Honestly, I suggest picking 2 projects (aria2 and mirrormanager enhancements may be the right two), not more. Even if the MM changes should only take a week, I guarantee you'll run into deployment, change, update, and testing challenges that will consume more time. I somewhat accounted for that in the 1 week, but I'm also notoriously bad at estimating how long things will take in wall clock time vs system time.
With 2 projects, you'll have enough time to understand the community around each, join and start working with the software, then propose the architecture of the changes, then work on the actual changes, then test, commit, test some more, and do your final writeup. Split the summer into two six-week blocks; plan to get one project done in the first six weeks, the second in the 2nd six weeks. That also lines up nicely with the GSoC review and payment process. If you aren't making enough progress on one project in the first six weeks, you regrettably get dropped at that point and still have time in the summer to do something else. If you finish one early, you can start the second. Do the easier one (MM) first and fastest so you're sure to get paid for the first half of the summer. (this is the same structure I use with my interns each year, and that's what GSoC is - an internship). Thanks, Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en.
