Hong Kong 2013
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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 and installer to the "other" git repository
Rewrite/improve (make modular) the paths to search for library XML in the Kiwix library moduleMakes 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 buttonMake a portable version of Kiwix for OSX- Run the integrity check in a separate thread
Fix the crash on OSX and Windows with vietnamese articlesMake Data directory cutomizableFix Tabs with RTL UI
Posponed
- Migrate to XR20, in particular for OSX and Sugar
- Fix the retina bug on OSX
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
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)