[Openstreetmap-dev] Tasks to do?

[Tom Carden]

Immanuel Scholz wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> I got the source, I was able to compile it within eclipse (anyone want a
> .project file for this? ;). I played a bit with the applet.
> 

I'm interested!  I'm not an eclipse user yet, but I intend to start 
using it soon.

> One problem is, that I am unable to create an account for the xmlrpc
> server. I wrote to the other mailing list about that, hopefully I will
> be able to contact the server soon. :)
> 

Not sure why that would be.  Steve and Ben are the guys to advise on that.

> 
> Well, what to do next? Should I start a seperate project.
> As example a qtopia-pda client for recording/display the openstreetdata?
> Or maybe better a plugin to qpegps to upload the just recorded track to
> the xmlrpc server?
> 

They both sound cool.  You should know that the API will change soon.

> Or I could grab some items from bugzilla and look into this? 

It was on my TODO list to start transferring items from the wiki 
Status/Ideas/Roadmap pages to Bugzilla, and assign them to willing 
developers.  You could certainly help with that.

I am (somewhat selfishly) rewriting the applet using Processing 
(www.processing.org) at the moment.  Steve is speccing up and 
implementing the API in Ruby using a RESTful model at the moment.  The 
proposed spec for that is on the wiki and I'm sure you can help there.

> I found
> many places of cosmetic changes to the current codebase as well. How do
> you like patches sent (and to whom)? Will svn diffs do?
> 

Sounds like you need a SVN account.  I'm sure Steve can hook you up at 
some point, and fill you in on the necessary details, once he's back 
from WhatTheHack.

Best,

Tom.