On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Jacob Kaplan-Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Satinderpal - > > Thanks for your effort! Unfortunately, I think you've still got a long > way to go. > > Your proposal is fundamentally quite vague. You seem to understand > some of the problems with the current forms API, but I really can't > tell exactly what you plan to do about it. The actual meat of your > proposal ("Goal") is a scant two paragraphs that doesn't really go > into any detail about what you're proposing. There's something about > additional attributes, and then a vague notion about dynamic forms, > but that's it. You need to be a *lot* more specific and in depth. > > There's been quite a bit of discussion around forms these last few > days -- see especially the posts the by Carl and Russ -- but you > haven't really addressed the concerns raised in those threads. Again, > you need to really demonstrate you understand what you're proposing to > do. > > A previous summer of code forms project failed; what have you learned > from that, and what makes your proposal different? > > Moving on to the timeline, you need to be more specific here, as well. > For example, you say you need to spend two weeks "adding the template > widgets". OK, so what about that project takes two weeks? What does > "adding widgets" mean? Which widgets? Is there an order to what you > plan to add? Some groundwork to lay first? Etc. You need more detail > here, too. > > Then you go on to say that you plan to spend two months on > "miscellaneous work". I'm sorry, but we're not going to mentor a > project that sets aside two months for "miscellaneous". > > One week is about *minimum* amount of granularity you should have > here; anything rougher shows you haven't thought through the steps > clearly enough. > > You've also left testing and documentation until the end, which also > isn't OK. If you've spent any time around the Django project you > already know that testing and documentation are something we take > incredibly seriously. They have to be do at the same time as the code; > they're *not* an afterthought. You should writing tests and docs along > with -- or even before -- your code. > > I hope this gives you some good ideas on how you might be able to > improve your proposal into something we could accept. As I've said > before, this is an area that really needs some work, so I would love > to see a GSoC project tackle it. But I can't accept a proposal on > faith; I need to see that it's something with a realistic chance of > success. > > Good luck, > Thanks Jacob for your feedback and valuable suggestions, as i am very late on this project but i'll try my best to take your suggestions in account and will try my best to improve the proposal. > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Satinderpal Singh > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Given below is the link for my proposal for the GSoC 2013, please give >> me the feedback about the proposal. >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SirpfF0KXGq-GGU9iAhuEi1IbVOuXNzj8LKrLG1_1zQ/edit >> >> -- >> Satinderpal Singh >> http://devplace.in/~satinder/wordpress/ >> http://satindergoraya.blogspot.in/ >> http://satindergoraya91.blogspot.in/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >
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