On 03/19/20 15:31, Stephen Frost wrote: >> So I'm not certain how it should be categorized, or whether GSoC >> rules should preclude it. Judgment call? > > You could ask on the GSoC mentors list, but I feel pretty confident that > this doesn't meet the criteria to be a GSoC project, unfortunately.
It did produce a useful thread on the mentors list, with views like "while GSOC project doesn't allow project about *WRITING* documentation, I don't see any reason why coding some solution which improves your release cycles for eternity wouldn't qualify as a valid GSOC project" and "if it's just writing a few scripts that will take a week and the remainder is documenting that work, I'm fairly certain that doesn't count as a valid GSoC. Now if it's code-heavy -- then definitely that counts as a valid GSoC project." At the same time, an off-list response added "However if the org admins don't like the project, or prefer other projects instead of it, the project has low chances of being selected" and, given that there doesn't seem to be clear agreement, and the organization surely will have more worthy projects than slots will be available for, it is probably best that I withdraw this one for now. p.b uday, thank you for your interest and the time spent on your proposal; I'm sorry to be withdrawing this project. I hope you might continue to have interest in PostgreSQL generally or PL/Java specifically in the future. Regards, -Chap
