Hong Kong 2013

Kiwix will be present at Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong. A few developers will be there and will try to work and advertise the project.

Dates

• 2-12 August

Hackathon

From the 2 to 7, developers will run a small hackathon and be present at the Wikimedia two tech. days. Goal is to release Kiwix 0.9rc3 at the end of the hackathon. The following things should be done:

• Fix Buildbot and virtual machines for compilation.
• Move Windows DVD launcher to the "other" git repository
• Rewrite/improve (make modular) the paths to search for library XML in the Kiwix library module
• Makes the storage in the profile compatibles with the portable version (data/[content/index/library])
• Make the library working in both relative/absolute paths at the same time
• Migrate pugixml/libzim/ctpp2 outside the kiwix source code (dependencies)
• Better loading approach (ask for indexing) by clicking on the "load" library button
• Make a portable version of Kiwix for OSX
• Run the integrity check in a separate thread
• Fix the crash on OSX and Windows with vietnamese articles
• Make Data directory cutomizable
• Fix Tabs with RTL UI

Posponed

• Migrate to XR20, in particular for OSX and Sugar
• Fix the retina bug on OSX
• Move windows installer to the "other" git repository

Wikimania booth

Kiwix will have a permanent booth during Wikimania with:

• Demonstration XO
• Demonstration Table with Kiwix for Android
• Kiwix-plug demonstration
• Panneau présentation vertial
• Banniere
• Flyer
• Dossier de présentation
• Read-only USB disks

Presentations

We have propose two presentations.

• Kiwix or the 7 ways to go Offline
• Beyond Afripedia: Mali Experience

Attendees

• Reg
• Kelson
• Wilfredor

Ideas

• kbox to provide matching table of boxes/builds
• automatic start/stop of VMs before/after the builds for saving server resources
• better cleanup of nightly folder (especially when we shut down buildbot for days)

See also

• Hackathon