Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Offer of help

[Glyn M. <gly...@gm...>]

Since there seems to be quite a lot of ideas floating around, both here and
on the boost developer list, might it be possible to put a proposal for GSoC
together?  I have no experience of this, but maybe some of the more
experienced boost developers can assist?
G

On 04/03/2008, Reetesh Mukul <ree...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi Divye,
>
> I am currently developingcode/design for XMPP protocol (the protocol
> behind gtalk, jabber). I am keeping track of progress at cpp-netlib, though
> both in philosophy and application, xmpp is different from netlib. As Dean
> has said, parsing is one of the greater issues for cpp-netlib, so is the
> case for xmpp. Moreover xmpp is a p2p client, so all issues related to p2p
> communication comes in picture.
>
> I have put some code related to xmpp. Though, I am currently redesigning
> many a thing. Since the design is not very clean/clear yet, so I am skeptic
> whether it can be piece for GSoC or not. Nevertheless you are welcome to
> work on it, if you want to work for long term, :)
>
> Regards,
> Reetesh Mukul
>
> On 3/4/08, Dean Michael C. Berris <dmb...@fr...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Divye,
> >
> > Thanks for your expression of interest!
> >
> > The following things need to be done for the release of version 1.0:
> >
> > * HTTP 1.0/1.1 Client Implementation and Unit Tests
> > * Documentation
> > * Examples
> >
> > As far as HTTP 1.0/1.1 is concerned, much of the work that needs to be
> > done has something to do with a better parser implementation than what's
> > currently in there. There was some expression of interest from the
> > libPion developers as far as incorporating the HTTP 1.1 parser they have
> > implemented (incremental HTTP 1.1 parser implementation) to be
> > incorporated/integrated into the library. This seems to be the more
> > involved effort that neither I nor the libpion developers have enough
> > time to be able to tackle.
> >
> > There are some other protocols that seem interesting to implement. One
> > is XMPP and the other is ESMTP. These protocols won't be necessary for
> > 1.0 release though, and the path is for 1.0 to be released then
> > submitted for review as part of Boost.
> >
> > If you think you have time to take over the HTTP 1.0/1.1 client
> > implementatons and re-use the message primitive already at the base of
> > the library, that would be fine. Let me know what your sourceforge user
> > ID is so that either I or Glyn can add you to the project.
> >
> > All kinds of help would be welcome.
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dean Michael Berris
> > Software Engineer, Friendster, Inc.
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> > +639287291459
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cpp...@li...
> > > [mailto:cpp...@li...] On
> > > Behalf Of Divye Kapoor
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:25 AM
> > > To: cpp...@li...
> > > Subject: [cpp-netlib-devel] Offer of help
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >    I am currently a second year student pursuing my B.Tech degree in
> > > Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
> > > and Glyn Matthews from the Boost devel list told me that this project
> > > was looking for contributors. I've had a look at the project source
> > > code and the mailing list archives and it seems that a lot of devel
> > > work is to be done. Can someone point out where the devel work stopped
> > > and whether completing a major portion of this library would be a
> > > suitable project for GSoC under the Boost banner?
> > >
> > > Yours sincerely,
> > > Divye Kapoor
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the
> > > chicken depends upon your frame of reference.
> > > My official web site:
> > > http://www.iitr.ernet.in/studenthomepages/homepages/061305
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