On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Suhothayan Sriskandarajah <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >
It looks like a good start, please take a look at some project proposals from past year on other Apache Projects... this might help you continuing improve your proposal. http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/Searching+artifacts+across+SCA+domain http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/Phillipe+Ramalho+Proposal+-+Add+search+capability+to+index+and+search+artifacts+in+the+SCA+domain http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/SANNI+Lookman+proposal+for+Empowering+Google+Android+applications+to+easily+consume+business+services -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
