From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Subject: Re: GSoC 2011 : one more interested student. Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 21:27:35 +0530 Message-ID: <20110404155731.GA30215@kytes> References: <4D9912F8.60002@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy To: Cyril Roelandt X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 04 17:58:53 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q6mAy-0001P5-DP for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:58:48 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754940Ab1DDP6n (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:58:43 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:35312 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754750Ab1DDP6m (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:58:42 -0400 Received: by iwn34 with SMTP id 34so5882270iwn.19 for ; Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:58:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=nRuwQKR9eSHkyG0pvR7r2hSB5YRJlQyNantvsNDvM9s=; b=hFeqL0BKze5tNFtyWIALyWsXTMPLhddsU4fsm2Ycm1JhpJfSNcEhDNIxLMMBGUkVRP 921iSJjM0OJ9qO7lWWxBuACwSYn87eNmio9u7tkEutgJofuEeaNMQRdHRXNvdQArGi2Y kK9l3MHEwrm9+DdatnmGDAb+NjkhkCGLHxHc8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=onGTK0ylAlokz4SOIn1nN4sySOWqKEq09/HWLbzwNJ5WjXKvx1snjiFkBSt3jufGdH wds14ufCO5Vv6sna8HdurXc2jV2oZwQqmHrF2mx3E9MmkRs5CjYSgZl18xcokxJlmzow 9hvSGucuBPdF5nLuLIB2LGrKPF14xHmtkikg8= Received: by 10.231.194.87 with SMTP id dx23mr7292930ibb.133.1301932722124; Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kytes ([203.110.240.41]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e9sm538601ibb.32.2011.04.04.08.58.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:58:39 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D9912F8.60002@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi Cyril, Cyril Roelandt writes: > I am currently studying Computer Science and Engineering. I have > been using Open Source software for quite a while now, but I have > not contributed a lot of code to Open Source projects - except for a > few patches to Gnome. > > Being a git user, I would be interested in working on this project. > I believe that taking part in the GSoC would be a good opportunity > for me to discover the guts of a version control system. Thanks for writing. We'd love to see more student proposals. > * Complete some libgit2 features > Implementing a few key features seems like a great way to understand > the way a VCS works. I would be interesting in working on the diff > command and on the network related commands (git-push, git-fetch). > > * Build a minimal Git client based on libgit2 > It seems to be a quite popular task :) Hacking on this small git > client would be a nice experience and would help me understanding > how libgit2 works. Yes, libgit2-related work in general seems to be very popular among GSoC students this year :) Not to worry- you can make your application stronger by sketching out a solid proposal and showing us some code. > * Build in more external commands > I am wondering why these commands should be rewritten. You know what > they say : "if it is not broken, do not fix it" :-p Do these > commands currently have performance issues ? As Nguyen already pointed out, the rewrite is mostly motivated by portability reasons. > I will be working in a research lab until the end of June, but I > will have more free time in July/August, that I could use to hack on > git, which means I may have less time than most US students, who can > enjoy a slightly longer summer break. Do you think it would be > possible to work one of these projects anyway ? >>From my personal experience, most of the GSoC ideas listed on the Git wiki page are quite demanding. They're almost as engaging as a full-time job. I'd be especially worried about the mid-term evaluations. However, if you feel that you can take on a project, please do so by all means -- include a convincing timeline in your proposal. Good luck with your application. -- Ram