Many thanks for the guidance Gabriele! This kind of feedback is just what you're talking about!
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:24 AM, gabriele renzi <rff....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Pablo Cuadrado <pablocuadr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Please tell me if some kind of "formal" application is needed, I will >> evaluate the needs, goals, possible solutions (servlet, REST, >> whatsoever) and try to deliver a rough (I couldn't stress ROUGH >> enough...) roadmap thinking on the final deliverable desired. > > just my 2c as a former google SoC member as a student: you need to > apply through their online service, but your request will be evaluated > both from google people and the project-you-are-applying-to people, so > it _is_ a great idea to discuss it in advance with cassandra's devs > but you also have to take a bit of care in writing your application. > List intermediate measureable goals, explain why you are qualified to > do this, write down how you're gonna handle some specific issues, > describe properly what is your goal and why it will be good for the > project. > The feedback from the community is a good way to fill in these things :) > > Good luck :) >