Dear Roman and Peter, thank you for the replies and the supplied links!
Cheers 2018-01-15 8:44 GMT+01:00 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net>: > sorry about the delay > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 07:57:41AM +0100, Stefan Dvoretskii wrote: > > Hello dear Wayland developers, > > > > I am a student thinking about participating in EVoC. I've browsed the > Ideas > > concerning Wayland on the official site ( > > https://www.x.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeas/) and found the Pressure-only > > Bluetooth styli support and Multi-Buffer for XWayland ideas especially > > interesting. However, there are some questions: > > > > * Hardware requirements - I doubt I would have the proper portable > > hardware. Is it possible to run it virtually or could there be some > cheaper > > solutions for that (i.e., buying/renting the proper hardware for the > > duration of the project)? What could you recommend? > > much of the input hardware can be emulated. That's fine for debugging but > definitely not sufficient for writing new features because you just never > know all the details that hardware can suprise you with. You definitely > would have to own the hardware for the project - how you get it is largely > left to you. > > > * The codebase of xOrg is pretty huge, so it's pretty hard to find > relevant > > code. Where should I look at first considering this projects/ideas? > > at least for the pressure-only BT styli, the project that you'd have to > work > with is libinput. > > > * Are there some resources apart from this and ToDo list where one could > > find more things worthy doing an EVoC project about them? > > One of the first things I'll have to point you to is: > "Applicants must already be involved with the project and known to the > community. (This requirement is so that the majority of project time is > spent on the actual project, not on figuring out build systems, > contributions rules, etc.)" https://www.x.org/wiki/XorgEVoC/ > > I strongly suggest that you start hacking on things you want to first, send > patches, help out, etc, before you consider a full EVoC. While X.Org can > fund EVoC-like programs, it doesn't have the infinite war chest that google > has so the drawbacks of a failing student is a lot higher. And a > side-effect > of EVoC is that you don't have the community of other students around you, > you'd be mostly on your own working only with others on the same project. > So > for your own benefit, getting along with those ppl is the first things to > sort > out :) > > Cheers, > Peter > -- Stefan Dvoretskii.
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