Re: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

2019-03-28 Thread Alex Herbert
Hi, The proposal is good. It sets out the areas you wish to work on and an initial timeframe. This will probably change due to the nature of discovery as your work proceeds but everyone understands this and the starting plan is sound. Here are some areas for revision: Qualify this statement:

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-28 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Am Fr., 22. März 2019 um 16:13 Uhr schrieb Gary Gregory < garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > Hi All, > > Now that Codec 1.12 is out, I plan on updating from Java 7 to Java 8. > +1 > > Gary >

[GSoC] Agile approach to project mentoring

2019-03-28 Thread Alex Herbert
The GSoC guidelines for students writing a proposal [1] is to use the guidelines or templates of the organization. It then states that certain elements will improve chances of a proposal including in Deliverables: "a brief, clear work breakdown structure with milestones and deadlines. ...