OK, thanks for the help. I did trawl through many threads on SQLAlchemy - I couldn't find any conclusive answers!
Ben On 25 Mar 2008, at 10:12, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 19:14 +1100, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > [...] >> >> Also "navigate politics to get something accepted into trunk that >> isn't >> particularly wanted at this time" isn't a Google Summer of Code >> project >> and we're not likely to bless a project that covers ground already >> being >> ably done by some other people. If you want to contribute to Django >> there are many things that aren't already being duplicated somewhere >> else. Please pick one of those (or head on over to django- >> sqlalchemy and >> help them out). > > Re-reading this now that the great Internet has finally delivered it > back to my INBOX, I realise it came across more harshly than I > intended. > > By all means submit a proposal on something for working on Django for > Summer of Code. By all means work on SQLAlchemy + Django if that's an > area you wish to contribute to. In the latter case, however, it would > probably be better to work with the existing project, since they're > going about things in a way that gels nicely with Django. The problem > there is that working on something "in conjunction with others" > doesn't > work for Summer of Code, since it's important to be able to tell what > the student did on their own -- those are Google's rules. > > However, if you're going to submit a Summer of Code application, it > should be something that helps move Django in a direction we're > wanting > to go. Go with the flow, not across the stream. Google pay you to help > Django. > > So please don't be discouraged from applying for Summer of Code from > this thread. But do your research and see what's already been > discussed > and what consensus has been reached in any area you're considering > (ask > questions here, by all means, if your research is inconclusive). > > Best wishes and good luck with your application, > Malcolm > > -- > What if there were no hypothetical questions? > http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
