some projects, not much good if you can't find students who might be interested in doing it. Thus thought might have more success getting both ideas and students interested in doing them here. That all said, one possible project is something that has been discussed a couple of times previously. That is a "mod_dav_python" module. The idea with this is that if: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-165 is implemented to expose some of mod_python internals, the mod_dav Python support could be done in a distinct standalone module with a life of its own, thus not impacting on mod_python development or holding it up. The projects itself would basically entail coming up with Python wrappers for mod_dav structures and bridging between mod_dav hooks and Python functions that implement them. Wrapping of mod_dav internal functions would probably also be required. To get an idea of what structures etc there are see: http://docx.itscales.com/structdav__hooks__repository.html Now this may simply be too ambitious a project for a student. I admit I don't know too much about mod_dav to know. Anyway, else got any other ideas for other projects with a mod_python flavour to them that could be proposed? Anyone knowledgeable about mod_dav care to set me straight on mod_dav and point out that it probably would be too complicated? Graham
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