Hi Ryan,
Thanks for the advice, I've just submitted the first draft of my proposal.
Let me know if there's any areas that I need to go into more detail.
Cheers,
RowanJ
On 2 May 2013 01:23, RJ Ryan <rr...@mixxx.org> wrote:
> Hi Rowan,
>
> Part of the reason we encourage you to pick up an easy bug and solve it is
> to get you reading through the code. We expect your proposal to have a fair
> number of implementation details or at least a rough implementation plan.
> In order to do this, it is super helpful if you have poked around the code
> and know how the subsystem you propose to modify is currently designed. So,
> to answer your question -- it's not required but from experience we know
> that it is highly correlated with high quality proposals.
>
> My suggestion is to get a draft of your proposal up on melange as soon as
> you can. That way, the mentors can give you feedback before the deadline.
> (You can edit your proposal on Melange before the deadline on Friday).
>
> Cheers,
> RJ
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Rowan Jones <
> rowan.jones-2...@brookes.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Firstly, I'd like to introduce myself :) I am an Computer Science masters
>> student studying at Oxford Brookes, with an undergraduate BSc in Audio
>> Production. I just found out about GSoc and Mixxx and would really love to
>> get involved. Seriously great work on Mixxx btw, it gives Traktor a damn
>> good run for its money!
>>
>> So, I have downloaded the mixxx source code and compiled it both using
>> the command line and with Eclipse and the Sconsolidator plugin. I have
>> also thoroughly read through the code and I am getting to grips with its. I
>> realise the application deadline is very soon and am wondering what to
>> focus on. Is it more important that I spend time on my application,
>> describing what I have in mind for the loop recorder in great detail or do
>> I need to fix a bug or two first, for my application to be taken seriously
>> (how important is fixing a bug in other words!)? I have some cool ideas
>> including a slicing feature, similar to that on Novation's Twitch.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rowan
>>
>>
>>
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