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diff --git a/dev/mentoring/vals-soc/lemon-pos.mdwn b/dev/mentoring/vals-soc/lemon-pos.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12ad233 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev/mentoring/vals-soc/lemon-pos.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +[[!meta title="Lemon POS Qt 5 port and packages"]] + +Lemon POS is point of sale software for small and medium businesses. It is +written in C++; uses the Qt 4, KDE Platform 4, and MySQL client libraries; and +supports thermal printers, cash drawers, and barcode scanners. Qt is a +cross-platform application framework and widget toolkit. Qt 5 adds support for +running applications with a Wayland compositor (in a development Qt repository) +and on a Linux framebuffer. KDE Platform 4 is a set of libraries that serve as +the framework for the KDE Software Compilation 4 and various third-party +applications. KDE Frameworks 5, the successor to KDE Platform 4, is more +modular and better suited for general Qt-based applications than its predecessor +is. + +The first part of this project is to port Lemon POS to Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks +5, coordinating with the Lemon POS community. The second part of this project +is to prepare ProteanOS packages for the Qt 5 base and SVG libraries as well as +the KDE Frameworks 5 libraries used by Lemon POS. Depending on the student's +time and interest, the project may be extended to include additional +dependencies of Lemon POS, including MySQL/MariaDB, and Lemon POS itself. + + * Mentor: Patrick "P. J." McDermott (pehjota in #proteanos-dev on freenode + IRC, + [mailto:pj+vals-soc-vps@pehjota.net](mailto:pj+vals-soc-vps@pehjota.net)) + * Desirable skills: C++, Qt, Git, distribution packaging + * Project deliverables: Patches to port Lemon POS to Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks 5 + and ProteanOS packages of at least some Lemon POS dependencies + * Difficulty: Medium + +Tags: C++, Qt, KDE, packaging |