hi, i'm now in the process of writing my proposal for gsoc. for the moment I'm only adding the things that i have documented[1].
i also wanted to do a project that will benefit the community. So please do give your ideas about the project like, 1 what other things that i can add to the project 2 the depth of the project 3 and what else should i include in my proposal regarding this project. [1]http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfnmvjj8_0q37h6bgk thank you for all your assistance, Regards Suho On 21 March 2010 00:22, Suhothayan Sriskandarajah <[email protected]> wrote: > hi > > I think all of you might be quite busy with the release... all the best! > > if you have any other issues or bugs please let me know I'll try to > give my best contribution. > Since I'm quite new to PhotArk I'm now in the process of going through > the code base and familiarizing it. > > if you do have time, please be kind enough to give your ideas for gsoc 2010. > > when i was going through the mail archive i too found that last time > (2009) students were unfortunate and non of the PhotArk proposals were > accepted. I think this may have been caused by the poor preparation > and understanding of the students. > > Since the student application period starts on 29th march I think we > should have a solid project plan before that.Therefore I thought of > starting on the projects quit early. > > presently I'm working on the openID integration and after several > discussions with Avdhesh Yadev. > I have written a use-case diagram and scenario for the openID > integration project[1]. The url[2] > > Please review them and if any changes or improvements need, please > discuss them in the mailing list so that I may find it easy to update > the documentation according to your conclusions. > > I also welcome the other projects > Provide support for subscribing to Flickr albums (ATOM Feed based)[2] > Provide support for subscribing to Google Picasa albums (GData based)[3] > > anyway I can't do all 3. But I'm also willing to take the challenge. > If any important thing is there to be done before openId integration > I'm willing to take up those parts and add them to the project and > adjust the project according to that. > > I'm saying this because Apache is expecting the following things in > the proposal, which contains deliverables, quantifiable results for > the Apache community, a detailed description / design document, an > approach, an approximate schedule and something of a background text. > where “quantifiable results for the Apache community” is one of them > which I believe whatever I do should benefit the project and community > in great scale. > > please give your views regarding the project so that I can write a > good proposal to gsoc. > I too kindly request all of you to support me in successfully > finishing this project. > > [1]https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PHOTARK-20 > [2]http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfnmvjj8_0q37h6bgk > [3]https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PHOTARK-19 > [4]https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PHOTARK-18 > > Thanking you > > Suho >
