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== Hackathon ==
== Hackathon ==
From the 2 to 7, developers will run a small hackathon and be present at the Wikimedia two tech. days.
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:
 
* Migrate to XR20, in particular for OSX and Sugar
=== Ideas of tasks ===
* Fix the retina bug on OSX
* Release of 0.9rc3 (fix all bugs related to paths, fix critical bugs)
* Rewrite/improve (make modular) the paths to search for library XML in the Kiwix library module 
* Introduce bittorrent in the download management solution
* Makes the storage in the profile compatibles with the portable version (data/[content/index/library])
* Rewrite the intral library base on a DB like sqlite
* Make the library working in both relative/aboslute paths at the same time
* Merge library.kiwix.org/content manager/template:ZIMdumps in an unique HTML driven solution looking for example like http://fr.feedbooks.com/. (See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Library/Wikipublish Wikipublish])
* Migrate pugixml/libzim/ctpp2 outside the kiwix source code (dependencies)
* Add EPUB support to kiwix (using monocle)
* Better loading approach (ask for indexing) by clicking on the "load" library button
* Add support of ODPS
* 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


== Wikimania booth ==
== Wikimania booth ==

Revision as of 14:15, 21 May 2013

Wikimania-2013-HK-Bid logo small.jpg

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:

  • Migrate to XR20, in particular for OSX and Sugar
  • Fix the retina bug on OSX
  • 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/aboslute 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

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.

Attendees

See also