I would bias towards ecosystem integrations, e.g. a metrics exporter for Prometheus (I think one is in the works), or a Debezium connector for the _changes feed (I haven’t seen any movement here). I suppose the Debezium connector would ideally be part of the Debezium project itself, but that feels like one that is reasonably self-contained and would provide a good return on investment. Happy to help expand on that one a bit if you think it’s worthwhile.
Adam > On Mar 30, 2021, at 4:42 AM, Bessenyei Balázs Donát <bes...@apache.org> wrote: > > Wow, I didn't realize we are that far into the timeline. > > I actually don't have a well-scoped idea for GSoC this year. > Does anyone have good candidates for a project? > > > Donat > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 6:23 PM Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> https://community.apache.org/gsoc.html might be of help. >> >> If you are looking to talk to other Apache projects that have done this >> before, you could reach out on the dev@community.a.o list. >> >> >> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r189a563fe003ad8f0e4c298e18fad4da8d4b2854bd2a5d741ae3ac45%40%3Cdev.community.apache.org%3E >> >> Note the dependency on JIRA: >> >>> All ASF projects are invited to submit their ideas to their issue tracker, >>> please be sure to add the labels “gsoc2021” and “mentor” so that we can >>> automatically include them in our list of subjects. If your project does >>> not use JIRA please contact d...@community.apache.org. >> >> so you'll need to post at dev@community to get included in the master list. >> >> Student applications start tomorrow for 2 weeks, so you'll need to get a >> move on... If I'm around on chat I can try and help a bit. >> >> -Joan >> >> On 29/03/2021 01:20, Bessenyei Balázs Donát wrote: >>> If there are any projects that don't exceed my CouchDB / erlang / JS >>> knowledge, I'd make sure I'm available enough to support someone doing >>> a GSoC with us. >>> What's the workflow here? Do we have to apply as a project? Do we have >>> to propose projects? >>> I did look at "Prospective ASF mentors: read this" of [1], but I don't >>> see what it looks like for a project. Do we need a vote here? >>> >>> >>> Donat >>> >>> [1]: https://community.apache.org/gsoc.html >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 11:52 PM Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> The ASF often ends up doing GSoC. I don't think we've ever had the >>>> sponsor within the project for it (or for Outreachy, for that matter). >>>> >>>> The most critical part is being available on a regular basis for proper >>>> mentoring. If you don't think you can get that into your schedule, don't >>>> volunteer. Assume you will get zero support from any other developer >>>> (not true, but best to plan for the worst case situation...) >>>> >>>> The second most critical part is to come up with a self-contained >>>> project that makes sense for CouchDB. The most obvious thing to me would >>>> be Fauxton work, esp. as it falls into the "sweet spot" of JS >>>> development. I dunno how good of a target main is, given how in flux it >>>> is; others might have a better take on that. There's also this PR that >>>> never finished up: >>>> >>>> https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/1254 >>>> >>>> These topics are all probably too big, but maybe one of them could be >>>> cut down to something summer-sized: >>>> >>>> https://github.com/apache/couchdb/projects/1 >>>> >>>> Thanks for taking on this initiative! I know for a fact I won't have >>>> time this summer, or I'd agree to join you. >>>> >>>> -Joan >>>> >>>> On 28/03/2021 15:59, Bessenyei Balázs Donát wrote: >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I've just seen that the ASF is accepted as a mentoring organisation >>>>> for GSoC 2021. >>>>> Is CouchDB interested in participating? >>>>> I've never done a GSoC before, but I'd certainly be interested. I'd be >>>>> happy to help a student contribute to CouchDB. >>>>> >>>>> What do you all think? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Donat >>>>>
