Re: [GSoC] Contributor candidate introduction

[Shubham Mishra <shivam828787@gmail.com>]

Hi,

As the topic begans, I think I should also give my updates. Last week
I spend time around "Croaring" library and right now, I start working
on the initial version of proposal which I am planning to share by end
of this week. I think if it's possible to split it into two, We can
look forward to it with I am okay with picking other project involving
bitmap too but only issue, I have to start again from scratch :)

Thanks,
Shubham

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 11:55 AM Christian Couder
<christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Taylor, Plato and all,
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 11:59 PM Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Plato,
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 12:43:59AM +0300, Plato Kiorpelidis wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm interested in participating as contributor for the project
> > > "Reachability bitmap improvements".
> > > The area I'm interested in, the most, is the alternate compression scheme
> > > e.g. Roaring+Run, however I'm ecstatic about any bitmap performance improvement.
> > > Expected project size I'm targeting for is large (350 hours).
> > > I've already completed my micro-project and I will submit it in a few hours.
> > > I wanted to be sure I could submit v1 of it before committing to
> > > introducing myself.
>
> Though we appreciate it, we don't require introducing yourself. And if
> you choose to do it, you can do it whenever you want.
>
> > Hooray! I'm delighted to hear that you're interested.
> >
> > > I've gone through the mailing list and looked for other candidates that could
> > > also be interested in this project. Shubham Mishra is also interested.
> > > - Could we collaborate on this project considering how broad it is or only one
> > > can be selected?
> > > He/she already has experience in open source and has participated in
> > > GSoC before.
> >
> > I think there are a couple of options here, since we have a handful of
> > bitmap-related projects that are all up for grabs. If Shubham is also
> > interested in working on implementing Roaring+Run compression, then I
> > would be happy for the two of you to work together.
>
> Unfortunately, GSoC rules forbid contributors from working together.
>
> > Alternatively, if you each want to focus on different sub-projects, I
> > would be happy to work with multiple students on different areas within
> > the reachability bitmaps subsystem.
>
> I think this would require creating different independent project ideas.
>
> > > I should note that the best case scenario for me is if we are both selected,
> > > probably on different bitmap performance areas under "Reachability bitmap
> > > improvements" project, however I don't know if it's possible. It probably
> > > depends on the mentors listed for this project and the work load involved.
> >
> > Yeah. Even though I'd be happy to work with as many students as I have
> > time for, I'm not sure whether it's possible within GSoC's own rules,
> > much less whether or not it's been done before.
> >
> > Christian (cc'd) may have more information. Christian: is it possible to
> > accept multiple students for the same GSoC project?
>
> Unfortunately, I think there needs to be a different project for each
> GSoC contributor and GSoC rules ask for each contributor to work
> independently from other GSoC contributors. It's possible to have the
> same mentors for different projects though, so if the mentors for a
> project are OK with splitting it into different independent projects
> and mentoring all the independent projects, I think it could work.
>
> Best,
> Christian.