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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/tasks.wml b/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/tasks.wml new file mode 100755 index 00000000000..00959bd9a48 --- /dev/null +++ b/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/tasks.wml @@ -0,0 +1,326 @@ +#include "include/layout.wml" + +## +# +# Special Tags +# + +# <task +# title="task title" +# contact="contact person" +# skills="..." +# estimation="..." +# > +# ... task description ... +# </task> + + + +# the task counter +# +<set-var __TASKSEQCNT=1> + +<define-tag task-section endtag=required> + <preserve name> + <set-var %attributes> +{#TASKINDEX#: + <boxitem> + <!---boxtitle---> + <strong><get-var __TASKSEQCNT>. <get-var name></strong> <br> + <!---/boxtitle---> +:#TASKINDEX#} + <boxtitle><get-var __TASKSEQCNT>. <get-var name></boxtitle> + <set-var __TASKCNT=1> + %body +{#TASKINDEX#: + </boxitem> + <br> +:#TASKINDEX#} + <increment __TASKSEQCNT> + <restore name> +</define-tag> + +<define-tag task endtag=required> +<preserve title> +<preserve contact> +<preserve skills> +<preserve estimation> +<set-var %attributes> +{#TASKINDEX#: + <!---strong--><a href="tasks.html#task<get-var __TASKSEQCNT>_<get-var __TASKCNT>"><get-var __TASKSEQCNT>.<get-var __TASKCNT> <get-var title></a><!---/strong--> (<get-var estimation>)<br> +:#TASKINDEX#} + <boxitem> + <h3><a name="task<get-var __TASKSEQCNT>_<get-var __TASKCNT>"><get-var __TASKSEQCNT>.<get-var __TASKCNT> <get-var title></a></h3> + <table border="0"> + <tr><td valign="top"><strong>Description:</strong></td><td>%body</td></tr> + <tr><td><strong>Skills:</strong></td><td><get-var skills></td></tr> + <tr><td><strong>Estimated time:</strong></td><td><get-var estimation></td></tr> + <tr><td><strong>Contact person:</strong></td><td><get-var contact></td></tr> + </table> + </boxitem> +<increment __TASKCNT> +<restore estimation> +<restore skills> +<restore contact> +<restore title> + +</define-tag> + + +<define-tag sb> + Sascha Brawer +</define-tag> +<define-tag mw> + Mark Wielaard +</define-tag> +<define-tag pr> + Patrik Reali +</define-tag> +<define-tag cm> + Casey Marshall +</define-tag> +<define-tag dt> + Dalibor Topic +</define-tag> +<define-tag mk> + Michael Koch +</define-tag> + +<set-var last-modified-author="prk"> + +<subject "GNU Classpath Tasklist"> + +<h1>GNU Classpath Tasklist</h1> + +<box> + +<boxitem> +This list is a collection of tasks for helping GNU Classpath's progress. They are a good starting point if you would like to help in producing a complete and high-quality free Java implementation. + +<p>Another source of inspiration are GNU Classpath's <createlink name="task list" url="http://savannah.gnu.org/pm/?group=classpath"> and <createlink name="patch list" url="http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=classpath"> on Savannah, though these are usually meant for the project members. +</boxitem> + +<boxtitle>Index</boxtitle> +{#TASKINDEX#} + + + +<task-section name="Graphics"> +<task + title="javax.imageio" + estimation="2 weeks" + skills="" + contact="<sb> or <mk>" +> +Write an implementation of the javax.imageio framework. +</task> + +<task + title="Constructive Area Geometry" + estimation="6 weeks (?)." + skills="Computational geometry skills" + contact="<sb>" +> +Implement java.awt.geom.Area. This would be useful for some +graphics applications. +</task> + +<task + title="Composite Contexts" + estimation="2 days for each operator" + skills="It helps if you are familiar with the java.awt.image framework." + contact="<sb>" +> +Implement some CompositeContexts for Porter/Duff operators on raster +images. This would be useful for supporting 2D graphics. See +java.awt.AlphaComposite and its createContext method. +</task> + +</task-section> + +<task-section name="CORBA"> +<task + title="Help with CORBA implementation" + estimation="This depends on the sub-task you pick." + skills="Know or be ready to read the OMG documentation." + contact="Audrius Meskauskas" +> +The CORBA implementation in the Classpath project is +now a working but incomplete prototype. A number of CORBA +related tasks are available. If you are not a CORBA expert, you should be ready +to learn by reading the <createlink name="OMG specifications" +url="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/04-03-12"> and probably by writing some +relatively simple