<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello,<br></div>As mentioned on the project ideas page , I would
like to work on <b>improving Python Bindings</b> , I have basic hands on
experience in Python and sufficient knowledge in C++ , I started with
looking at the resource provided on Project ideas page ,So anyone can
further guide me on this project.Also further i would like to work on small idea like <br>Replace <b>atoi with atol</b> . Can somebody guide me on this where exactly we need to modify these statements. <br><br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 November 2014 at 03:35, Olly Betts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olly@survex.com" target="_blank">olly@survex.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="h5">On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 07:53:01PM +0530, Priyank Bhatt wrote:<br>
> I am willing to work for Xapian . I'm a fourth year undergraduate Student ,<br>
> I have done my elimentary course on machine learning algorithm .<br>
> I am also familiar with C/C++ and basis Python,HTML,CSS,Javascript .<br>
> Please suggest what all do I need to learn or read so as to start<br>
> contributing to the open source community of Xapian . As an amateur and as<br>
> per your free slots what project form the idea's page should I work on ?<br>
<br>
</div></div>If by "free slots" you mean student slots for GSoC, then it's far too<br>
early to talk about that - mentoring orgs don't get allocated slots<br>
until April 15th next year:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015" target="_blank">http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015</a><br>
<br>
If you read the timeline, you'll see that mentoring orgs don't even<br>
apply to take part until February 9th 2015, so at this point we can't<br>
say for certain that Xapian will even be taking part next year - no<br>
mentoring org knows currently. We are planning to apply, and the<br>
feedback our students give is generally very positive, so I think it's<br>
likely we'll get a place, but it is competitive - last year 371 orgs<br>
applied and 190 were accepted.<br>
<br>
As for how to get started, first step is to check out the code from<br>
our git repo and get it to build.<br>
<br>
Once you've done that, you want to start getting familiar with the code,<br>
so pick something small you find interesting and try to do it. There<br>
are some "bite-size" ideas on the wiki:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/ProjectIdeas" target="_blank">http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/ProjectIdeas</a><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Olly<br>
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