On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Cody Scott <cody.j.b.sc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The Google Summer of Code 2014 Project Ideas seems to be outdated.
>
> https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SummerOfCode2014
>
>
> Hi Cody,

Yes - both these projects are still relevant.


> Test framework cleanup - Is this still relevant with the new Django 1.6
> django-discover-runner?
>
This project is perhaps less critical since the introduction of the 1.6
test runner, but it's still relevant. It's talking about the general
problem of managing a large test suite.

Not all tests are equal. For example, there is a difference between
integration tests and unit tests. Integration tests use project settings to
ensure that the app is correctly configured in a particular project; unit
tests use isolated settings to make sure a feature works as intended in
isolation.

So - how to do we annotate, organise and manage tests to support this?

If you wanted to do this project, you will need to work up a concrete
feature proposal. At the moment, we have a vague description of the
problem, but no agreed solution.

> Improved error reporting - Is this still relevant with the new validations
> in Django 1.7
>
This is unrelated to validations. There are a number of places inside
Django where we catch and rethrow exceptions, and in the process, hide the
underlying cause of problems. The aim of this project would be to identify
and clean up these errors.

I've got some ideas for additional projects that I will hopefully add to
the page before the student application process begins. If anyone in the
community has ideas for a good GSoC project, feel free to propose them.

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)

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