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Moving on with GSOC2014?
by Paolo Bonzini Feb. 8, 2014

Feb. 8, 2014

As things stand now, I don't think there is enough mutual trust between ESUG and Janko to proceed with GSOC2014. I think either the name is changed to "Smalltalk" as Janko proposed, which many people have objected to, or he should take a step back. I have experience with GSOC having served as admin for the GNU project in 2011 so, if necessary, I volunteer to run the organization as admin (and as ESUG). I want to point out _very_ clearly, from the beginning that I wouldn't want to have anything to do with any "extra slots" like there were last year. This would be something for ESUG to sort out if they have the money. Now, I cannot deny that I haven't been involved very much in Smalltalk programming for the last few years. On the other hand administration is mostly bureaucratic work, and I clearly have no bias in favor or against any particular dialect. Regards, Paolo

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Fwd: Esse status
by Dennis Schetinin Feb. 8, 2014

Feb. 8, 2014

I've just found I didn't send this e-mail to ESUG list. Fixing it now: --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dennis Schetinin <chaetal(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-02-06 10:20 GMT+04:00 Subject: Re: [Esug-list] Esse status To: DeNigris Sean <sean(a)clipperadams.com> Hi Sean, The code is available here: http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Esse.html. I'm not sure this is the final version, but one of the most "recent" ones. Also, I've attached a .rar file with results Pavel submitted to Google (in case, you can't access them from their site). There are two major problems with the project. 1. The code quality is really low. I think, it's not Smalltalk-ish code at all. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to control code in 2012, and was able to manage it only in a fraction of how I would like it to be in 2013. It's really hard to do in GSoC (as it is more feature-oriented and focused on "external" result, not internal quality), but I hope now I understand how to do it (in case I'll take part as tutor, of course). 2. The project suffers from using "conventional" (old) graphics engine. This problem was addressed by a student in one of the thesis works I gave last year, but with only partial success. And worse, for some reasons, the student is not available right now and I can't get the code she wrote. This is for the first time and really frustrating me :( I still think the topic is really important, can be widely used in both applications and development process itself to the advantage of Pharo, and is really interesting. -- Best regards, Dennis Schetinin 2014-02-06 DeNigris Sean <sean(a)clipperadams.com>: > - Boundless and zoomable interfaces with Pharo. Continuation of > http://gsoc2012.esug.org/projects/esse using Athens. Perhaps creating > some development tools. > > What was accomplished? Where is the code? How and where to load it? > > Thanks. > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > >

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Google Summer of Code is here, your ideas please!
by Janko Mivšek Feb. 8, 2014

Feb. 8, 2014

Dear Smalltalkers, Tenth GSoC is here and application deadline is earlier this year, already next Friday! Time therefore for your cool project ideas on this year Smalltalk GSoC Hurry up! For now just express any idea you have here on the mailing list. Later we will together develop it to be in complete format together with two mentors needed. To see how fully developed ideas look like please look at 2012 ones at:http://gsoc2013.esug.org/ideas. Ideally (but not necessary right now) you should prepare an idea following this template: ----------------------------------------------- Title: Level: (beginner, intermediate, advanced) Possible mentor: (can be assigned later) Possible second mentor: (can be assigned later) Description Technical Details Benefits to the Student Benefits to the Community ------------------------------------------------- Note also that students yourselves can propose a GSoC project. So if you like to be a student on this year GSoC and have a nice idea, don't be shy and propose it here! The community will listen you and guide to the really nicely proposed project. For the community, start looking around for students. Think about how to approach the universities near by you, do you know who to contact there, etc. Our special website is in preparation and will be online in few days. Official Google GSoC site is here: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014. Specially read carefully the FAQ: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc20… Mentors of all past GSoCs please rejoin the mentors mailing list, where we discuss all details about this year GSoC: http://groups.google.com/group/smalltalk-gsoc-mentors While students interested on GSoC please join a special Smalltalk GSoC mailing list for you: http://groups.google.com/group/smalltalk-gsoc-students Best regards Janko -- Janko Mivšek Smalltalk GSoC Admin Team