classes. +</task> +</task-section> + +<task-section name="Testing"> +<task + title="Make Mauve an application" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="<pr>" +> +On some environments, it is not possible to run shell scripts +because there is no shell. Make the Mauve test suite a self-contained +application (one big JAR file). +</task> + +<task + title="Write Mauve tests" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="<mw>" +> +Write Mauve tests. +</task> + +<task + title="Mauve tests for javax.image.io" + estimation="1 week" + skills="" + contact="<sb>" +> +<p>Write Mauve tests for reading in images. You could use the test images +at libpng.org and write Mauve testlets that load each image from +a file. Compute a hash (such as SHA-1) over the contents of the +DataBuffer. If the hash matches, the test succeeds. +</p><p> +Note that we don't have javax.imageio yet, so you'd have to develop +this with the Sun JDK. +</p> +</task> + +<task + title="Generator for Mauve tests" + estimation="2 weeks (prototype) + 2 weeks (tuning)" + skills="" + contact="<dt>" +> +Write a program which automatically generates basic Mauve tests. + + +</task> + +</task-section> + +<task-section name="Automation"> + +<task + title="Script for running regression tests" + estimation="1 week" + skills="???" + contact="" +> +Write a script that once a night checks out Classpath from cvs, +compiles it, runs the Mauve test suite (also from cvs) on it +using some free JVM (e.g. Kissme), and posts the results to +some web site. For comparison, it would be very helpful if the +same Mauve testlets were also run with a current Sun JVM. +</task> + +<task + title="Integrate Classpath testsuite into Mauve" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="<mw>" +> +Classpath has a rather small number of tests in the subdirectories +test/ and testsuite/. Look through these tests and check whether the +same functionality is already tested by Mauve. If not, write a +Mauve testlet and submit it to mauve-patches@sources.redhat.com <mailto:mauve-patches@sources.redhat.com>. +The goal is to remove the test suite from Classpath. +</task> + + +<task + title="Script for running Japitools" + estimation="1 week" + skills="" + contact="???" +> +Write a script that once a night checks out Classpath from cvs, +runs Japitools on it, and posts the results on some web site. +</task> + +<task + title="Script for running gjdoc" + estimation="1 week" + skills="" + contact="" +> +Write a script that once a night checks out Classpath from cvs, +runs gjdoc on it, and posts the generated documentation on some +web site. While you're at it, fix gjdoc so it copies embedded +documentation images (classpath-tools support request #102205). +</task> + +<task + title="JAR file verification" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="<mw>" +> +</task> +</task-section> + +<task-section name="Native stuff"> + +<task + title="Libiconv Service Provider for java.nio.charset" + estimation="2 weeks" + skills="" + contact="" +>Write a service provider for java.nio.charset that uses the +libiconv library for converting character encodings to and +from UTF-16. This would be a first step for replacing +gnu.java.io.EncodingManager by the java.nio.charset framework, +which is richer and not specific to Classpath. +</task> +</task-section> + +<task-section name="Security"> + +<task + title="Security Audit" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="" +>We need to make a pass over the Classpath Java source, making sure +that all required calls to the SecurityManager are in place. At the same +time we need to ensure that there is no way to get around +SecurityManager by directly calling code in gnu.*. +</task> + +<task + title="Security Testing" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="" +>We need Mauve tests for all the calls to SecurityManager. +Additionally, enabling a security manager will probably reveal +code in Classpath that needs to be wrapped in AccessController.doPrivileged(). +</task> + +</task-section> + +<task-section name="Related Projects"> +<task + title="Help GNU Crypto" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="<cm>" +> +</task> +<task + title="Help Classpath-x" + estimation="" + skills="" + contact="" +> +??? (maybe this should be more specific, e.g. "Write an +IMAP plug-in for javax.mail on top of inetlib" (if they want +this at all) +</task-section> + +</box> |