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= Personal information = | = '''Personal information''' = | ||
* Name: Nandaja Varma | * Name: Nandaja Varma | ||
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* Why do you want to work with the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing? | * Why do you want to work with the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing? | ||
Since I came to know about the activities of SMC (That would be by the starting of my second year studies at college), I wanted to be a part of this community and make some significant contributions to it. I see this as a great opportunity for it. Would like to do the same through any other means possible, as well. | |||
* Do you have any past involvement with the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing or another open source project as a contributor? | * Do you have any past involvement with the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing or another open source project as a contributor? | ||
Yes, I have recently started contributing to SMC's Gnome localization team. I make contributions to Debian community as a packager, mainly packaging Ruby gems for Debian. I also got involved in digitalization works with Malayalam Wikigrandhashala recently. | |||
* Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations? | * Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations? | ||
No, I did not. | |||
* Do you have other obligations between May and August? Please note that we expect the Summer of Code to be a full time, 40 hours a week commitment ? | * Do you have other obligations between May and August? Please note that we expect the Summer of Code to be a full time, 40 hours a week commitment ? | ||
I have no other obligations whatsoever between the proposed months. I will be able to make this 40 hours a week commitment GSoC. | |||
* Will you continue contributing/ supporting the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing after the GSoC 2013 program, if yes, which area(s), you are interested in? | * Will you continue contributing/ supporting the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing after the GSoC 2013 program, if yes, which area(s), you are interested in? | ||
Yes, Most definitely. I would like to continue my contributions with the localization works as translation is one of my area of interests. I would also like to make major contributions to SMC's rendering works. | |||
* Why should we choose you over other applicants? | * Why should we choose you over other applicants? | ||
I have understanding of the rendering engine, Harfbuzz's working and I have played with a couple of scripts which basically prints the glyph index of a particular text in a particular font. As of implementing my project idea, I have good knowledge in C programming language and have good reading and writing skills in Malayalam. This would definitely help me in creating the list of base glyph words for this project. Also I also have quite a clear knowledge on test rendering stack and its constituent modules. | |||
= Proposal Description = | = Proposal Description = | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 28 April 2013
Personal information
- Name: Nandaja Varma
- Email Address: <nandaja.varma AT gmail DOT com>
- Freenode IRC Nick: gem
- University and current education ː BTech Computer Science, Calicut University
- Blog URL: nandajavarma.wordpress.com
- Why do you want to work with the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing?
Since I came to know about the activities of SMC (That would be by the starting of my second year studies at college), I wanted to be a part of this community and make some significant contributions to it. I see this as a great opportunity for it. Would like to do the same through any other means possible, as well.
- Do you have any past involvement with the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing or another open source project as a contributor?
Yes, I have recently started contributing to SMC's Gnome localization team. I make contributions to Debian community as a packager, mainly packaging Ruby gems for Debian. I also got involved in digitalization works with Malayalam Wikigrandhashala recently.
- Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations?
No, I did not.
- Do you have other obligations between May and August? Please note that we expect the Summer of Code to be a full time, 40 hours a week commitment ?
I have no other obligations whatsoever between the proposed months. I will be able to make this 40 hours a week commitment GSoC.
- Will you continue contributing/ supporting the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing after the GSoC 2013 program, if yes, which area(s), you are interested in?
Yes, Most definitely. I would like to continue my contributions with the localization works as translation is one of my area of interests. I would also like to make major contributions to SMC's rendering works.
- Why should we choose you over other applicants?
I have understanding of the rendering engine, Harfbuzz's working and I have played with a couple of scripts which basically prints the glyph index of a particular text in a particular font. As of implementing my project idea, I have good knowledge in C programming language and have good reading and writing skills in Malayalam. This would definitely help me in creating the list of base glyph words for this project. Also I also have quite a clear knowledge on test rendering stack and its constituent modules.
