Hello guys I am Venkatesh Shukla, an undergraduate from IIT BHU, Varanasi. I am applying to Google Summer of Code 2014 and would like to work with Subsurface.
This is the link to my proposal : http://goo.gl/FA8BS5 I would be grateful to receive your comments and feedback for improvement. Also, below are the answers to Subsurface questionnaire. *Subsurface Questions* *When did you first hear about Subsurface?* I came upon subsurface while going through the list of participating organisations of GSOC '14 - 24 Feb 2014 *Do you have any diving experience? (this is not essential, we have devs that are not divers)* No, I have had no diving experience. *What attracted you to Subsurface?* First, android projects present in Subsurface. Second, the big open source names associated with Subsurface. *What other open-source tools do you use?* Firefox, Ubuntu Linux, Git, xchat, android, wikipedia, vim, vlc, etc *Describe any participation by you in the Subsurface community (e.g. created tutorials, submitted bug reports, asked or answered questions on mailing lists or IRC).* I have been in touch with Subsurface community both IRC channel (as coderbrahmin) and the mailing list. I have both asked as well as answered questions. I have submitted an issue regarding build failure of subsurface-android on github.com ( https://github.com/glance-/subsurface-android/issues/1). *Describe any contributions you have made to Subsurface development (e.g. bug fixes, translations, packaging, testing).* I have submitted the two prerequisite patches for Subsurface-companion application as well as further patches for the same application. The patches were related to Ticket #423 - addition of a GPX parser to subsurface-companion application Ticket #138 - addition of map picker to subsurface-companion application *In exactly two sentences, why should we pick YOU?* I have knowledge and experience of android application development, as well as a bit of C, which matches the requirement of the project. I am enthusiastic about open-source and learning from the subsurface community and would like to contribute as much as possible. *What is your name, email address, and irc nickname?* Name - Venkatesh Shukla Email ID - venkatesh.shukla.ee...@iitbhu.ac.in IRC Nick - coderbrahmin *Describe any plans you have for the summer in addition to GSoC (classes, thesis, job, vacation, etc.).* No special plans. I'll be staying home and will be devoting all my time to GSoC. *What programming projects have you completed?* I have worked in a two projects - 1. Development of an android application with google app engine backend - https://bitbucket.org/venky2834/tvupdt 2. Analysis of event anaphora for Hindi Language - https://bitbucket.org/venky2834/event_anaphora_hindi *What are your favorite programming tools (editor, etc.)?* Eclipse and Android Studio for android application development Vim for C Ubuntu for using above mentioned stuff. *Describe any work on other open-source projects.* I have not yet been a part of any open-source project. *List other GSoC projects you are applying to.* I may also apply to wikimedia for development of news viewer application for Wikinews.org Sincerely *Venkatesh Shukla B. Tech ( Electrical Engineering )III YearIndian Institute of TechnologyBanaras Hindu UniversityPh No. +91 8960 579 122* *Email: venkatesh.shukla.ee...@iitbhu.ac.in <venkatesh.shukla.ee...@iitbhu.ac.in>*
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