Hello Please I will like to request for any existing Documentary, User Manual, links or any related Material that can help me prepare and start work on this project. Thanks and Cheers
On 1/22/16, Nges B <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Sam and Derick. > I appreciate your replies and I will like to do GSOC on this API. > I see with you sam. Adding any of the above mentioned will be a better > deal and makes it a more powerful project. > I prefer the Interface as well and will like to start work on it as > early as possible. But I will not hesitate to also work on the RPC as > well. I will like to know what this project can be better made up of. > Documentation and Interface or Documentation and RPC. > I will like to start doing work on this project as soon as possible. > Hopefully and depend on the power of this project and its contribution > to this API I ma sure the GSOC reviewers will approve it as a project > for 2016. > Thanks and cheers > > > On 1/22/16, Alangi Derick <[email protected]> wrote: >> Wow, thats a great idea. I think documenting the entire C API will >> really be a good thing to do. A whole API like that without >> documentation is not really cool so if someone can opt to do this then >> its really great. I like the idea Nges B and i will really like you to >> work on it. >> >> Lets here what the guys in Apache have to say about this, i think its >> a good GSoC project for 2016, but we still have to hear from the >> Apache Guru's. Keep working Nges. >> >> Cheers!!!! >> Regards >> Alangi Derick Ndimnain >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Sam Groth <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> As someone who has written extensive Avro C docs (unfortunately mixed >>> with >>> proprietary info), I think this would be great addition to the Avro >>> project. I don't know if it is enough work for a summer project though. >>> Adding a specific value interface similar to Java or C++'s specific >>> record >>> interface or adding an rpc interface would be a nice addition to the C >>> interface. Maybe you could consider writing docs and implementing one of >>> these? A specific value interface would be more useful for me, but the >>> rpc >>> interface could be more useful for others. I'm not sure what GSOC >>> reviewers will look for. It might depend on whether someone at Google is >>> interested in Avro. >>> >>> Just some thoughts,Sam >>> >>> On Friday, January 22, 2016 8:16 AM, Nges B <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hello >>> I do not know whether this is the right play for this proposal. >>> >>> I am a C and C++ developer. >>> I have been in this organization for more than 4months. I have >>> discovered >>> the following about the C API; >>> Firstly the C API is seldom used or spoken about on this mailing list. >>> Secondly there are no bugs on this API on the Bug track. I therefore >>> came to the conclude that few people use this API. >>> >>> with the above mentioned points I asked myself this question. as >>> powerful as C is, why is this API left behind? >>> After studies and research, >>> I concluded that this might be because of the lack of a Documentation >>> on the latest version of this API. >>> >>> I think with a Documentation on this API, it is going to go a long way >>> to increase and ease the use of this Powerful API. >>> Therefore I will like to propose this as a Google Summer of Code >>> Project( GSOC Project) for myself. >>> I will like to start working on it right know if given the >>> opportunity to so that by then I should have very little work to do. >>> Please I will like to know your minds about this proposal and to know >>> whether this project can stand a chance to be selected as a GSOC >>> Project for this year?. >>> I will really like to work on this API and contribute to it as much as I >>> can. >>> Thanks and Cheers >>> >>> >>> >> >
