Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Native Gutenprint Printer Application in GSoC - Who wants to mentor?

[Robert K. <rl...@al...>]

On 3/6/22 18:20, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> as there is no progress with a native Gutenprint Printer Application I have opened this task as a
> GSoC project idea:
> 
> https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/gsoc/google-summer-code-2022-openprinting-projects#make_a_native_printer_application_from_gutenprint
> 
> 
> I want to ask you, whether one of you would like to mentor the GSoC contributor on this project.
> 
> If so, please tell. I will then invite you as a mentor so that you can register.
> 
> Sambhav, if you did not participate 2 times in former GSoCs you could also participate as
> contributor and write the native  Printer Application. As you probably had already done some initial
> preparation work, you will have already some experience and it will be more easy to start with this
> project. In this case do not ask me for a mentor invitation and do not register as mentor as then
> ypu are no eligible as GSoC contributor any more.
> 
> Sambhav, if you prefer to mentor someone else on this project, please tell and I invite you as mentor.

I don't have time for full mentoring (this summer's likely to be quite busy for me), but I can help
provide guidance.  This really is an important project, and I want to see it done correctly (i. e.
not crippled, although I recognize that it may have to be done in stages).