Thread: Summer of Code Preparation
Folks, I've been warned that Summer of Code is coming up again soon. We need to be ready with proposals which are officially endorsed by the PostgreSQL project. Which means we need: a) Projects which could be accomplished in a summer, and b) Students to do them. We have one or two weeks to get this together. Your help is greatly desired .. and if you're a CS student hacker reading this, drop me a line! -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
If nothing else, any of the 'beginner todo' items are likely candidates, though I suspect none of them individually are enough work for an entire summer. If no one beats me to it, I'll try and compile a list of likely TODOs for this. On Apr 5, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > I've been warned that Summer of Code is coming up again soon. We > need to be > ready with proposals which are officially endorsed by the > PostgreSQL project. > Which means we need: > > a) Projects which could be accomplished in a summer, and > b) Students to do them. > > We have one or two weeks to get this together. Your help is greatly > desired .. and if you're a CS student hacker reading this, drop me > a line! > > -- > Josh Berkus > Aglio Database Solutions > San Francisco > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
A list of simpler TODOs would be great. I might be interested in doing something (probably w/o the summer of code because I have a summer job). We'll see after exams finish.
Please post something about where we can find this TODO list when it is available.
Thanks,
Nathan
Please post something about where we can find this TODO list when it is available.
Thanks,
Nathan
On 4/5/06, Jim Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com> wrote:
If nothing else, any of the 'beginner todo' items are likely
candidates, though I suspect none of them individually are enough
work for an entire summer.
If no one beats me to it, I'll try and compile a list of likely TODOs
for this.
On Apr 5, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I've been warned that Summer of Code is coming up again soon. We
> need to be
> ready with proposals which are officially endorsed by the
> PostgreSQL project.
> Which means we need:
>
> a) Projects which could be accomplished in a summer, and
> b) Students to do them.
>
> We have one or two weeks to get this together. Your help is greatly
> desired .. and if you're a CS student hacker reading this, drop me
> a line!
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
>
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> broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
>
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Summer of Code projects dont have to revolve around the core project... for example drupal got like 11 projects last year and bricolage got a few too; I got a small list of items that could be looked at that are sort of 3rd party projects, should we attempt to collaborate on putting up a list some place? Robert Treat On Wednesday 05 April 2006 11:22, Jim Nasby wrote: > If nothing else, any of the 'beginner todo' items are likely > candidates, though I suspect none of them individually are enough > work for an entire summer. > > If no one beats me to it, I'll try and compile a list of likely TODOs > for this. > > On Apr 5, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I've been warned that Summer of Code is coming up again soon. We > > need to be > > ready with proposals which are officially endorsed by the > > PostgreSQL project. > > Which means we need: > > > > a) Projects which could be accomplished in a summer, and > > b) Students to do them. > > > > We have one or two weeks to get this together. Your help is greatly > > desired .. and if you're a CS student hacker reading this, drop me > > a line! > > > > -- > > Josh Berkus > > Aglio Database Solutions > > San Francisco > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
Robert, > Summer of Code projects dont have to revolve around the core project... > for example drupal got like 11 projects last year and bricolage got a > few too; I got a small list of items that could be looked at that are > sort of 3rd party projects, should we attempt to collaborate on putting > up a list some place? Sure, although the important part is to find students. I'm not sure how we do that. -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Josh Berkus wrote: > Robert, > >> Summer of Code projects dont have to revolve around the core project... >> for example drupal got like 11 projects last year and bricolage got a >> few too; I got a small list of items that could be looked at that are >> sort of 3rd party projects, should we attempt to collaborate on putting >> up a list some place? > > Sure, although the important part is to find students. I'm not sure how we > do that. Do we have any professors online? How about anyone that works for Sun *wink*, who, I believe, have educational programs that we might be able to tap into? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
On Apr 5, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> Sure, although the important part is to find students. I'm not >> sure how we >> do that. > > Do we have any professors online? I'm not one, but I know some. If there is a link with details and perhaps a list of possible projects, I'll be happy to spread the word. John DeSoi, Ph.D. http://pgedit.com/ Power Tools for PostgreSQL
One idea that comes to mind is to come up with a list of popular OSS projects that we'd like to see add PostgreSQL support and have students work on those... As for finding students, I believe a call on -general and -announce would probably produce results. I know there's some professors on the lists (most likely to be on -general...) On Apr 5, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Robert Treat wrote: > Summer of Code projects dont have to revolve around the core > project... for > example drupal got like 11 projects last year and bricolage got a > few too; I > got a small list of items that could be looked at that are sort of > 3rd party > projects, should we attempt to collaborate on putting up a list > some place? > > Robert Treat > > On Wednesday 05 April 2006 11:22, Jim Nasby wrote: >> If nothing else, any of the 'beginner todo' items are likely >> candidates, though I suspect none of them individually are enough >> work for an entire summer. >> >> If no one beats me to it, I'll try and compile a list of likely TODOs >> for this. >> >> On Apr 5, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: >>> Folks, >>> >>> I've been warned that Summer of Code is coming up again soon. We >>> need to be >>> ready with proposals which are officially endorsed by the >>> PostgreSQL project. >>> Which means we need: >>> >>> a) Projects which could be accomplished in a summer, and >>> b) Students to do them. >>> >>> We have one or two weeks to get this together. Your help is greatly >>> desired .. and if you're a CS student hacker reading this, drop me >>> a line! >>> >>> -- >>> Josh Berkus >>> Aglio Database Solutions >>> San Francisco >>> >>> ---------------------------(end of >>> broadcast)--------------------------- >>> TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? >>> >>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq >> >> -- >> Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com >> Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 >> vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 >> >> >> >> ---------------------------(end of >> broadcast)--------------------------- >> TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > > -- > Robert Treat > Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
