On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Rajath Shashidhara < rajaths.raja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Mr. Alexandro Colorado, > > Ariel Constela-Haile suggested that one who suggested the idea on GSOC > idea page is the mentor for that project. So I'm contacting you for help. > > I have a problem. I thought that the mentor will be the best guy to discuss > with. > Hi Rajath, I'm a mentor on a different AOO proposal, but I mentored GSoC last year as well, so maybe I can help a little here by sharing some high level thoughts. > My end-semester exams are starting from April 25th. So I will not be able > to spend a lot of time for the coming days.(till May 12th). As the > mentoring organizations will announce the list of students by April 22nd, I > wanted to know what more I can do to prove myself that I'm a capable > candidate for GSOC 2013. I have worked on two bugs on your page till now. > IMHO, this is very good. We all know that it is a very busy time for students now, with exams, etc. So the fact that you made this much progress is a good thing. > I have partially solved one of them(got response from a people that I have > done the right thing to solve the bug), although I was unable to produce a > patch due to my tight schedule. My holidays are starting from May13th, I'll > be able to spend a lot of time on this later. I am getting used to your > huge code base, and during my holidays I'll be able to work on this with > more ease as time passes. > > Yes. > My suggestion to your proposal: > We could also add a feature called "Import from Google SpreadSheet" and > "Export to Google SpreadSheet" which adds the feature of cloud storage to > openoffice!. > > Also I wanted some suggestion on writing my application. Should I include > the above suggestion in it? I will draft my application and please suggest > any modifications to it. > > With my students I look for a well-thought out proposal. The ideas that we post from Apache are just the starting point. In a proposal you might include: 1) Some background information about you and your programming experience. 2) A summary of your proposed technical solution, i.e., a high-level design. 3) A project plan. That plan might dedicate some time to detailed, time to coding and test, and maybe a wrap up effort at the end to improve documentation. The proposal is whatever you want to do this summer. The idea we mentors posted are just starting points, ideas for your consideration. But you should adapt them as you wish. So I'd recommend working on the proposal now. Regards, -Rob > Please help me! I am very excited about being a part of your community!!! > -- > Rajath S, > M.Sc(Hons.) Physics, > Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, > Pilani >
