GSoC 2018

[Abhishek Singh Bisht]

Hi there,

I am interested in a couple of projects under System enhancement, that I found on your projects list:
1) NT6 Recycle Bin Project
2) Search Shell extension
3) WebKit based MSHTML implementation

Kindly help me choose one, if I could get some more information regarding the projects, it would be really helpful and I can go ahead with the proposal.

Also, I have performed a complete build of ReactOS Live CD, and Boot CD and gave it a test run. I found it lacking a decent browser, tried to run iexplore.exe but it still couldn’t load any web pages. I might be able to create something to help improve on this. Looking forward to contribute to this reactOS.

Thanks, 
Abhishek

[Oleksandr Shaposhnikov]

Hello Abhishek,
Keep in mind that MSHTML implementation project is a very difficult one and most likely won't fit into GSoC timeframe. I would recommend you to choose from the other two if you are unsure about your skills. You would need to make an interface from MSHTML one to WebKit. MSHTML reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt725313(v=vs.85).aspx

The Search project is about implementing the search band similar to Windows XP, search engine and support for Windows Search API. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb331575(v=vs.85).a...

Sadly I can't comment on Recycle Bin project.

I hope this information helps in your search :)
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[Huw Campbell]

Hi all,

As I suggested last year as well, I would strongly suggest trying to use
this opportunity to attack
one of the core issues for reactos, such as stabilising the memory manager;
bringing up
SMP support; or boldly porting to x64.

Huw

On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 8:05 PM, Oleksandr Shaposhnikov <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hello Abhishek,
> Keep in mind that MSHTML implementation project is a very difficult one
> and most likely won't fit into GSoC timeframe. I would recommend you to
> choose from the other two if you are unsure about your skills. You would
> need to make an interface from MSHTML one to WebKit. MSHTML reference:
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt725313(v=vs.85).aspx
>
> The Search project is about implementing the search band similar to
> Windows XP, search engine and support for Windows Search API.
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/
> bb331575(v=vs.85).aspx
>
> Sadly I can't comment on Recycle Bin project.
>
> I hope this information helps in your search :)
>
> --
> Cheers, Oleksandr.
> Sent via K-9 Mail.
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[Colin Finck]

Am 18.03.2018 um 10:30 schrieb Huw Campbell:
> As I suggested last year as well, I would strongly suggest trying to use
> this opportunity to attack
> one of the core issues for reactos, such as stabilising the memory
> manager; bringing up
> SMP support; or boldly porting to x64.
> From the experiences of the last years, our students hardly begin as NT

experts who could attack the most complex problems right away.
Even less, we could make up a roadmap for these problems and find
adequate mentors.

Therefore, we explicitly focus on smaller tasks this year. There are
enough important ones and students are more likely to succeed *and* stay
with the project.

Cheers,

Colin