Hi Karl,
thanks, Namik! Congratulations on successfully completing the GSoC project.
> I hope you got a good insight in how open source projects are done and how
> much fun it could be (although at some point one also needs to make sure
> 'things get done' by dealing with not-so-much fun stuff).
Thanks. I must say it felt damn good to finally work on something that's
big and important :)
The important next step is to finalize the first release. I don't think
> there's much left to be done feature-wise, now it's mostly a matter of
> cleaning up and packaging. We hope to have you with us not only for this
> step, but also for the later future. The central idea of GSoC is to grow
> the community of open source projects, so we're hoping and encourage you to
> stay with us to the extent possible considering your other constraints such
> as course work.
How long I'll stick around depends on how much free time I'll have. I'm
currently looking for a job, and if I manage to find one, I'm afraid I
won't have a lot of free time.
In your case the documentation part wasn't that urgent, because the GUI is
> mainly a matter of fusing available functionality from ViennaCL together.
> The two 'TODOs' with respect to documentation are:
> - Document the source code using Doxygen-style comments, just like in the
> ViennaCL source tree. Ideally, this is done right when writing code,
> because then any assumptions on function arguments are clear.
> - Write a user manual on how the GUI works (including some screenshots,
> etc.). This last part, however, should be written right before the release
> in order make sure that the screen shots are up-to-date.
Alright, I'll get down to writing documentation now.
Regards, Namik
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Karl Rupp <r...@iue.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> Hi Namik,
>
>
> > I'd like to send a big thanks to Karl and Philippe for the positive GSoC
>
>> final evaluation mark.
>> And a big thanks to everyone for helping me with my project.
>> Also, congrats to Toby for successfully completing his GSoC project.
>>
>
> thanks, Namik! Congratulations on successfully completing the GSoC
> project. I hope you got a good insight in how open source projects are done
> and how much fun it could be (although at some point one also needs to make
> sure 'things get done' by dealing with not-so-much fun stuff).
>
>
>
> It's been a great experience and a pleasure to work with you guys. I
>> plan to continue working on the Benchmark GUI, at least until it's in a
>> respectable shape. I'd also like to offer my help if you plan on making
>> the benchmark result website a reality. Of course, I won't be as active
>> as I was during GSoC.
>>
>
> The important next step is to finalize the first release. I don't think
> there's much left to be done feature-wise, now it's mostly a matter of
> cleaning up and packaging. We hope to have you with us not only for this
> step, but also for the later future. The central idea of GSoC is to grow
> the community of open source projects, so we're hoping and encourage you to
> stay with us to the extent possible considering your other constraints such
> as course work.
>
>
>
> Also, there's one thing still unclear to me. What about documentation?
>> Was I supposed to have written it by now? Or was the plan to start
>> writing it after the final evaluations, and upload it to Melange
>> together with my code sample once it's done? And in what format/style
>> should the documentation be written?
>>
>
> In your case the documentation part wasn't that urgent, because the GUI is
> mainly a matter of fusing available functionality from ViennaCL together.
> The two 'TODOs' with respect to documentation are:
>
> - Document the source code using Doxygen-style comments, just like in the
> ViennaCL source tree. Ideally, this is done right when writing code,
> because then any assumptions on function arguments are clear.
>
> - Write a user manual on how the GUI works (including some screenshots,
> etc.). This last part, however, should be written right before the release
> in order make sure that the screen shots are up-to-date.
>
> Best regards,
> Karli
>
>
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