Who:
Seth Vincent
sethvincent@gmail.com
Contributed to open source project?
I’ve built websites with Drupal for over 3 years, and have recently begun developing contrib projects for which I’ve created sandbox repos. This will be my first time working directly with others on a team for an open source project.
Overview:
Help move Aegir to a 2.0 release by working on the port of the Aegir frontend to Drupal 7, writing a DNS zonefile editor, and helping with other features and issues that need work before Aegir 2.0 can be released.
Description:
Aegir is one of the Drupal projects I’ve been most excited about since getting involved with Drupal. The ability to create, edit, migrate, clone, and delete sites with the click of a button makes site maintenance incredibly easy compared to making updates, upgrades, and other changes manually.
That’s why I want to support the Aegir project by helping to reach the 2.0 release. The 2.0 release of Aegir will include a lot of important improvements, including the port of the Aegir frontend to Drupal 7 and the creation of a DNS zonefile editor – and these are the two features I plan to work on for Google Summer of Code.
Upgrading the Aegir theme, modules, and install profile to Drupal 7 will ensure that the 2.0 release will be supported for far longer than if Aegir stayed with Drupal 6. The DNS zonefile editor will allow users easier control of DNS straight from the Aegir interface, making site setup even simpler.
Schedule:
In the first six weeks I will focus on porting to Drupal 7 the theme, modules, and install profile that comprise the Aegir frontend. I’ll spend my first week porting the theme, Eldir, to Drupal 7. As I work on the theme port I’ll concurrently develop a broad goal and a task plan for porting the modules and install profile in consultation with the mentor(s) and communicating ideas and plans in relevant issue queues.
After work on the theme is completed and I’ve outlined a plan for doing the module and install profile ports, I’ll spend weeks 2 - 6 porting the Aegir modules and install profile and testing the ported code to ensure that it works.
In the remaining weeks I will work on writing a DNS zonefile editor. I’ll review the work done on DNS so far with the mentor(s), and create a plan for developing the zonefile editor. By the end of week 7 I will begin implementing the plan for the zonefile editor, reviewing work I’ve done with the mentor(s) as I go.
If there is remaining time I will first spend it on testing the DNS zonefile editor and on further testing of the D7 port of the Aegir frontend. I’ll work on additional issues, such as improving multi-server support, at the end of the summer if there is leftover time.
Aegir 2.0 roadmap:
http://community.aegirproject.org/roadmap/2.0
Relevant issues regarding porting Aegir to D7:
https://drupal.org/node/1060902
https://drupal.org/node/517620
Relevant issues regarding DNS support:
http://drupal.org/node/922250
http://drupal.org/node/922252
http://drupal.org/node/922264
Mentors:
Mentors needed!
Puzzle:
If we know that isset($a) === empty($a) then what $a could be?
Puzzle answer:
isset() and empty() are both returning TRUE.
The var $a exists.
isset() is checking to make sure the var $a exists and is not set to NULL.
The var $a is empty.
empty() returns TRUE when a variable returns a value considered to be empty.
Link to google-melange.com application
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2011/sdv_3...
Link to a sandbox project:
http://drupal.org/sandbox/seth.vincent/1113610