On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:48 AM, G.Boutsioukis <gboutsiou...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I'm thinking about submitting a proposal for template compilation > and I'm posting this as a request for more info. > > In particular, I remember this project being discussed last year and I > pretty much assumed that Alex Gaynor's proposal would have been > accepted(I see he's listed as a mentor this year BTW). What was the > rationale behind the decision to reject it? Unless, of course, it was > made on his part. > > In any case, any other comment around compatibility, speed or other > concerns would also be helpful.
As Karen notes, it's wasn't rejected, Alex changed his project. However, the level of interest for this proposal is still high (at least, it is for me). The speed of Django's template language is one of two major reasons often cited as a reason that it should be avoided. There is also at least one proposal kicking around at the moment (template-based form widgets) that would benefit directly from speed improvements in the template language. The biggest issue I see with this project -- it is hard, and in order to be accepted as a GSoC student, we need to have reasonable grounds to believe that you're capable of delivering. This wasn't a problem for Alex: he has a history of contributing to Django itself, including delivering the multi-db implementation for the GSoC the year before. He is also a committer to PyPy, so even if he didn't have a history of working with the Django community, it's clear that he knows how Python's bytecode works at a low level (which is a relevant skill for this project). Since the proposal has been largely written and is ready to use in it's current form, you need to find another way to demonstrate that you can deliver. For example, you could: * Write some proof of concept code for the project * Get someone known to the Django community to vouch for your skills * Solve some non-trivial bug in Django Best of luck with your application for GSoC! Yours Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
