On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Vicki Fu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Robert and Eric,

Hi Vicki

> I am sorry to say that I can not participate this gsoc because my
> mentor suggest me to focus my research defense first.

Good luck :-)

> I am sorry for quitting this opportunity to contribute JAMES. Since
> the AI project is on the track,

Given my limited computer time, I'm not sure I'd describe it quite
that way - but at least we've made a start...

> maybe I can help for recommendation, keywords filter to pre-read mail
> or news later.

It would be great if you'd hang around and contribute :-)

Even if you can't find coding time ATM, contributing to discussions on
the mailing lists or in JIRA would be really valuable.

GSOC is a cool programme but requires a high intensity level. At
Apache, our traditional way is less intense. We're a volunteer
community and all understand that people work as they wish, fitting
Apache into their lifestyle. The GSOC programme length is orders of
magnitude longer than our usual contribution cycle.

Most contributions tend to be small, our development process finely
grained and our components loosely coupled. We prefer small
contributions - perhaps the work of one or two evenings at most. This
allows patches to be reviewed, integrated easily and quickly, and
provenance clear to establish.

> Thank you for all of your suggestion on my proposal. I will be happy
> that anyone can use my proposal to continue this project.

It's hard for us to re-use any of that material unless we have the
legal provenance in place. If you could find a few moments to attach
the proposal as comments to the JIRA issues, then that would give us
the legal permissions we need.

Robert

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