I might be late for suggestions. We looked into integration with Hadoop a little in the last GSOC but did not finish it. This might be a project worth resuming. Thoughts?
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Oscar Castaneda < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I would like to volunteer as a mentor or co-mentor to the proposed "Empower > Google Android applications to easily consume business services". As I > mentioned previously, because I participated in GSoC last year as a student, > I see this project as the best area in which I can help. Furthermore, I > believe this project will attract talented students looking to become a part > of Apache Tuscany. > > This year I am working on my thesis on the organization of new open source > communities in the ASF, and I want to do a case study based on Apache > Tuscany. This means I need to ask for help from the community, to interview > committers and as many of the people that played a role and were involved > during the incubation period of Apache Tuscany. > > By being a mentor I can give back to the community and continue becoming a > part of it. Since I will be working on my thesis throughout the summer I can > be completely available for mentoring activities during the GSoC program, > and would also be interested in contributing to the project as time allows. > > So, if everyone agrees, I have added myself as a possible (co-)mentor for > the project. I look forward to any comments and hope this project is chosen > for GSoC'09. > > PS. I noticed no Apache Tuscany projects have been posted to [1]. Please > let me know if there is anything I can help with . > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2009 > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Oscar Castaneda < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I updated the wiki with a description of the proposed "Empower Google >> Android Applications to easily consume business services". This description >> is in the appropriate layout template and makes reference to the previous >> GSoC'08 and more current efforts in order to guide the reader and help in >> understanding what the project is about, and what success criteria are >> considered. Any thoughts for improvement are welcomed and appreciated. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Luciano Resende <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Please, all ideas are good ideas. >>> >>> Let's update the wiki with current proposal ideas [1], but please, >>> please, please, we need more description and we need to use the layout >>> template from [2] >>> >>> >>> [1] >>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/Google+Summer+of+Code+2009 >>> [2] http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2009 >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Oscar Castaneda >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > I noticed today is the first day mentoring organizations can begin >>> > submitting applications to Google. I would like to help in anything >>> that is >>> > needed to repeat the success of last year, and participate again this >>> year >>> > either as a student or as a mentor. Because I was involved last year, I >>> see >>> > the project I worked on last year as the best area in which I can help. >>> In >>> > relation to this I ran into the following question in the GSoC students >>> > list: >>> > >>> > "I wanna know if is possible continue my 2008's project in 2009 >>> > edition. (It's have a large scope)" >>> > >>> > And the following response: >>> > >>> > "It's fine to apply to continue work on your 2008 project as long as >>> all new >>> > code is written. >>> > Best, >>> > LH " >>> > >>> > So I would like to propose one or two projects related to Android. I >>> think >>> > they will attract talented students looking to become part of Tuscany. >>> The >>> > two projects are related to efforts already underway in getting Tuscany >>> > running on Android [1], which are (briefly): >>> > >>> > 1) Sample Tuscany apps for Android >>> > 2) Android SCA Runtime >>> > >>> > If its considered a good idea I can go ahead and develop a description >>> of >>> > both projects. >>> > >>> > [1] >>> > >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tuscany-dev/200812.mbox/%[email protected]%3e >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Douglas Leite <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> What about supporting JAXB 2.0's XmlJavaTypeAdpater in Tuscany, to >>> solve >>> >> the problem discussed at the thread "Doubts related to the binding.ws >>> "? >>> >> >>> >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Adriano Crestani >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> What if we propose "improve documentation AND website layout"? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Luciano Resende < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I have checked with GSoC Organizers, below is the response I got. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> >>>> From: Leslie Hawthorn <[email protected]> >>> >>>> Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:26 PM >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Hi Luciano, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Is this related to creating a GUI for users to select Tuscany >>> >>>> functions? If so, that would be a fine GSoC project. If the question >>> >>>> is whether or not a student with a knack for usability could be >>> >>>> brought on to improve the Tuscany website, sorry that's not an >>> >>>> eligible proposal. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Best, >>> >>>> LH >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:57 AM, haleh mahbod <[email protected]> >>> >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> > not for documentation. It is for the website, layout of each page >>> and >>> >>>> > what >>> >>>> > is the best way to reach information. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Luciano Resende >>> >>>> > <[email protected]> >>> >>>> > wrote: >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:52 AM, haleh mahbod < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>>> >> wrote: >>> >>>> >> > Is it possible to get a student with a keen eye on usability >>> and >>> >>>> >> > web >>> >>>> >> > design >>> >>>> >> > to improve the site? Or does it have to be a technology related >>> >>>> >> > project? >>> >>>> >> > >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> Do you feel that usability and web design would be more towards >>> >>>> >> improving our documentation ? If that's the case, I'd say this is >>> not >>> >>>> >> valid based on [1]. >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> [1] >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> >>> http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html#0_1_doc_proposals_310023418573_8664800297678827 >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> -- >>> >>>> >> Luciano Resende >>> >>>> >> Apache Tuscany, Apache PhotArk >>> >>>> >> http://people.apache.org/~lresende >>> >>>> >> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> -- >>> >>>> Luciano Resende >>> >>>> Apache Tuscany, Apache PhotArk >>> >>>> http://people.apache.org/~lresende >>> >>>> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Douglas Siqueira Leite >>> >> Graduate student at University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > best, >>> > -oscar >>> > >>> > Oscar Castañeda >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Luciano Resende >>> Apache Tuscany, Apache PhotArk >>> http://people.apache.org/~lresende >>> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> best, >> -oscar >> >> Oscar Castañeda >> > > > > -- > best, > -oscar > > Oscar Castañeda >
