Author: atagar Date: 2012-11-14 05:44:16 +0000 (Wed, 14 Nov 2012) New Revision: 25886

Modified: website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml Log: Adding Compass project

Project idea by gsathya to refactor compass.

Modified: website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml 2012-11-13 19:30:28 UTC (rev 25885) +++ website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml 2012-11-14 05:44:16 UTC (rev 25886) @@ -675,6 +675,11 @@ aggregates the Tor relays based on various attributes. </p>

+ <p> + <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> + <i><a href="#compassRefactoring">Compass Refactoring</a></i> + </p> + <a id="project-weather"></a> <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/Weather">Weather</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/weather.git">code</a>, <a @@ -1145,6 +1150,32 @@ </ol> </li>

+ <a id="compassRefactoring"></a> + <li> + <b>Compass Refactoring</b> + <br> + Priority: <i>Medium</i> + <br> + Effort Level: <i>Medium</i> + <br> + Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> + <br> + Likely Mentors: <i>gsathya, karsten</i> + <p> + Compass was first designed to be a cli app and then hacked into a web app. + The codebase needs to be refactored such that the main processing code is + separated from the display functions(probably into separate files) and made + modular so that adding more features (<a + href="https://trac.torproject.org/6612%22%3E#6612</a>) is easy. For example, the + main processing logic could be in compass.py, whereas print_groups() and other + display related functions could be part of a separate cli.py; web.py would also + have to modified to make use of this new modular code. Bonus points for adding + features to compass(<a href="https://trac.torproject.org/6619">#6619</a>, <a + href="https://trac.torproject.org/6612%22%3E#6612</a>, <a + href="https://trac.torproject.org/6728%22%3E#6728</a>). + </p> + </li> + <!-- <a id="stemPathsupport"></a> <li>