On Mi 01 feb 2012 20:19:02 +0200, Eric Charles wrote: > Hi Ioan, > See comments inside. > Eric > > On 31/01/12 22:24, Ioan Eugen STAN wrote: >> Hello again, >> >> Google Summer of Code is approaching again. I guess Apache will be >> selected again. I'm planning to apply for James because this is the >> last year I can participate but I'm also thinking of mentoring. Haven't >> decided yet. >> > > Didn't you already participate as a student last year...???
Yes I did, but there isn't a limit (from what I know). I also thought about mentoring first but then someone mentioned that since I already know the code base (parts of it anyway) I can be like a full time payed developer for James. And then my wheels started turning :D. I can achieve much more then last year considering that my coding skills have improved considerably. >> I have two ideas for GSoC this year: >> >> 1. distributed Mailet processor using actors. I saw something like >> this exists but it's not in the code base. >> > > Not sure what you mean. Are you thinking to scala-like actors? Yes, something like that. From my knowledge, actors can be distributed to other machines. >> 2. Mailet bindings for other languages. Implement Mailets in your >> preferred language (Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, Bash, etc.). The >> idea is that most sys-admins for mail servers are not java friendly and >> are more productive with the tools they know. >> > > Can be interesting, however if the goal is to attract more users, IMHO > things like a web management interface or hot reload configuration > would be more helpful. Speaking like someone who felt the needs. Great ideas, why haven't you mentioned them before? I especially like the one with hot reloading the configuration. Get's us one step closer to clustering and distributed James instances. >> Cheers, >> -- >> Ioan Eugen Stan >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
