Welcome, Mokhtar. Mokhtar M. Khorshid wrote: > I have participated in last year's GSOC program, and build the > wxWallCtrl for wxWidgets.
Thank you for your openness and straight-forwardness with which you filled the application in the webapp. Based on your code in the wxWidgets repository and on feedback from your last year mentor, you do not need to provide a patch against Hugin to qualify. There is enough listed at <http://wx.ibaku.net/changelog/?d=MMK> that speaks for itself. I've asked Julian if he would hire you again and the answer was yes. I trust you can easily build Hugin and hack the code (wxWidgets is the GUI toolkit). You are welcome to do the patch exercise for completeness, but it is totally up to you. > feel to pose any questions to me here. It's a sensitive question. I'll ask it here because I think it is relevant also for the other students (who may want to answer it for themselves and maybe even to us). You may answer privately if you prefer. What are the chances that you will stay with our community after GSoC and continue to maintain your code and further contribute code to Hugin? I've asked Julian whether you are still participating in the wxWidgets community and whether you are still contributing to the code. You know the answer. We see GSoC as an entrance door, as the beginning of a longer relationship. I have the impression that your view of GSoC is more of a self-contained projects. Veni vidi vici. And I have no doubt you can and will win. But I want this to be win-win for everybody. Loyalty and relationships can not be enforced and very often they also can not be predicted. How do I know that a student will stick around and become a committer? I don't. I try to do my best at making them feel welcome, and I look for evidence where available. In your specific case, I appreciate your openness and honesty about your lack of interest in photography. Add the evidence from wxWidgets and I get the impression that you see a GSoC project with Hugin/Panotools as a time-limited effort. Correct me if I am wrong. There is nothing wrong with that when it is done openly, and your openness, added with your impressive CV, speak for you. If I am right about the differing views that we have of GSoC, we can either seek a compromise in which both you and the community win. A compromize that can reconcile our need for maintainability with your need to move on after GSoC is over. The project you are applying to is one of the longer terms commitments. It's open ended and I would like to assign it to somebody who is likely to stay around for longer. There are other projects that are more self-contained and if you want we can work together toward an application on one of those. Alternatively, I can help you seek another mentoring organization for which it is not a problem that the relationship is time-limited. Whatever you choose, let me reassure you that you have my support. Your CV is impressive. You have good references. Your approach and your communication are open, genuine and make me want to help you achieve your goals. With Hugin/Panotools in GSoC if there is overlap/agreement, or in another context. Contact me any time. Yuv 1.418.948.3374 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ 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/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
