RE: [Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!]

2016-08-24 Thread izabela szynal
24 sie 2016 09:10 "Ross Gardler"  napisał(a):
>
> I supervised a capstone project last year. The overhead was significant
but, theoretically, the reward was good. The problem was that, in my case,
the students did not provide patches as part of their work. Instead we got
a monster patch which is still sitting in JIRA waiting for me to find the
time to review it.
>
> This is not necessarily the students fault. I could have been more
forceful, or I could have been more hands-on and helped them get set up.
But the lesson learned is that putting an hour a week into these projects
is not enough.
>
> That being said, if I had 3 hours a week to put into this I would
certainly do it again.
>
> Ross
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: shath...@e-z.net [mailto:shath...@e-z.net]
> > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 11:35 PM
> > To: dev@community.apache.org
> > Subject: [Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!]
> >
> > I have participated in Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon USA)
> > undergraduate senior projects in the past. The Capstone program is an
> > opportunity for our open source software communities to propose a three-
> > term project for students and provide mentors to the projects.  The
mentors
> > get to interact with students and their evaluation becomes a part of
their
> > performance evaluation grade.
> >
> > These Capstone university projects can readily support the Apache
Software
> > Foundation health.
> >
> > I live and work within commute distance of the university.  One of the
> > previous projects had a mentor in Denmark.  International cooperation
can be
> > accommodated.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Steven J. Hathaway
> > shathaway@a.o
> >
> >  Original Message

> > Subject: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > From:"D. Kevin McGrath" 
> > Date:Mon, August 22, 2016 12:30 pm
> > To:  shath...@e-z.net
> >
--
> >
> >
> > Colleagues --
> >
> > Have you always wanted a particular software tool developed for your
use,
> > but have never had the time to do it yourself? Well then, read on. Have
I got
> > a deal for you!
> >
> > My name is Kevin McGrath. I am the instructor who runs the OSU Computer
> > Science Senior Capstone class. The Capstone class is a 3-quarter (Fall,
Winter,
> > Spring)
> > "career preparation" experience. The major piece of this is doing a
significant
> > 3 member team project.
> >
> > When the students come to the first class on September 24, I want to
present
> > them with a list of exciting, creative, and real-experience software
> > engineering project possibilities. This is where you come in. I am
looking for
> > you to use your needs and experience to propose those project
possibilities.
> >
> > A web site has been setup to give you more information, and let you
enter
> > and edit your project proposals:
> >
> >
> >   https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fe
> > ecs.oregonstate.edu%2fcapstone%2fsubmission%2f&data=01%7c01%7cRoss.
> > Gardler%40microsoft.com%7c69dffb91914e465f88b908d3cb068ca9%7c72f98
> > 8bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=Y5%2f34BYPOXEwKHTC0sm4jNG
> > QVxTqoxU7RGLoJBj02S0%3d
> >
> > You have until September 15 to get yours in. If any clarification would
be
> > necessary, you'd have from the 15th to the first day of term to clarify.
> > That is
> > when the students will see them, and will start the selection process.
In that
> > process, I ask the students to "bid" on their top 5 choices. I
ultimately make
> > the final project assignments, but endeavour to take their preferences
into
> > account. I find I get better results that way.
> >
> > There will likely be more projects proposed than students teams to do
them.
> > *So, really sell your project.* Definitely don't understate its
cool-ness factor!
> > The more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> > likely to be when doing it. Excitement is contagious! If you'd be
interested in
> > pitching your project to the students in person, please let me know!
> > Personally pitched projects tend to generate more excitement from the
> > students.
> >
> > After projects have been selected, we will follow a client-contractor
model in
> > which I "run" the software contract company and you are one of our
valued
> > clients. The students "report" to me, but you, as client, work directly
with
> > them to design the requirements, set the timeline, approve the
progress. You
> > also get to help assign grades.
> >
> > This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that
are research
> > oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused. If you
would
> > like to propose a research project for the students, please indicate
this using
> > the Additional Comments field.
> >
> > Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
results are
> > had if the students are i

RE: [Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!]

2016-08-24 Thread izabela szynal
lql
24 sie 2016 09:10 "Ross Gardler"  napisał(a):

> I supervised a capstone project last year. The overhead was significant
> but, theoretically, the reward was good. The problem was that, in my case,
> the students did not provide patches as part of their work. Instead we got
> a monster patch which is still sitting in JIRA waiting for me to find the
> time to review it.
>
> This is not necessarily the students fault. I could have been more
> forceful, or I could have been more hands-on and helped them get set up.
> But the lesson learned is that putting an hour a week into these projects
> is not enough.
>
> That being said, if I had 3 hours a week to put into this I would
> certainly do it again.
>
> Ross
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: shath...@e-z.net [mailto:shath...@e-z.net]
> > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 11:35 PM
> > To: dev@community.apache.org
> > Subject: [Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!]
> >
> > I have participated in Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon USA)
> > undergraduate senior projects in the past. The Capstone program is an
> > opportunity for our open source software communities to propose a three-
> > term project for students and provide mentors to the projects.  The
> mentors
> > get to interact with students and their evaluation becomes a part of
> their
> > performance evaluation grade.
> >
> > These Capstone university projects can readily support the Apache
> Software
> > Foundation health.
> >
> > I live and work within commute distance of the university.  One of the
> > previous projects had a mentor in Denmark.  International cooperation
> can be
> > accommodated.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Steven J. Hathaway
> > shathaway@a.o
> >
> >  Original Message
> 
> > Subject: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > From:"D. Kevin McGrath" 
> > Date:Mon, August 22, 2016 12:30 pm
> > To:  shath...@e-z.net
> > 
> --
> >
> >
> > Colleagues --
> >
> > Have you always wanted a particular software tool developed for your use,
> > but have never had the time to do it yourself? Well then, read on. Have
> I got
> > a deal for you!
> >
> > My name is Kevin McGrath. I am the instructor who runs the OSU Computer
> > Science Senior Capstone class. The Capstone class is a 3-quarter (Fall,
> Winter,
> > Spring)
> > "career preparation" experience. The major piece of this is doing a
> significant
> > 3 member team project.
> >
> > When the students come to the first class on September 24, I want to
> present
> > them with a list of exciting, creative, and real-experience software
> > engineering project possibilities. This is where you come in. I am
> looking for
> > you to use your needs and experience to propose those project
> possibilities.
> >
> > A web site has been setup to give you more information, and let you enter
> > and edit your project proposals:
> >
> >
> >   https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fe
> > ecs.oregonstate.edu%2fcapstone%2fsubmission%2f&data=01%7c01%7cRoss.
> > Gardler%40microsoft.com%7c69dffb91914e465f88b908d3cb068ca9%7c72f98
> > 8bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=Y5%2f34BYPOXEwKHTC0sm4jNG
> > QVxTqoxU7RGLoJBj02S0%3d
> >
> > You have until September 15 to get yours in. If any clarification would
> be
> > necessary, you'd have from the 15th to the first day of term to clarify.
> > That is
> > when the students will see them, and will start the selection process.
> In that
> > process, I ask the students to "bid" on their top 5 choices. I
> ultimately make
> > the final project assignments, but endeavour to take their preferences
> into
> > account. I find I get better results that way.
> >
> > There will likely be more projects proposed than students teams to do
> them.
> > *So, really sell your project.* Definitely don't understate its
> cool-ness factor!
> > The more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> > likely to be when doing it. Excitement is contagious! If you'd be
> interested in
> > pitching your project to the students in person, please let me know!
> > Personally pitched projects tend to generate more excitement from the
> > students.
> >
> > After projects have been selected, we will follow a client-contractor
> model in
> > which I "run" the software contract company and you are one of our valued
> > clients. The students "report" to me, but you, as client, work directly
> with
> > them to design the requirements, set the timeline, approve the progress.
> You
> > also get to help assign grades.
> >
> > This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
> research
> > oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused. If you
> would
> > like to propose a research project for the students, please indicate
> this using
> > the Additional Comments field.
> >
> > Given the nature of a research oriented

Re: PMC / Committer wrong for ORC

2015-06-22 Thread izabela szynal
Nie piszcie do mnie
23-06-2015 00:39, "Owen O'Malley"  napisał(a):

> All,
>On reporter.apache.org, under PMC/Committer for ORC it says:
>
> *No new changes to the PMC or committer base detected - (LDAP error or no
> changes for >2 years)*
>
> When I use the list_unix_group.pl command, I get the right results:
>
> omal...@minotaur.apache.org> list_unix_group.pl orc
> > asandryh
> > cdouglas
> > gates
> > gopalv
> > gunther
> > kevinwilfong
> > leftyl
> > omalley
> > prasanthj
> > sershe
> > swalkaus
> > xuefu
>
>
> Since the project has only been around for 2 months, clearly we've all be
> added in the last two years. :)
>
> Any idea what is going wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>Owen
>