[Xapian-devel] GSoC 2014

[Olly Betts]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 08:54:32AM +0530, JIGAR SHARDA wrote:
>          I am Jigar Sharda , a B.Tech. third year student at DA-IICT,India.
> I would like to apply in your organisation for GSoc 2014. I am currently
> studying IR at my university and I want to pursue my masters in this field
> only. So I think working with Xapian would be a great learning experience
> for me. I have gone through the project idea list and I am still reading
> them. So I wanted you to help me what should I do next in order to get
> started.

The first thing to do is decide what you'd like to work on.  It can be
based on an idea on the list, or something you've thought of yourself.

The next thing is to fetch the source code from our git repo and get
it to build on your machine.

Then try to produce a patch.  You could pick a small first step in the
project you're thinking about.  This should help you get you a better
understanding of what the project actually involves, and produce a more
realistic plan for what you can achieve in the time available.

Alternatively, see our list of "bite size" ideas:
http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/ProjectIdeas

Cheers,
    Olly