Hi Manoj, Thanks for the email.
Yes - you should start with the starter task before attempting larger ones. Last year I signed up as a mentor for GSoC, but no student signed up. I don't think I'd have time to be a mentor this year, but others might. On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Manoj Kumar <manojkumarsivaraj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am Manoj (https://github.com/MechCoder), an undergraduate student highly > interested in Machine Learning. I have contributed to SymPy and > scikit-learn as part of Google Summer of Code projects and my bachelor's > thesis. I have a few quick (non-technical) questions before I dive into the > issue tracker. > > Are the ones marked trivial easy to fix ones, that I could try before > attempting slightly more ambitious ones? Also I would like to know if > Apache Spark takes part in Google Summer of Code projects under the Apache > Software Foundation. It would be really great if it does! > > Looking forward! > > -- > Godspeed, > Manoj Kumar, > Mech Undergrad > http://manojbits.wordpress.com >