From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100511F619 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:49:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726669AbgCQLtM (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:49:12 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-f46.google.com ([209.85.210.46]:41351 "EHLO mail-ot1-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726552AbgCQLtL (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:49:11 -0400 Received: by mail-ot1-f46.google.com with SMTP id s15so21281383otq.8 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:49:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ReJvJcQzwLyXvZXTKHpSMEb26Djwg/K4/v10MWvJMJ8=; b=S9sP2ykrgmkV1dDdFreyXlZUx9fMPAGll9wyyKF89jMsz8YnyIcA78UqK8RP7M56YJ 967u0fvFkHN0J1Vkn/RzQxRvhrvWHfblrKEnF9EL+UtuUHVYMuzKmTAw2I0sMjBotYxE wACrS6rzezu79pVq2DuNzkK3NL4W+GPkP1VfTkDo+U865bh56ydSV7a5rdcT2L6F4tow yDMl18alGixgIt6ipWgy8uWu3rYfAM2QK1yWfoP3SwVO9Mva3Auo4/rNH2faufpwe8hH shqWQZNjF7wMiQ8Kzodvg4uSg2bfHybxu+LhJsMQlrWNIrCqr/qZdDVO+iCn3KYlCEpB DNMQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ReJvJcQzwLyXvZXTKHpSMEb26Djwg/K4/v10MWvJMJ8=; b=HseQpheXEsggXOUbynYdRiohlCxL02Hdthl9JxLKYmNPlJdSSMDSprEGwPWgu3l77K jOcOpDPPGBCnDLGUt7Q0IiqEDrTrKTdIy00GrDemziseDR+kwwFEdCRnWpCOArD6lIZQ s2a+loxyOPUU0kA2RXaTSWHvTjz+Sh82OEh/ZfeBc6vVOv5XKn8U0jO4H8Gbqw/B424v fu1Ha+hpT7LKl1kTMfZH0frCci2mCUaVJw7x+CrpV52+p32kgaPZE008mNVhp0UcnLiN QjqcTx81kX1kiL9yu71HNAgu/Tph7nKlc3n7UjqpEiJpP4D9NmAok27vp4N283imsbRb RPQQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ3mj7/qBz1FVzfd4cpAS3T1djB8bVgDaRmty2BoALXTzTql4BqK Xx5QhW2kQgybQLFoy4VdJdQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vsYQMl7KUOV8bsBydM5QEUK6ccfTaLlxAQ3gXXA6lBJAydt7aD8k4DU32gTqP+OKQNlVSF9Ug== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:456:: with SMTP id d22mr3203091otc.138.1584445751009; Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:49:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.83] ([99.85.27.166]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c21sm973727oiy.11.2020.03.17.04.49.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:49:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [RFC] Possible idea for GSoC 2020 To: Christian Couder , Jakub Narebski Cc: git , Heba Waly , Junio C Hamano , Jonathan Tan , Emily Shaffer , Abhishek Kumar References: <86mu8o8dsf.fsf@gmail.com> <7d6a84c7-6b16-c2a9-11a1-3397422064d1@gmail.com> <86d09b7jx6.fsf@gmail.com> From: Derrick Stolee Message-ID: Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:49:07 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/75.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 3/17/2020 3:24 AM, Christian Couder wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 4:13 AM Jakub Narebski wrote: > It could be part of your research project though, to check if that > approach is better or good enough compared to what you suggest in the > current version of your project. > >> Would you agree, Stolee, to be a _possible_ mentor or co-mentor for >> "Generation number v2" project? > > At this point I think it might be best if you are both willing to > co-mentor a "moonshot" / research project to find what is the best way > forward by bench-marking the different approaches that you both > suggest for different commands/use cases. If a student wants to take this on with the full expectation that they will mostly be doing research and gathering data which _might_ result in an acceptable patch, then I could co-mentor. With that expectation in mind, this project becomes closer to an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) than a software engineering internship. Are we sure that fits into GSoC? Thanks, -Stolee