Hi everyone,
I've been cleaning up the TODO items on the Wiki. I created a "Backlog" section and moved
all the items from "PHP 5.3/Future PHP releases" and "PHP 6/Undiscussed" to it. This will
serve as a general repository for any items that have been mentioned, but on which we have
not made a decision yet. Items that have been decided on should go into the corresponding
version's section.
Also, please go through PHP 6 section [http://wiki.php.net/todo/php60] and remove or
update any items that have been done or the scope of which has changed.
Thanks,
-Andrei
Also, please go through PHP 6 section [http://wiki.php.net/todo/php60] and
remove or update any items that have been done or the scope of which has
changed.
Regarding the migration item...
Wasn't there a gsoc project last year that did exactly that?
-Hannes
Hannes Magnusson wrote:
Regarding the migration item...
Wasn't there a gsoc project last year that did exactly that?
I think there was, but I don't know if they actually did anything.
-Andrei
2009/3/13 Andrei Zmievski andrei@gravitonic.com:
Hannes Magnusson wrote:
Regarding the migration item...
Wasn't there a gsoc project last year that did exactly that?I think there was, but I don't know if they actually did anything.
Actually there was one which I was proposing to mentor since you
weren't there Andrei, but it basically got no attention whatsoever and
not proposal from the students, thus no project :)
Hope this helps a bit.
--
Slan,
David
2009/3/13 Andrei Zmievski andrei@gravitonic.com:
Hannes Magnusson wrote:
Regarding the migration item...
Wasn't there a gsoc project last year that did exactly that?I think there was, but I don't know if they actually did anything.
Actually there was one which I was proposing to mentor since you
weren't there Andrei, but it basically got no attention whatsoever and
not proposal from the students, thus no project :)
Scott did.
I have asked multiple times about the status of the project, all I
got was "he passed".
Quote from Scott (from few months ago):
"he was to implement unicode support in more modules and convert an application.
He's in the process of writing a conversion guide and I believe he did
openssl, imap and updated date."
I am still looking forward to see the results, even though its almost
a year behind schedule.
-Hannes
Scott did.
I have asked multiple times about the status of the project, all I
got was "he passed".Quote from Scott (from few months ago):
"he was to implement unicode support in more modules and convert an application.He's in the process of writing a conversion guide and I believe he did
openssl, imap and updated date."I am still looking forward to see the results, even though its almost
a year behind schedule.
Ah yeah I remember now. Well, in a way, good to know the student has
passed. Did we get more % one the completion? I'd say that 69% is
merely a change from the last 2 years.
Anyways, issues with students and progress should be somewhat resolved
this year with the new approach to student mentoring and student
reporting tasks I'd say.
--
Slan,
David
(looping in gsoc@)
Scott did.
I have asked multiple times about the status of the project, all I
got was "he passed".Quote from Scott (from few months ago):
"he was to implement unicode support in more modules and convert an application.He's in the process of writing a conversion guide and I believe he did
openssl, imap and updated date."I am still looking forward to see the results, even though its almost
a year behind schedule.Ah yeah I remember now. Well, in a way, good to know the student has
passed. Did we get more % one the completion? I'd say that 69% is
merely a change from the last 2 years.
IIRC, noone failed last year. One guy dropped out (the llvm guy).
From my perspective, he is the onlyone (with one exception) who
really put work into his project - and do you remember his
application? WOW!
If he is still interested, I am willing to do my own personal "summer
of code" sponsoring his project (it'd be great if couple of guys would
join me on that one though.. :P).
The rest of the folks just got a "free pass" because their mentors
either didn't care or were to busy to review their "work".
Well, except for my student, obviously :) - He did everything he was
supposed to do (and even more then that), he participated on IRC and
sent out mails to the relevant mailingsts regularly.
Unfortunately, I didn't manage to convince him to devote his "free
time" after the "gsoc project" ended (which really is an shame - he
really did a good job and our project, and we really could use a guy
like him to continue working with us.
As a side note:
I was a "gsoc student" 2 years ago. I passed - even though "my mentor"
was totally unavailable. I didn't have any "secondary mentor".
Fortunately, I knew my way around php.net (as I had been a php.net
contributor for several years) so I "found myself" a new mentor
(Philip), and the project turned out to workout quite alright.
Anyways, issues with students and progress should be somewhat resolved
this year with the new approach to student mentoring and student
reporting tasks I'd say.
I really hope so.
But I still would like stricter rules, both for acceptance (to the
project) and for project delivery.
Keep in mind, the students are expect to treat the project as a
near-full-time projects. Not a 2hours-a-week OSS work.
-Hannes