[Soc-2010-dev] congratulations and intro

Mon Apr 26 22:45:21 CEST 2010

> Mainly GCC, but I have nothing against other compilers.  As for IDEs, I
> really like Eclipse, even though it's bloated, and was designed for Java, I
> still like it as a C/C++ IDE.  I also really like Vim, but I have yet to
> find a way to compile code right from within Vim, and I find it a trifle
> annoying to have to either keep two terminals open, or exit vim to recompile
> a piece of code.

Have you tried Ctrl+Z to put vim in background mode, launch the
compiler (preferentially also in background mode &) and fg 1 to get
vim back to foreground?

Anyways, welcome aboard and good luck with your project,

Dalai

http://blenderecia.orgfree.com

2010/4/26 Leif Andersen <leif.a.andersen at gmail.com>:
> * Have you every used subversion before?
> Yes, I have set up, and use an SVN server for my programming assignments in
> class.  However, because me and my partners set it up from scratch, I'm not
> used to standard SVN etiquette, but that should be simple enough to learn.
> * What OS do you use for development?
> Mainly Ubuntu-Linux.  I can use any version of Linux/BSD/etc.  if I need to,
> but I prefer Linux.  I also have windows for when I need to use visual
> studio (mainly for school), but again, I prefer ubuntu.  I also have access
> to various mac via my university, if needed.
> * What compiler do you use?
> Mainly GCC, but I have nothing against other compilers.  As for IDEs, I
> really like Eclipse, even though it's bloated, and was designed for Java, I
> still like it as a C/C++ IDE.  I also really like Vim, but I have yet to
> find a way to compile code right from within Vim, and I find it a trifle
> annoying to have to either keep two terminals open, or exit vim to recompile
> a piece of code.
> * Have you built the blender sources before?
> Yes, on ubuntu 9.10.  I have yet to build in on ubuntu 10.04.
> * Do you have an IRC nickname?
> Leif, occasionally LeifAndersen
> * What is your p.b.o username? (see above)
> LeifAndersen, Leif was taken already.
> * Feel free to include any other info you think
> it might be useful to share.
> My twitter username is @LeifAndersen, and I suppose you could find out more
> about my (misspelled, and grammatically incorrect) rants at
> http://leifandersen.net, but it doesn't seem like you will really need those
> two pieces of information, but there they are, for reference.
> ~Leif Andersen
>
> ----------
> // http://xkcd.com/156/
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:01, Tom M <letterrip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> oops use this one to reply to, had forgot to change the reply to
>> settings...
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Congratulations to the successful Summer of Code applicants!
>>
>> Here is the list of the accepted students in alphabetical order, their
>> project, and the individual who has agreed to help mentor them.  With
>> your help we hope to make this the most successful GSoC yet.
>>
>> Student --------Project Name-------------------- Mentor Name
>> Jason Wilkins - 3D Sculpting tools - Tom Musgrove
>> Joshua Leung - Bullet Construction Toolkit - Martin Poirier
>> Joerg Mueller - Game Engine API - Campbell Barton
>> Konrad Kleine - Paint Tools upgrade - Robert Holcomb
>> Leif Andersen - Unit Tests - Andrea Weikert
>> Mike Erwin - Input device improvements - Matt Ebb
>> Mitchell Stokes - BE Shader work - Dalai Felinto
>> Nicholas Bishop - Multi-resolution improvements - Brecht Van Lommel
>> Nick Samarin - Recast & Detour - Benoit Bolsee
>> Rohith B V - Quad remeshing - Daniel Genrich
>>
>> We have some time before the Summer of Code program officially starts
>> for the year, but in the meantime I thought it would be useful to get
>> the mailing lists, etc., in place, and also to send a "ping" to the
>> students to make sure that there aren't any communication issues that
>> should be solved sooner rather than later.
>>
>> As you can tell, I've subscribed you to a Summer of Code mailing list
>> that we'll use through out the summer -- more about this list here:
>>
>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/soc-2010-dev
>>
>> Two other mailing lists that you are very strongly advised to
>> subscribe to are the Blender development list,  and the Blender cvs
>> list (sorry, you have to subscribe yourself):
>>
>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-blender-cvs
>>
>> Commit log mails for Summer of Code go to the (poorly named)
>> bf-blender-cvs mailing list mentioned above.
>>
>> If you don't have a p.b.o (projects.blender.org) account, please sign
>> up for one and send your username to this list. If you already have an
>> account, please send your username:
>>
>> http://projects.blender.org
>>
>> Another resource is irc: most of the mentors visit #blendercoders
>> channel on irc.freenode.net.
>>
>> Here are some IRC handles of some of the SoC mentors and some other
>> helpful developers:
>>
>> Ton Roosendaal - kaito
>> Martin Poirier - theeth
>> Brecht von Lommel - brecht
>> Campbell Barton - ideasman_42
>> Nathan Letwory - jester[King,Dad]
>> Matt Ebb - matt_e
>> Joe Eagar - joeedh
>> Ken Hughes - khpylon
>> Daniel Genrich - gencher
>> Geoff Bantle - Briggs
>> Andrea Weikert - elubie
>> Kent Mein - sirdude
>> Benoit Bolsee - ben2610
>> Erwin Coumans - erwin_bullet
>> Chris Want - cwant
>> Dalai Felinto - dfelinto
>> Tom Musgrove - letterrip
>>
>> We have weekly coding meetings in the #blendercoders channel on
>> Sundays at 16:00 CEST (14:00 GMT, 08:00 MST, 07:00 PST -- if your time
>> zone isn't listed, please try to figure out the meeting time).
>>
>> There are also development forums on 'w.b.o' (http://www.blender.org/)
>> and Blender Artists
>> (http://blenderartists.org/forum/).
>>
>> As part of my "ping" to the students, this would also be a good time
>> to get some information from you, so if you have a moment sometime
>> this week could you please send a mail to this list saying "Hi", and
>> answering the following questions:
>>
>> * Have you every used subversion before?
>> * What OS do you use for development?
>> * What compiler do you use?
>> * Have you built the blender sources before?
>> * Do you have an IRC nickname?
>> * What is your p.b.o username? (see above)
>> * Feel free to include any other info you think
>> it might be useful to share.
>>
>> For those of you new to the blender code base, here are some links to
>> help get you started
>>
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/Doc/Developers_Quickstart
>>
>> Again, congratulations to the students, and many thanks to those who
>> have agreed to be mentors, and also thanks to those other interested
>> parties who have helped evaluate proposals.
>>
>> More to come later ...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom Musgrove
>> LetterRip
>>
>> Also thanks to Chris Want whom I've liberally copy and pasted his
>> welcome message from last year
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