Ideas about mshtml for GSoC 2014

[Austin English]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Zhenbo Li <litimetal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jacek,
>
> 2014-03-14 22:22 GMT+08:00 Jacek Caban <jacek at codeweavers.com>:
> >
> > Sorry for the delay. I'm not sure that's the best strategy for having
> > results that will help users in general. Having all functions
> implemented is
> > a nice thing, but many of them don't cause problems in real world
> > application and web pages. I think I would prefer testing random web
> pages
> > and implementing things that they need. This, however, would be tricky to
> > set goals required for GSoC application. Maybe you could come up with a
> mix
> > of both? Start with selected area (say, IHTMLTable*, not necessarily
> whole)
> > and move to random APIs required by pages as the project progresses?
> >
> I think work on both of them is a great idea, And I'm glad to do such job.
> As you said, it is not easy to set up goals.
> I have nearly 12 weeks, so my previous plan is to split them into several
> parts:
> IHTMLTableCell                              3 weeks
> IHTMLTableCol & IHTMLTableRow    3 weeks
> IHTMLTableSection                         2 weeks
> IHTMLTable                                    4 weeks
> (test-cases included)
>
> I don't know if this meets the need of GSoC. Also, is it necessary to add
> "fix real work webpage/app problem" in this schedule?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Jacek
>
>
>
>
> --
> Have a nice day!
> Zhenbo Li
>
>
>
There are 92 mshtml bugs open in bugzilla, you might browse those for
related reports:

https://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&component=mshtml&list_id=142849&product=Wine&query_format=advanced

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-Austin
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