Same here, I've been exposed to quite a lot within this short period and I'm grateful for that
On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 7:07 PM Joshua Ouma <[email protected]> wrote: > Java being my primary skill I'm grateful to Apache for the project > otherwise I wouldn't have a project of choice to contribute to during this > internship > > Regards, > Joshua Ouma > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 8:52 PM David Smiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Kinda funny... days ago before the Outreachy projects went public, I was > > concerned that nobody would care about this project because it appears to > > be the only Java project in the Outreachy catalog for this season. It > > seems Outreachy targets other skills. And, let's face it, it's not some > > hot new feature. But this acted in my/our favor because candidates > wanting > > to do Java have only this project to choose. So now there seems to be > > maybe a half dozen or so candidates; not sure. :-D It will be painful > to > > pick just one candidate. In retrospect, the whole V2 API maybe could > have > > been its own additional project. Ah well; there's next season for new > > projects :-) > > > > ~ David Smiley > > Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 12:55 AM David Smiley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hey everyone, > > > > > > I am registered as an ASF mentor for Outreachy (kinda like GSOC). I > > > submitted a project proposal for SOLR-11872[1]. Thankfully, I'm seeing > > > that a number of intern candidates are interested! Candidates must > > > contribute to the project in some small way by November 4th, after > which > > I > > > will select the best candidate to do SOLR-11872. At present, > candidates > > > are looking at "newdev" tasks and even volunteering. Now would be a > > great > > > time to consider if issues you create are fitting of "newdev". And of > > > course, be supportive/helpful to contributors you've never seen/heard > of > > > before. I think the JAX-RS conversion should have particularly good > > > "newdev" issues now that the infrastructure is in place. > > > > > > [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-11872 > > > "Refactor test infra to work with a managed SolrClient; ditch > > TestHarness" > > > > > > ~ David Smiley > > > Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley > > > > > >
