[haiku-development] Re: GSOC 2012
- From: Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:18:04 +0200
Hi,
On 24.04.2012 01:02, anil kag wrote:
*Crucial part:*
Now i understand why i was not selected??
The reason is very simple. We had several proposals for the IMAP-FS
project, but none of them were convincing. The IMAP-FS is quite a
challenging project. There has been a very long discussion on this
mailing list quite some time ago, about all the problems and challenges
with this idea. None of the proposals showed that any substantial
research into those problems was done.
If I think *shortly* about IMAP-FS, I know it has to sync with the
server, provide local caching, fetch headers and so on. Those are the
obvious, user visible features. In a convincing GSoC proposal however, I
have to dig in a lot deeper, anticipate potential problems and try to
envision their potential solutions. I can't just "assume" that I will
"somehow" solve "anything" that may come up.
Some of the GSoC proposals that we accepted this year were also not
"convincing" at first. But those students then provided details in the
communication following their proposal, or improved their proposal with
the results of that communication.
I hope this provides some insights into why your project was not
selected. I can fully understand that it may be hard to allocate as much
time to GSoC between exams and all, as would be necessary. As
organization, Haiku however has to work with what is there, in the
proposals and in the communication. You *may* have succeeded with your
project, but from the information available to us, we were not convinced
it was very likely. If you participate again, make sure your proposal
and communication *convinces* that you have done the necessary research
into implementation details of your project.
Best regards,
-Stephan
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