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== Free-open font packaging Cobbler Web ==

The gratis release of Cobbler is a collection of web fonts in 1996 had a devastating effect on many font projectsLinux install server that simplifies tasks associated with fully automated installation such as DHCP, DNS, kickstart, yum, drainning the font market in western countries and limiting the use of other typefaces virtualization. It aims to typography nichesbe a universal install server for all linux distributions. However, this program Currently Cobbler has been discontinued and the gratis versions a web interface that allows users an easier way of those fonts interacting with cobbler. There are no longer updatedseveral core improvements that can be made. Since Unicode.org One idea is to extend cobbler web to produce views that make it easier for users to edit fields that only they edit (let me reinstall systems I own but don't show me fields I shouldn's codification pace of human scripts has not abated, and the font formats have evolved (with the OpenType specificationst care about), this font set . Another is increasingly obsoleteto enable search features in the web app to make it tolerate thousands of systems to a better extent. Also Finally, many scripts were never coveredanother feature is to add a task engine to cobblerd, leaving entire world regions without mass access to a way make it possible to write run commands like "cobbler import" and "cobbler reposync" in the background and see their language output in the digital ageweb interface via an AJAXy type system.

An operating system Possible features are not limited to the above (or just working on the web interface), Cobbler has an ongoing RFE list in Trac that has a wide variety of browser that relies on potential ideas, and ideas beyond the 1996 font set for its text rendering is not really freeones listed are also fair game. And text is still our main information media See https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/report/1?sort=type&asc=1

Faced with this problem many individuals and organisations have started creating and publishing new fonts, but they lack the clout of multinationals to get successfully distributed, and are often poorly structuredResources: http://fedoraproject. The aim of this project would be to identify as many of those free fonts as possible and package them in Fedora. The result would serve as a core component of Fedora's art spin, and as basis for a richer international experience in Fedora (and derivatives such as OLPC)org/cobbler

This project is mainly targeted at free software (in this case fonts) distribution dynamics. You'll learn some rpm packaging skills, and be exposed to many different font projects worldwide, some big, some small, some efficient, some poorly run. A project second stage would be to capitalize on the experience acquired and publish a set of distribution best practices for font authors, including recommended release composition, generic makefile, etc. The Fedora [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Categories:Fonts_SIG Fonts special interest group] will provide mentoring, technical support, and [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fonts_packaging documentation]. An initial [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Font_wishlist list of fonts to package] has already been published. Contact: Nicolas Mailhot <nim AT fedoraproject.org> == Corresponding Source Web App == Finish design and implement web application that provides downloadable SRPMS for any package+tag in the Fedora Package Source Code Control system. While we provide SRPMS for all packages at release, the updates and rawhide trees churn their packages more rapidly, and will remove the koji-built SRPMS when the binary packages are removed. This would allow people to request source corresponding to the packages they have on ISO media or otherwise. Resources: MattDomsch, http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=correspondingsource.git;a=blob;f=DESIGN;hb=HEADMichael DeHaan

dozen machines, then turn that into 12,000 machinemachines. Address the network

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= Potential Fedora+Mozilla Projects =

== Create Adding a MDRK Spin ==few make steps to wrap this process would help everyone.This is a very easy project to tackle but very benefitial if the time and love is given to it.

Edit == Create a cross-repo pushlog to see all locales's checkins ==We currently check many different repositories to trigger builds when a developer makes a change. We also check the spin image (from Revisor/Live CD Tools) so localizer's repositories to see if they have pushed any changes. The problem is that we have close to eighty different localization repositories and that, in addition takes a long time to being check each one of them.If we had a bootablejoint view that would improve our systems. An example of that view is:https://l10n-stage-sj.mozilla.org/pushes/installable disc, but the image can format should be run in a VM under Windowsmore like this:http://Mac OSXhg. The disc image must be edited to include Windowsmozilla.org/mozilla-central/Mac OSX versions of the tools, so that if the disc pushlogwhich is inserted into a running Windows or Mac OSX system, the appropriate version can be installedwhat our release engineering systems check for.This project would require you to hack hg and pushlog to make it work.armenzg has many blog posts explaining how to setup pushlog in your local machine.

ResourcesReference: humph, ctyler, http://142.204.133.123/mxr, http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/dxr = Potential Mozilla Projects = == [[Sample Project]] == This is a sample project stub. You can use the template for [[Sample Project]] in order to create a project page for one of the stubs below. This is how you 'sign-up' for a project. NOTE: if someone has already created the project page, speak to this person and see if you can join them. If so, simply add your name to the '''Project Leader(s)''' page. Otherwise, you can become a contributor later. == Add Offline Support to an open source web app == Firefox 3 supports offline abilities, such that web developers can write their apps so they work even when no network is present. Good headway has been made already [http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2007/02/offline-zimbraarmenzg -with-firefox.html porting Zimbra]. Pick another web app and add offline support, for example: [http://moodle.org Moodle]. References: mfinkleBug 498641

== <strike>XULRunner Application Packaging ==

Resources: plasticmillion, mfinkle, #mozpad, #prism</strike>

== Thunderbird Draft Scheduler <strike>[[Spellcheck Extension for Arbitrary Web Pages]]</strike> ==

<strike>Write an extension for Thunderbird so that the user has the ability to mark a draft email for sending later. This is not leverage the same as having to save emails in your DRAFT box because users would have to remember to go back existing spellcheck code in Mozilla and click Send later. What is different here is that users could set add the date and time ability to highlight spelling mistakes for each email to be sent. This feature would be helpful to those who work late into the night but prefer not to send emails at such a late hourgiven web page (i. This feature would also benefit support staff, e.g., administrative assistants, who constantly have to send out regular email reminders, evs.g., for meetings, timesheets, etca textbox).</strike>

== [[Spellcheck Extension for Arbitrary Web Pages]] == Write an extension to leverage the existing spellcheck code in Mozilla and add the ability to highlight spelling mistakes for a given web page (i.e., vs. a textbox). == Modify Firefox to handle files downloaded to Temp more appropriately == <strike>Often files downloaded by the browser are put in a temporary folder that is emptied on close. Users (and especially novice users) should be protected from inadvertent data loss as a result of important files being saved to this temp folder. This project will add fixes to the browser so that users are protected. Ideas include:

Other ideas are possible, and a combination of these might be necessary. Ultimately, this fix should target regular users without much knowledge of the filesystem.</strike>

== <strike>Add OpenLayers test suite to Mozilla </strike>==

<strike>Mozilla [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/tests/mochitest/ajax/ uses] many common JavaScript library test suites to add additional coverage to it's JavaScript implementation. One test suite that is not currently used by Mozilla, but could be, is the [http://openlayers.org OpenLayer's] js [http://trac.openlayers.org/browser/trunk/openlayers/tests test suite]. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399311 bug# 399311].

Resources: sayrer</strike>

== <strike>Import sqlite test suite </strike> ==

<strike>Mozilla uses an embedded version of [http://www.sqlite.org/ SQLite] extensively to [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/storage store data] such as bookmarks, history, etc. To insure that it runs properly within Mozilla, it would be good to add the entire sqlite test suite to Mozilla's tests, so that testing the browser also means testing sqlite. The sqlite test suite is written in TCL and needs to be ported to JavaScript. Some [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/storage/test/unit/test_like.js work has already been done], but more is required to get full test coverage.

Resources: sdwilsh == Finish Weave</Thunderbird integration == [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Weave Weave] is Mozilla's services project. It currently allows different Firefox installations to synchronize bookmarks, etc. We'd like Thunderbird to be a full-fledged Weave clientas well. Some [??? work has already been done], but more is required to get utility. Possible scenarios include:strike>

* thunderbird accounts synchronized (configure once, use everywhere) * automatic bookmarking in Firefox of URLs sent to/from friends * access to Thunderbird address book from Firefox  ReferencesTake : [httpshttp://bugzillazenit.mozillasenecac.org/show_bugon.cgi?id=446444 bug 446444] Resources: dmose == Make Ubiquity work in Thunderbird == [http:ca/wiki/labs.mozillaindex.com/2008php/08/introducing-ubiquity/ Ubiquity] is a cool extensible natural language front-end to Firefox. It could do wonders in Thunderbird as well. Aza Raskin and other Ubiquity hackers are happy to help someone do that with their Ubiquity knowledgeImport_sqlite_test_suite Park, and #maildev will be happy to assist w/ Thunderbird knowledge. Resources: aza, [http://groups.google.com/group/ubiquity-firefox ubiquity-firefox mailing listKiWon]