Re: [Bug-wget] [GSoC Proposal] Python3-based FTP Server for Test Suit and Test Suit Refactoring

[Zihang Chen]

I'm in UTC+8:00. There are 9 hours between UTC+8:00 and CET, I think. So
8:00am CET is fine with me.


2014-03-16 16:04 GMT+08:00 Darshit Shah <address@hidden>:

> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 2:32 AM, 陈子杭 (Zihang Chen) <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > Absolutely! BTW what timezone are you in?
> >
> I'm in CET. You? Would something akin to 8:00am CET be fine with you
>
> > 2014年3月16日 上午4:49于 "Darshit Shah" <address@hidden>写道：
> >
> >> Hi Zihang,
> >>
> >> There's some improvements, but some of the areas are still missing.
> >>
> >> Can we have a discussion sometime on IRC regarding the same?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 5:29 PM, 陈子杭 (Zihang Chen) <address@hidden>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi, Darshit.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks a lot for the advice. Just updated the proposal hosted on gist.
> >> >
> >> > https://gist.github.com/mad4alcohol/9487859
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 2014-03-14 21:03 GMT+08:00 Darshit Shah <address@hidden>:
> >> >
> >> >> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Darshit Shah <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> >> >> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:53 AM, 陈子杭 (Zihang Chen)
> >> >> > <address@hidden>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> Hi.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I just uploaded my proposal for GSoC 2014 on melange. Looking
> >> >> >> forward
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> your feedback :)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> > You should preferably mark it public, and give a link here, so that
> >> >> > everyone, even
> >> >> > those not registered on melange can read and review your proposal.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ================ Proposal Review ===============================
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Your summary seems fine. You could expand on the deliverables a
> >> >> > little
> >> >> > more.
> >> >> > What is suggest is you separate the deliverables from the plan and
> >> >> > technical
> >> >> > details. What will you deliver? That is what should come there, not
> >> >> > *how*.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You can/should explain the how as a subsection under your plan.
> Also,
> >> >> > what library do you intend to use? And how?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > In the summary and plan you state you wish to refactor the current
> >> >> > code.
> >> >> > But
> >> >> > you provide no idea at all about what is wrong and how you plan to
> >> >> > fix
> >> >> > it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I found your timeline lacking in a few aspects:
> >> >> > 1. The final selections are announced on 21st April. Your timeline
> >> >> > starts on 19th
> >> >> > May.
> >> >> > 2. What do you plan on doing between now and 21st April?
> >> >> > 3. The community bonding period is an important part of the
> program.
> >> >> > It is completely
> >> >> > missing in your proposal.
> >> >> > 4. You are already working on, and have almost completed the
> >> >> > refactoring patchset. I
> >> >> > don't see why you'd need 2 weeks to refactor it more. If you have
> any
> >> >> > further plans
> >> >> > about changes, you should state them in the proposal.
> >> >> > 5. I don't see the point of spending one week of coding time in
> >> >> > making a
> >> >> > design
> >> >> > document. This is should be ready before coding begins.
> >> >> > 6. I'm glad you're upfront about your exams midway through the
> >> >> > program.
> >> >> > We can
> >> >> > work around it without any hiccups.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Speaking through experience, I'm not so sure if having a part-time
> >> >> > internship
> >> >> > simultaneously along with GSoC is a good idea. It usually takes a
> lot
> >> >> > more
> >> >> > time than you expect right now. And neither will your internship be
> >> >> > any easier on
> >> >> > you. In the end, you will either forego one for the other, or end
> up
> >> >> > sick.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Also, in my opinion your timeline needs some more thought and work.
> >> >> > And,
> >> >> > again,
> >> >> > from experience, make it fine grained. Think more about each step
> and
> >> >> > you'll find
> >> >> > you've missed something, or the times just don't add up correctly.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Usually, slots of 2 weeks are preferred. That also matches the
> >> >> > timeline
> >> >> > you
> >> >> > suggest for discussing things over with your mentor.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > As suggested in the FAQ, you should really keep the time between
> >> >> > suggested
> >> >> > down and firm pencils down to clean up your code and wrap things
> up.
> >> >> > You
> >> >> > *will* need, and I repeat, you *will* need the whole week to wrap
> up
> >> >> > and get your
> >> >> > code ready for merging.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, please edit your title to reflect which project you're applying
> >> >> for, i.e. Wget
> >> >> in the beginning. GNU has lots of projects and it should be easy to
> >> >> spot
> >> >> which
> >> >> ones are for Wget.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Thanking You,
> >> >> Darshit Shah
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Chen Zihang,
> >> > Computer School of Wuhan University
> >> > ---
> >> > 此致
> >> > 陈子杭
> >> > 武汉大学计算机学院
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thanking You,
> >> Darshit Shah
>
>
>
> --
> Thanking You,
> Darshit Shah
>



-- 
Regards,
Chen Zihang,
Computer School of Wuhan University
---
此致
陈子杭
武汉大学计算机学院