From the main website, hit developers, roadmap and then the TODO link on that page. On Apr 5, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Nathan Buchanan wrote: > A list of simpler TODOs would be great. I might be interested in > doing something (probably w/o the summer of code because I have a > summer job). We'll see after exams finish. > > Please post something about where we can find this TODO list when > it is available. > > Thanks, > Nathan > > On 4/5/06, Jim Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com> wrote: If nothing else, > any of the 'beginner todo' items are likely > candidates, though I suspect none of them individually are enough > work for an entire summer. > > If no one beats me to it, I'll try and compile a list of likely TODOs > for this. > > On Apr 5, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > I've been warned that Summer of Code is coming up again soon. We > > need to be > > ready with proposals which are officially endorsed by the > > PostgreSQL project. > > Which means we need: > > > > a) Projects which could be accomplished in a summer, and > > b) Students to do them. > > > > We have one or two weeks to get this together. Your help is greatly > > desired .. and if you're a CS student hacker reading this, drop me > > a line! > > > > -- > > Josh Berkus > > Aglio Database Solutions > > San Francisco > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > > > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel@decibel.org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Jim Nasby wrote: > One idea that comes to mind is to come up with a list of popular OSS projects > that we'd like to see add PostgreSQL support and have students work on > those... As nice an idea as this is, we'd also need to quickly co-ordinate with those projects to make sure that there is a semblance of a chance of having those patches included in their distribution ... I realize that the Code of Summer program doesn't need a guarantee that the code will be committed, but if we're going to do something like the above, would rather see it done for projects that wanted the end results ... > > As for finding students, I believe a call on -general and -announce would > probably produce results. I know there's some professors on the lists (most > likely to be on -general...) > > On Apr 5, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Robert Treat wrote: > >> Summer of Code projects dont have to revolve around the core project... for >> example drupal got like 11 projects last year and bricolage got a few too; >> I >> got a small list of items that could be looked at that are sort of 3rd >> party >> projects, should we attempt to collaborate on putting up a list some place? >> >> Robert Treat >> >> On Wednesday 05 April 2006 11:22, Jim Nasby wrote: >>> If nothing else, any of the 'beginner todo' items are likely >>> candidates, though I suspect none of them individually are enough >>> work for an entire summer. >>> >>> If no one beats me to it, I'll try and compile a list of likely TODOs >>> for this. >>> >>> On Apr 5, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: >>>> Folks, >>>> >>>> I've been warned that Summer of Code is coming up again soon. We >>>> need to be >>>> ready with proposals which are officially endorsed by the >>>> PostgreSQL project. >>>> Which means we need: >>>> >>>> a) Projects which could be accomplished in a summer, and >>>> b) Students to do them. >>>> >>>> We have one or two weeks to get this together. Your help is greatly >>>> desired .. and if you're a CS student hacker reading this, drop me >>>> a line! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Josh Berkus >>>> Aglio Database Solutions >>>> San Francisco >>>> >>>> ---------------------------(end of >>>> broadcast)--------------------------- >>>> TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? >>>> >>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq >>> >>> -- >>> Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com >>> Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 >>> vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >>> TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings >> >> -- >> Robert Treat >> Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL >> >> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >> TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend >> > > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
"Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote > > Sure, although the important part is to find students. I'm not sure how we > do that. > I noticed two email domains are @mit.edu and @cs.toronto.edu but I am afraid both of them are not students any more :-) Regards, Qingqing
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:55:15PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Jim Nasby wrote: > > >One idea that comes to mind is to come up with a list of popular OSS > >projects that we'd like to see add PostgreSQL support and have students > >work on those... > > As nice an idea as this is, we'd also need to quickly co-ordinate with > those projects to make sure that there is a semblance of a chance of > having those patches included in their distribution ... I realize that the > Code of Summer program doesn't need a guarantee that the code will be > committed, but if we're going to do something like the above, would rather > see it done for projects that wanted the end results ... Absolutely, though we can't do that without a list of possibilities first. People want to start throwing out names? (I can't really think of any off the top of my head, other than OpenQRM, but I have ulterior motives for that one so perhaps my vote shouldn't count. :) ) -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 06:31:01AM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:55:15PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Jim Nasby wrote: > > > > >One idea that comes to mind is to come up with a list of popular OSS > > >projects that we'd like to see add PostgreSQL support and have students > > >work on those... > > > > As nice an idea as this is, we'd also need to quickly co-ordinate with > > those projects to make sure that there is a semblance of a chance of > > having those patches included in their distribution ... I realize that the > > Code of Summer program doesn't need a guarantee that the code will be > > committed, but if we're going to do something like the above, would rather > > see it done for projects that wanted the end results ... > > Absolutely, though we can't do that without a list of possibilities > first. People want to start throwing out names? (I can't really think of > any off the top of my head, other than OpenQRM, but I have ulterior > motives for that one so perhaps my vote shouldn't count. :) ) Was that throw out names for projects? How about Postgres-R for PostgreSQL-8? Even if nothing comes out of it, both databases and group communications are excellent CS topics for a student. Cheers, Patrick