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Fwd: [Pharo-users] Please help beta test Pharo 3.0 NOW !
by Stéphane Ducasse Feb. 7, 2014

Feb. 7, 2014

Begin forwarded message: > From: Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven(a)stfx.eu> > Subject: [Pharo-users] Please help beta test Pharo 3.0 NOW ! > Date: 7 Feb 2014 12:07:17 GMT+1 > To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org>, Pharo Development List <pharo-dev(a)lists.pharo.org> > Reply-To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> > > Dear fellow Pharoers, > > > Pharo 2.0 was released in March 2013, after which development of Pharo 3.0 started. Since December 2013 we stopped adding new features and started concentrating on fixing bugs. We plan to release Pharo 3.0 in March 2014. > > You can help: please help beta test Pharo 3.0 NOW, before it is released, not after. You can help us tremendously by doing this. Together we can improve the quality and polish for a great release. > > http://www.pharo-project.org/pharo-download/beta-3-0 > > http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/PharoLauncher > > http://get.pharo.org > > The mailing lists are one way to give feedback, but it is even better to report problems as issues. > > https://pharo.fogbugz.com/ > > > Remember, it is your Pharo. > > Thank you! > > > On behalf of the whole team, Sven > >

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Esse status
by DeNigris Sean Feb. 7, 2014

Feb. 7, 2014

- Boundless and zoomable interfaces with Pharo. Continuation of http://gsoc2012.esug.org/projects/esse using Athens. Perhaps creating some development tools. What was accomplished? Where is the code? How and where to load it? Thanks. Sean

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Re: [Esug-list] [Pharo-users] Google Summer of Code is here, your ideas please!
by Dennis Schetinin Feb. 6, 2014

Feb. 6, 2014

Zdravo Janko! - Amber - Pharo interaction via WebSocket. Specifically, Pharo as IDE for Amber -- as continuation of http://gsoc2013.esug.org/projects/amber-tools and http://gsoc2012.esug.org/projects/mmi-amber - Boundless and zoomable interfaces with Pharo. Continuation of http://gsoc2012.esug.org/projects/esse using Athens. Perhaps creating some development tools. - Implementation of "Object Semantic Networks" as a new knowledge-representation engine to be used inside Pharo (for various purposes). -- Best regards, Dennis Schetinin

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Google summer of code
by Jean Marshall and Andy Berry Feb. 5, 2014

Feb. 5, 2014

Hi! I don't really know if it's helpful but 'a few years ago' I put together a part of my website that was about making software simpler. It's www.tof.co.uk/spa Hope you're all having lots of fun and enjoying writing many amazing systems in Smalltalk. Regards, Andy --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Fwd: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Now Accepting Applications for Mentoring Organizations for GSoC 2014
by Damien Cassou Feb. 3, 2014

Feb. 3, 2014

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Carol Smith" <carols(a)google.com> Date: Feb 3, 2014 8:01 PM Subject: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Now Accepting Applications for Mentoring Organizations for GSoC 2014 To: "GSoC Mentors Announce" <gsoc-mentors-announce(a)googlegroups.com> Hi all, We're pleased to announce that applications for mentoring organizations for Google Summer of Code 2014 are now being accepted [1]. If you'd like to apply to be a mentoring organization you can do so now via Melange [2]. If you have questions about how to use Melange, please see our User's Guide [3]. Please note that the application process has changed a bit from previous years: to apply you must now create your individual profile and then an organization profile before submitting your application. Please note that the application period [4] closes on 14 February at 19:00 UTC [5]. *We will not accept any late applications for any reason.* [1] - http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2014/02/mentoring-organization-applic… [2] - http://www.google-melange.com [3] - http://en.flossmanuals.net/melange/ [4] - http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014 [5] - http://goo.gl/bYYgV3 Cheers, Carol -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gsoc-mentors-announce+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gsoc-mentors-announce. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

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