Thank you for sharing the idea, Adam. I like it! Can you please share some details?
Donat On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 2:14 AM Adam Kocoloski <kocol...@apache.org> wrote: > > 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 > >>>>> >
