[Bf-committers] SoC 2008 proposal : online repository protocol and implementation for any asset

[Jonathan-David SCHRODER]

Hey
this is to say that... I actually posted the proposal on google code's
website and applied for it in the same time

it's ok to me if other students want to join in. I'm sorry if I did not take
the time to hear from you about what you thought about the proposal although
I had received good feedback from two people on #blendercoders tonight.

jonathan

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:52 AM, Jonathan-David SCHRODER <
myselfhimself at free.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've thought of a summer of code proposal (not for me... though I could
> apply for it later) today.
> That actually came out after I discovered www.blender-materials.org where
> you can :
> - browse through a website interface for materials and download them
> - or use a python script which gives you previews and text details of
> materials and downloads and install those materials for you in the current
> scene.
> What has been done for blender-materials could be done for more than
> materials : scripts, plugins, models etc...
> Since, there are many models, scripts or materials repositories out there,
> but they have not easy to browse automatically and the assets to download
> are not as easy
> to install as with that kind of python script mentioned above.
>
> so... I submit that proposal here first for peer review
> then, I could post it to blenderartists hopefully very quickly. And add a
> one line description on the SoC Idea blender wiki page (cwant on
> #blendercoders or someone else would give me edit access).
>
> So I copy paste the online description first :
> In the section: Networking (which does not exist yet on the ideas page,
> though there's an Import / Export section)
> Implement a protocol, repository and client for blender users to be able
> to submit blender data (materials, scripts, models, nodes, blender
> updates...) with preview and accompanying details to a repository as well as
> fetch all of those and install them locally.
>
> I would take the permission to link the blenderartist forum's thread list
> to that one line idea.
>
> Here's my proposal, presented formally as asked on
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/GSOC_Application_Template
>
> Synopsis
> Create protocol specification and code (online server and Blender client)
> for a Blender repository for blender users to download diverse assets (like
> what has been done with www.blender-materials.com for materials, but now
> for any kind of assets) and install them inside Blender/onto the user hard
> drive. This would allow anyone to get assets in a way simpler than browsing
> the web, downloading, opening blender, doing File > Link/Append.
>
> Benefits to the Blender Community
> Deliverables
> There are 3 deliverables: a protocol specification/documentation, code for
> a server, blender python code.
> 1. A protocol documentation which details how a client (a Blender Python
> script) and the server (the online assets repository) should communicate for
> any user to:
> - browse through the server database in a nice way and find what he is
> looking for (have a preview of the things).
> - download a chosen asset onto the user's hard drive.
> - upload (submit) a created asset to the server along with text and
> automatically or not generated-preview for it.
> This protocol could be implemented in SOAP (XML) sent over HTTP.
>
> 2. PHP or Python code for the server, handling a local MySQL database or
> just files, to send/receive assets with clients : * first without an web
> interface (just XML), * secondly with a web interface.
> This code should help people to setup their own repository, so that
> there's not just one of them (ie. repository.blender.org) with much
> download charge but many more with varying contents.
>
> 3. A Blender Python script run by the user, allowing him/her through some
> user interface to : search the online database, read details and view
> previews, download assets and install them (into the current scene or on the
> hard drive), (automatically) update some of the assets (ex : scripts when
> new versions are up). The script will be importable as library by other
> python scripts.
>
> Project details
> This is a proposal to generalize what the project on
> www.blender-materials.com has started to do, but now for any kind of
> Blender assets, not just materials and if possible with available server
> code for users to have more than one online repositories to fetch
> from/submit to.
>
> Some examples of the assets that users could upload to - and download from
> - a repository are : blender scripts, binary plug-ins, materials, sounds,
> images and videos, 3d objects, animations, nodes, logic bricks, UI skins,
> Blender binary updates.
>
> Project Schedule
> project duration: 2 months
> with limitation on features: You are asked to implement 4 kinds of assets
> among those mentionned in the "Project details" example list.
> estimated timeline: - protocol: 1.5 week; - server code : 0.7 month, -
> python code : 1 month.
> It would be nice if more than one student (i.e. 2) worked on this so as to
> have a friendly atmosphere between collaborating students, have more work
> done / done in parallel.
>
>
> So... I think that would be awesome. Though this is not a new idea.
>
> Could you please review and correct the proposal and tell me whether I
> should go and post it on blenderartists (full proposal) and the blender wiki
> (one line description), or decide of something else you think is better ?
>
> For now, I am not applying to this proposal, I'm just proposing it.
>
> Sincererely,
> Jonathan-david Schröder
>
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>



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