On 12/23/10, Jean-Baptiste Mouret / Mandor wrote:
I've checked the google summer of code page (http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Google_Summer_Of_Code). The import/export code might be interesting to try with them. The font designing idea and the ICC support migh also be cool.
The font design project simply cannot be finished in 2-3 months by few people, and the prerequisite for it is a rather good understanding of type design. I simply don't know if that applies to your students.
CMS in Cairo is rather difficult as well and the prerequisite is good understanding of color management as well. Albeit if nobody starts doing that, nothing will ever be done. We've been discussing that with Cairo for several years already.
Out of the projects that are mentioned there XAR converter is certainly doable by such a taskforce, maybe even Fillet/Chamfer tool.
Make sure you've looked at https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/. Some of those are partly implemented in dedicated branches (https://code.launchpad.net/inkscape).
Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org