Hi Justin, On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Justin Sherrill <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll point out that the primary reason we didn't have more projects is > because we just didn't get enough slots from Google for them all. I > would have liked to see your project, but it, and other good ideas, > just didn't make the cut. > > We have twice as many slots as we had last year, which is nice, but we > had an even greater increase in interesting projects. > > In any case, I'd like to see you work. I wouldn't be a good mentor > for this, unfortunately. If nobody is able to step forward, I'd still > like to see you work on it. This is a two-edged sword - you don't > have any deadlines or external pressures on your work. On the other > hand, you aren't guaranteed attention from the other people involved, > depending on what they are doing. Plus, no deadlines. (Though I bet > if you did complete this on the Google timeline, we could get a shirt > out of it.) > > The resources you can get, either way: > > - EFNet #dragonfly IRC usually has people available. It seems to be > busiest around 1200-1500UTC, I think.
I am assuming you mean #dragonflybsd. Thanks for the timing update. > - This mailing list. > > - A leaf account. Send your public key to Matt with the username you > want, and he can create an account on leaf.dragonflybsd.org. The > machine is pretty beefy, and you can even use vkernels to test out > ideas. I've already got a leaf account. > I can't guarantee you'll always get answers from people in the project > by email or IRC; nobody else has that guarantee either. Don't let it > slow you. > I suppose this was always going to be one of the perils of working directly. I'll put in my best though. Thanks, Kedar. > > 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. >> >
