<div dir="ltr"><div>sir,<br><br></div>My schedule is very hectic these days, I am working on 2 of my course project and the deadline is by 20th April. Moreover the exam are waiting after that, so I won't be able to give much time to GSoC project before 2 May. But yeah in the mean while if I find something to discuss with you, then I will.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 4:23 PM, James Aylett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james-xapian@tartarus.org" target="_blank">james-xapian@tartarus.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:43:04AM +0100, Olly Betts wrote:<br>
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> Meanwhile, if you've applied to us you shouldn't just sit and wait for<br>
> the announcement. We select the students we think are likely to make<br>
> a success of their projects, and you can improve the confidence we have<br>
> in you by working on a patch (or if you're already working on a patch,<br>
> by pushing through with it and getting it merged).<br>
<br>
</span>I'll just add briefly on this: it's vastly easier to push through a<br>
smaller patch than a larger one, which is why we recommend taking a<br>
bite-sized project (and, in GSoC itself, why we encourage students to<br>
complete and have reviewed sub-projects as they go rather than<br>
building up months of work).<br>
<br>
Don't worry about a patch being too small, either! If it fixes a bug,<br>
or makes a small improvement, then it's worth getting reviewed and<br>
merged. Almost every patch for every OSS project requires at least<br>
some changes, even with lots of experience, and we'll feed back and<br>
try to help you through the process in a way that means future<br>
contributions will be easier.<br>
<br>
There are some notes and tips in our draft developers guide which may<br>
help, particularly the section about contributing<br>
(<a href="https://xapian-developer-guide.readthedocs.org/en/latest/contributing/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xapian-developer-guide.readthedocs.org/en/latest/contributing/index.html</a>).<br>
It's by no means perfect though, so please let me know if it's<br>
confusing, or if anything doesn't work for you.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
J<br>
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--<br>
James Aylett, occasional trouble-maker<br>
<a href="http://xapian.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">xapian.org</a><br>
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