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== About Me ==
 
== About Me ==
 
I'm a 5th Semester BSD student taking DPS909. I do a little bit of contract web development (mostly design) and also tutor at the Learning Centre.
 
I'm a 5th Semester BSD student taking DPS909. I do a little bit of contract web development (mostly design) and also tutor at the Learning Centre.
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==Technical Qualifications==
 
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===Programming Languages===
 
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*C
 
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*C++
 
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*Java
 
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*PHP
 
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*SQL
 
  
 
==DPS909 Project==
 
==DPS909 Project==
 
[[GCC alwayszero function attribute]]
 
[[GCC alwayszero function attribute]]
  
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== Tasks ==
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==DPS911 Project==
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* Create Zenit Wiki (done)
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[[User:Egmetcalfe/Dead Code|Dead Code]]
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* Create Blog (done)
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* Blog on introductory readings ([http://ehren.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/an-introduction/
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== Contributions to other projects ==
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* Create MDC Wiki ([https://developer.mozilla.org/User:ehren done])
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[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527235 Remove ^L characters from comm-central source]
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* Listen in on a [[Overview_of_Mozilla_Communication#Weekly_Calls | Weekly Call]]
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* Update wiki (lab)
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Building Firefox with GCC 4.5:
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[http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42139 GCC: Bug rtl-optimization/42139 Compiling firefox trunk with 4.5 fails with 'out of memory allocating 4072 bytes after a total of xxx bytes']
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[http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42171 GCC: Link Error Building Mozilla with 4.5]
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[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531094 Mozilla: Bug 531094 Inline method crashes GCC 4.5]
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'''Editing in progress right now'''
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==Labs/Weekly Tasks==
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===Week 1===
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* Created Zenit Wiki
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* Created Blog
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* Blogged on introductory readings ([http://ehren.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/an-introduction/ here])
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===Week 2===
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* Created MDC Wiki ([https://developer.mozilla.org/User:ehren done])
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* Joined #static mailing list
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* Listened in on a [[Overview_of_Mozilla_Communication#Weekly_Calls | Weekly Call]]:
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** This was done at a later date. I ended up listening in on an Education call about Women in Mozilla which was actually quite interesting. I hadn't realized the extent of all of the 'evangelism' efforts around the world, in Europe, etc
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* Got Mathew to update my wiki, Updated Mathew's wiki (IRC lab)
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* Referenced another student's blog post (Mathew's) [http://ehren.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/building-firefox-in-progress/ here] for help with build issues
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==Week 3==
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* [http://ehren.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/building-firefox-in-progress/ Built firefox from Trunk]
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* (See project page for project related TODO stuff)
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==Week 4==
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* Lab: Source code reading - Checked out the html parser generator. Seems to be a python frontend for Bison
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==Week 5==
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* Created bugzilla account (done previously)
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* See above for project related bugs
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==Week 6==
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* Lab: never actually patched Thunderbird, but I did [https://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-3.0-branch/show_bug.cgi?id=7243 review] Mathew's patch
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* Registered for FSOSS
  
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== FSOSS 2009 ==
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==Week 7==
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[[User:Egmetcalfe/FSOSS_09|Research Paper on FSOSS]]
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* Commented on JavaScript: The Good Parts [http://ehren.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/analysis-and-type-madness/ here] (I actually ended up taking this out from the library)

Latest revision as of 00:31, 3 March 2010

Contact Information

Name Ehren Metcalfe
Email egmetcalfe [AT] learn [DOT] senecac [DOT] on [DOT] ca
Email2 ehren.m [AT] gmail [DOT] com
IRC ehren
BLOG Ehren's Blog

About Me

I'm a 5th Semester BSD student taking DPS909. I do a little bit of contract web development (mostly design) and also tutor at the Learning Centre.

DPS909 Project

GCC alwayszero function attribute

DPS911 Project

Dead Code

Contributions to other projects

Remove ^L characters from comm-central source

Building Firefox with GCC 4.5:

GCC: Bug rtl-optimization/42139 Compiling firefox trunk with 4.5 fails with 'out of memory allocating 4072 bytes after a total of xxx bytes'

GCC: Link Error Building Mozilla with 4.5

Mozilla: Bug 531094 Inline method crashes GCC 4.5

Editing in progress right now

Labs/Weekly Tasks

Week 1

  • Created Zenit Wiki
  • Created Blog
  • Blogged on introductory readings (here)

Week 2

  • Created MDC Wiki (done)
  • Joined #static mailing list
  • Listened in on a Weekly Call:
    • This was done at a later date. I ended up listening in on an Education call about Women in Mozilla which was actually quite interesting. I hadn't realized the extent of all of the 'evangelism' efforts around the world, in Europe, etc
  • Got Mathew to update my wiki, Updated Mathew's wiki (IRC lab)
  • Referenced another student's blog post (Mathew's) here for help with build issues

Week 3

Week 4

  • Lab: Source code reading - Checked out the html parser generator. Seems to be a python frontend for Bison

Week 5

  • Created bugzilla account (done previously)
  • See above for project related bugs

Week 6

  • Lab: never actually patched Thunderbird, but I did review Mathew's patch
  • Registered for FSOSS

Week 7

  • Commented on JavaScript: The Good Parts here (I actually ended up taking this out from the library)
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