Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GSoC 2016 - Improve and Integrate PyBOMBS & CGRAN

[Martin Braun]

Pretty solid! I haven't fully understood the bitbake thing, but I like
the idea of becoming more involved in the embedded world, without trying
to rewrite tools.

Make sure it's on the GSoC proposal page!

M

On 03/22/2016 09:18 AM, Ravi Sharan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Here's a link to the draft of my proposal for GSoC. I would be glad to
> receive any comments on the deliverables mentioned in the proposal. Any
> other suggestions to improve the proposal are also welcome. Thanks in
> advance. 
> 
> Link to proposal - https://goo.gl/UQwXb2
> 
> Cheers,
> Ravi Sharan 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Ravi Sharan
> <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am Ravi Sharan, currently pursuing MTech from IIT Hyderabad. I am
> looking
>> forward to participate in GSoC 2016 by improving and integrating CGRAN and
>> the newer PyBOMBS. I have earlier worked on redesigning the current
> version
>> of CGRAN with the help of Nathan West. Here's a brief description of
> things
>> I would like to contribute to the GNU Radio project:
>>
>> - Qt based GUI app store -
>> Develop a simple, usable Qt based GUI app store to install GNU Radio
> and OOT
>> modules. This sub-idea covers fixing the existing bugs in new PyBOMBS as
>> well.
>>
>> - Integrate PyBOMBS & CGRAN - Enable installing OOT modules from CGRAN
> site
>> This is an idea which Martin Braun put forward during the initial
>> discussions while developing the CGRAN 2.0. The idea is similar to
> Ubuntu's
>> AptURL, where you can install the packages from a web browser.
> Clicking the
>> 'apt' (#pun) URL, the browser redirects to the package manager to install
>> the package.
>>
>> - Enhance CGRAN  - (from current level to level awesome?)
>> I intend to implement this sub-idea in two-fold -
>> * Add features like clickable tags and grouping the OOT Modules (to name a
>> few) etc., according to their functionality for better usability of the
>> site. [Code Contributions]
>> * Since the relaunch of CGRAN in April 2015, very few OOT Modules have
>> surfaced on the site. I would like to add more documentation to the
>> individual modules (like what works and what doesn't, compatibility
> with the
>> current GNU Radio API, etc.,), thus populating CGRAN with modules
> listed out
>> on the site. This idea is more of documentation, but is a little time
>> consuming.
>>
>> I will document the above mentioned ideas in the form of proposal based on
>> the feedback I receive and would like to work with Martin Braun and Nathan
>> West during the GSoC period. Apart from the ideas listed above, I am open
>> for suggestions on what could make a good proposal and better summer of
>> coding.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ravi Sharan B A G