Re: Octave Code Sharing

[siko1056]

Sahil wrote
> siko1056 wrote
>> Dear Sahil,
>> 
>> Thank you for your interest.  I do not think, that it is a good idea to
>> switch over to a project with a mentor right at the deadline, just
>> because
>> what really bothers you (GUI property inspector) has none.  Maybe it is a
>> lesson for us not to list projects without any mentor from the very
>> beginning [1].  It is not likely, that you'll find one for the GUI
>> property
>> inspector here the next few hours.
>> 
>> Regarding the project I figured out last year was to "misuse" the
>> possibilities of MediaWiki to easily store Octave functions and scripts
>> (including MediaWiki's version control and nice builtin code
>> presentation)
>> by using "publish" and "grabcode" from GNU Octave to
>> https://wiki.octave.org.
>> 
>> The major work of this project was to "teach" Octave the RESTful web
>> service
>> functions [2] (especially cookies using libcurl or alike).  The syntax
>> highlighting etc. is already included into GNU Octave and the MediaWiki
>> part.  There is NO need to establish a new website (e.g. Agora)  Due to
>> the
>> lack of interest I felt also demotivated to update the project outline
>> recently.
>> 
>> What I see is that you really tried to get involved with Octave since a
>> few
>> months, but as our direct contact starts right at the GSoC deadline, I do
>> not feel very encouraged to start this project this year with you.  Do
>> you
>> have other alternatives at other projects as well?
>> 
>> Best,
>> Kai
>> 
>> [1]
>> https://wiki.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas&diff=prev&oldid=10604
>> [2] https://github.com/octave-de/octave-web
>> 
>> 
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> 
> Hi Kai,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your reply. I totally understand your concern regarding
> the
> issue that it is generally not very convincing to select someone for GSoC
> without him working on a project.
> 
> However, I would also like to share a bit about my side of the story. I
> have
> been fairly new to the open source world and December was the time I
> started
> working on GNU Octave, with GNU Octave being my first organization. The
> project I earlier chose, I had no idea will not have a mentor. It is not
> that if given some other project, I will do it with less interest, but it
> is
> that after months of hard work, I cannot imagine not being able to
> contribute to the organisation I have been contributing to from the past
> three months consistently, be it tracing down the bug or reading various
> documentation and standards or helping people with doubts within my reach. 
> 
> Being a pre-final year student and knowing the kind of work GNU octave
> deals
> with, I am confident that I can contribute to the organization the next
> year
> as well wholeheartedly. My priority in a particular projects matters much
> less to me than being able to contribute to the organisation as a whole,
> at
> the same time participating in GSoC.
> 
> For the project which you are mentoring, I would be obliged if you can
> have
> a look at the contributions I have made for the organization and then
> decide
> whether I can be a viable option for the project. Moreover, if you can
> just
> give a thought, there's almost one month in final announcement of the
> selection, until then you may judge me on how I perform on your task by
> assigning me some work related to the same.
> 
> Again as I said, my priority lies in contributing to the organisation, and
> it will be very disheartening to know that I was not selected just because
> the project I chose had no mentor even after working so hard. I would
> request you, and other mentors/admins of the organisation if they are
> reading this, that it would be very helpful if we could find a solution to
> this issue. 
> 
> As for the question that you asked, I DO NOT have any other alternatives
> because I've only contributed to Octave over the past few months.
> 
> Please do not think of this as something rebellious reply, I am completely
> getting your point. This was just my point of view for the situation. 
>  
> Warm Regards
> Sahil

Dear Sahil,

Did you get more familiar with publish and grabcode?

Best,
Kai



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