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====== Soc Update ======
  *07/01/2005 : New wiki page: [[winlibre_soc:start|WinLibre's Summer of Code Home]]
  *06/23/2005 : Final choice deadline (around 8 slots alowed to WinLibre)
  *06/22/2005 : Final Selection in the last 22 proposals set
  *06/18/2005 : I'm starting the review process : 113 proposals ...

====== Proposals for the Google Summer of Code program ======
Google is launching [[http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html|the summer of code]] program which sponsors students work on open-source projects during the summer.

**The main WinLibre's goal is to ease and develop the open source software distribution on Windows**
  * WinLibre is a rigorous selection of free, legal software for Windows 98, 2000, XP
  * WinLibre packages this quality software in a complete and coherent product
  * WinLibre software meets your essential needs : Office (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation), Internet (web, email, messaging), Multimedia (music, video), Create (drawing, music), Tools (file compression, antivirus)
  * WinLibre automates and simplifies their installation

**The goal is to give the average joe user an easy tool to choose, install and update a selected set of open source apps.**

  *Discuss the proposals on IRC : irc://irc.freenode.net/winlibre
  *All code should be published under the **GPL/LGPL** or **BSD/MIT** licence. 
  *The development place will be [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/winlibre/]]

**Here is a list of proposals for the WinLibre Project.**

===== Technology Preview projects=====

==== WinLibre Python prototype ====
This is a WinLibre rewrite using :
  *Python + WxPython
  *cUrl
  *XML files

==== WinLibre XUL prototype ====
This is a feasability test rewrite using :
  *XulRunner+XUL GUI
  *XPInstall
  *XML files

==== MacLibre Prototype ====
Aim : To have a Mac OS Free sofware distrubtion like WinLibre is on windows.
  *Python+ wxPython installer for Mac OS X
  *Application selection and integration

===== New Internal Tools =====

==== WinLibre Control Center ====
The control center should have the following functionality's :
  *Launch every application from the winLibre suite.
  *Display news items from the winLibre homepage ( rss feeds )
  *Launch the update tool for the installed packages.
  *Easy Wikipedia access
  *Language : Python + WxPython

==== WinLibre Updater ====
  *Is a client/server application which queries an update server to check for new packages and if so downloads and installs them.
  * The server would generate an XML file with all the new packages and here versions.
  * this XML file should be made automatically or with a GUI Application. So that the maintainer has to put minimal effort inupdating the packages
  * The client should be able to work completely automated. So no user input is required.
  * it should be possible to add applications to your current configuration.
  * The client should check for dependencies and try to resolve them by installing additional packages.
  * the removal of packages should also be available from this tool. This would result into calling the Uninstall program of the requested package.
  * Actually the update tool will work pretty much like debian's apt-get, but with a nicer GUI.
  *Language : Python + WxPython

==== Corporate Config Editor ====
  *Implemement a way to handle a config file to drive silently the WinLibre Setup
  *Write a config file editor (with a GUI)
  *Language : Python + WxPython

===== New External Applications =====

==== New Innovative Desktop Application====
Write a new, innovative multiplatform, windows compatible, easy to use desktop application

If you want to create a brand new, innovative application, write and submit a proposal.

==== Multi-OS cdrtools GUI ====
Write a GUI to cdrtools to provide a free cd burning solution to Windows users.
  *Easy and Straightforward to use
  *Based on cdrtools : http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/cdrecord.html
    - Drag'n Drop File Explorer GUI
    - Easy Hardware Config
    - Burning GUI
    - ISO handling
  *cdrtools should come prepackaged with the GUI
  *Language : Python + WxPython

==== New Innovative Game====
Write a new, innovative multiplatform, windows compatible, Game.

It will be included in the next WinLibre/Game pack.

Any idea ? Write and submit a proposal.