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- Pratyush. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Kedar Soparkar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > You may remember me as one of the students who applied for the i386 > ABI Implementation project under GSOC. > > Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons (some of which have already > been pointed out), I could not get selected. > > Some of the major points: > > 1. I did not interact significantly on the mailing list (besides > cheekily asking for comments on my proposal). > 2. I had not contributed in any way to DFBSD prior to the proposal stage. > (Feel free to add more in succession) > > Irrespective of the results, I still intend to continue with the > project. My primary motivation for taking it up was to contribute to > something practical & real-life, as opposed to just working on > assignments in college courses (although, I must admit that the moolah > & the t-shirt were also enticing :) ) As I can still gain a summer's > worth of experience & hopefully come out with a working solution for > DFBSD, it looks like a win-win situation, for both, the DragonFly > community & me. > > Since I'm no longer bound by the GSOC timeline, I will simply offset > the work to begin on 15th of June, after dealing with my GRE exam. > Everything else regarding the schedule shall remain unchanged. > > Now to matters of more import: > > I know that the DragonFly community is stretched as it is due to GSOC > work, so I wanted to ask whether I can request for a mentor of sorts > during this period. Although I am sure I can count on the IRC & the > mailing list for answers, it would be reassuring to know that someone > is equally interested in getting this project done, besides me. > > This would also be the ideal time to let me know if someone has > already started work on this idea, or for whatever reason, doesn't > want me to work on this idea. > > Regards, > Kedar. >
