Thanks Mr. Stephan for further clarification, now i have understood the point "I was not well prepared with my proposal" & "I did not communicated well to clarify any further queries"... :) On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > >