(Sorry Stephen) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Akshay Shah" <y1dot...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Developers] GSoC 15 - Interested in contributing to Postorius To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <step...@xemacs.org>
> I wanted to work on "Feature request: Editable fields in User profile > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/postorius/+bug/1432383>" in the postorius web > ui. Would this be an easy enough issue to pursue? Where do I ask if I have > any questions about it? I have already commented on the page but not reply > yet. > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org> > wrote: >> Akshay Shah writes: >> >> > My name is Akshay Shah. >> >> >> Pleased to meet you, Akshay. Welcome to Mailman! >> >> > 1. Can the Dashboard and Subscriber profile page be done together >> > within the GSoC timeline? >> >> I think this would not be useful as the users' tasks are quite >> different. It's better to pick one and do a super job on it than to >> do merely satisfactory work on both. >> >> > 2. I have fairly good amount of experience with NodeJs, will my >> > resume be a good enough factor for you to decide or would you >> > rather have me do a pre-project (I would love to do a >> > pre-project)? >> >> Rather than a pre-project we prefer you to do a bugfix. Any bug, easy >> is OK. Feature implementation is also OK. The point is that you >> become familiar with our workflow as much as it is for us to see your >> work output. >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman >> >> Use the "advanced search" link with tag = easy (the tag entry field is >> way down at the bottom). Note that most of the "easy" issues seem to >> be "taken" in that somebody's already working on them, check the >> comments to find out who. Most likely most of the issue have *not* >> been checked for "easy" so don't let lack of an "easy" tag stop you >> from working on an interesting issue. If it isn't clear how to >> proceed after a few minutes, you might want to ask here if the issue >> is maybe "too hard" for a GSoC application before continuing (and >> maybe try a different issue in the meantime). >> >> > 3. [NEW IDEA] Introducing search feature in the Web UI. Search >> > lists, members, settings, and/or domains. Would introduction of >> > Elastic Search with NodeJs be a feasible option for the GSoC >> > Timeline? How detailed should I get about introduction of this >> > topic? >> >> I don't see why this feature needs to be so complex. There are a few >> sites like universities and project "forges" that deal with thousands >> of lists and tens of thousands of users, but "thousands" is still easy >> and efficient enough to do with a simple database lookup (and regexp >> matching on the results if desired) through the Django ORM (HyperKitty >> and Postorius) or SQLAlchemy and the REST interface (Mailman core), >> and it will be consistent with the code in the rest of the >> applications. >> >> If you have use cases where a more complex search would be helpful, >> please explain it. >> >> Regards >> >> _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9