Good to hear back from you both. Remember you both have certain commitments to the GSoC programme with respect to deliverables and deadlines. This is not the normal way of doing things in open source, but unfortunately we are, to an extent, governed by the rules of the GSoC itself.
It is partly because of this that we encouraged you to set your own deadlines, you have full knowledge of your commitments with respect to exams. It is important not to disappear completely. During your exams, take a little time to become a part of the community. Work with Forrest for a short amount of time each day, do some work towards your early milestones. Ping the list with your idea, successes, failures etc. In other words give us a "heart beat" just to let us know things are ticking over. Don't be concerned about showing loads of progress, we understand your other commitments, we just need to see that you are working to the schedule you set in your proposals. For our part, we will start threads as appropriate to help lead your discussion on this list in these early days. Try and find the time to address the threads we start. Don't worry if this takes you a few days to do so, just be sure to reply when you have time in your exam schedule. Ross
