THANK YOU! · Google Code-in · Zulip Chat Archive

Thank you to all the students for your hard work! You've all made this a truly monumental GCI this year. In particular, you've helped our community in so many ways, from new geometry models, to testing and research, to fixing builds, to helping fix our website, to helping us with major development, and so much more.

Sean (Jan 19 2018 at 05:49):

Hopefully you all realize that you remain welcome in the community and can become core contributors, participating in development or even taking on projects of your own. All you need to do is be consistent in your participation by continuing to work on things of interest to you. However little or much you can, it's appreciated.

Sean (Jan 19 2018 at 06:01):

If anyone is looking for specific ways they can help, a few areas where we need helpers and initiative right now is on A) cleaning up the website, B) getting appleseed rendering working, C) getting our docs online, D) developing a brand new Qt interface, and E) making a game ... those are all in no particular order. If they sound interesting, ask where / how you can begin or just start working.

Jeff Sieu (Jan 19 2018 at 06:43):

I feel like getting B to work so much, but I'm still rather stuck on the whole rt shootray problem..

Sean (Jan 19 2018 at 06:44):

well @Jeff Sieu don't get discouraged -- you made excellent progress and, now that GCI is coming to an end, I'll have a LOT more time to help and work with you on it in a couple days

Jeff Sieu (Jan 19 2018 at 06:44):

Also, @Daniel Rossberg , what have I missed out in halfspace.patch?

Jeff Sieu (Jan 19 2018 at 06:45):

@Sean That sounds splendid! :smiley:

Rahil Malik (Jan 19 2018 at 06:55):

Making a game ? Which engine to use ?

Sean (Jan 19 2018 at 07:01):

@Rahil Malik why BRL-CAD of course, as much possible

Rahil Malik (Jan 19 2018 at 07:45):

But BRLCAD is a solid modelling open source software . We can make the cool models here right ?

Rahil Malik (Jan 19 2018 at 07:47):

What about cameras and scripts needed ?

Naseef (Jan 19 2018 at 09:36):

@Rahil Malik why BRL-CAD of course, as much possible

@Sean That sounds interesting. Can you explain it?

Daniel Rossberg (Jan 19 2018 at 09:51):

@Naseef

Also, @Daniel Rossberg , what have I missed out in halfspace.patch?

For example you create a Halfspace with new, but there is no delete. And sometimes the Lua object owns the Halfspace and sometimes it's only a wrapper. There we would need a flag for this.
Designing these Lua objects right would be the result of a longer development process.

Naseef (Jan 19 2018 at 09:52):

(deleted)

Daniel Rossberg (Jan 19 2018 at 09:55):

Up, you are right, it meant @Jeff Sieu
Sorry for this :confounded:

Naseef (Jan 19 2018 at 10:26):

@Sean I'm interested in : D) developing a brand new Qt interface
but why use Qt? how native Qt Applications look?

Lucas Prieels (Jan 19 2018 at 18:12):