The ASF often ends up doing GSoC. I don't think we've ever had the sponsor within the project for it (or for Outreachy, for that matter).
The most critical part is being available on a regular basis for proper mentoring. If you don't think you can get that into your schedule, don't volunteer. Assume you will get zero support from any other developer (not true, but best to plan for the worst case situation...) The second most critical part is to come up with a self-contained project that makes sense for CouchDB. The most obvious thing to me would be Fauxton work, esp. as it falls into the "sweet spot" of JS development. I dunno how good of a target main is, given how in flux it is; others might have a better take on that. There's also this PR that never finished up: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/1254 These topics are all probably too big, but maybe one of them could be cut down to something summer-sized: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/projects/1 Thanks for taking on this initiative! I know for a fact I won't have time this summer, or I'd agree to join you. -Joan On 28/03/2021 15:59, Bessenyei Balázs Donát wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just seen that the ASF is accepted as a mentoring organisation > for GSoC 2021. > Is CouchDB interested in participating? > I've never done a GSoC before, but I'd certainly be interested. I'd be > happy to help a student contribute to CouchDB. > > What do you all think? > > > Thank you, > Donat >
