GSoC 2020 (Samartha S M)

Samartha S M samarthamahesh at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 06:38:17 UTC 2020


I've attached draft proposal. PFA

On Fri 20 Mar, 2020, 12:05 PM Samartha S M, <samarthamahesh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Buildbot community,
>
> I'm really excited to work with you on this project.
>
> I've attached a draft proposal for this project.
> I would request you to review it and suggest any improvements to it.
>
> I would request anyone to share their instance messaging id, so that I can
> be in touch and it would be easy to communicate faster.
>
> Thanks and regards
> Samartha S M
>
> On Thu 19 Mar, 2020, 6:28 PM Povilas Kanapickas, <povilas at radix.lt> wrote:
>
>> Hi Samartha,
>>
>> Great to hear you have interest in BuildBot.
>>
>> To answer your questions, the project is indeed only about implementing
>> the worker in C++. The project is roughly four parts:
>>
>>  - Investigating a protocol to use for communication between worker and
>> master. I've already looked into this in the past and recommend
>> MessagePack.
>>
>>  - Creating a protocol specification looking into what types of messages
>> go between master and worker.
>>
>>  - Adapting both worker and master to this new protocol. This is needed
>> so that we don't depend on C++ part to run tests for example.
>>
>>  - Implementing the worker in C++ for this new protocol.
>>
>> Regarding the proposal I think you could find plenty of information
>> around the internet about how a successful GSoC proposal could look like
>> and what actions could be done to increase chances of successful
>> selection. These go much more in depth compared to what I could advise
>> in a reasonably short email.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Povilas
>>
>> On 3/19/20 2:26 PM, Rajdeep Bharati wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:30 PM <
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>> >        1. Re: GSoC 2020 (Jackson Isaac)
>> >        2. Re: GSoC web-app query (Jackson Isaac)
>> >        3. Re: Saying Hello :) (Jackson Isaac)
>> >        4. Re: GSoC 2020 (Samartha S M)
>> >        5. Re: GSoC 2020 (Jackson Isaac)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >     Message: 1
>> >     Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:30:13 +0100
>> >     From: Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org
>> >     <mailto:ijackson at macports.org>>
>> >     To: Samartha S M <samarthamahesh at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:samarthamahesh at gmail.com>>
>> >     Cc: MacPorts Dev <macports-dev at lists.macports.org
>> >     <mailto:macports-dev at lists.macports.org>>
>> >     Subject: Re: GSoC 2020
>> >     Message-ID:
>> >
>> >     <CAJO0VXrZ6N3cUakV=u3bJ83+1XqkoXopAXeCfOkG=Fth1VbmYw at mail.gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:Fth1VbmYw at mail.gmail.com>>
>> >     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>> >
>> >     Hi Samartha.
>> >
>> >     On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:19 AM Samartha S M
>> >     <samarthamahesh at gmail.com <mailto:samarthamahesh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > I've not installed MacPorts yet. Is it compatible with Linux
>> >     systems as I have Linux based Ubuntu system?
>> >     >
>> >
>> >     It is possible to setup macports on linux, although it might not
>> >     completely work correctly (had tried it long time ago, though).
>> >
>> >     > Surely, I'll go through all resources which you have sent.
>> >     >
>> >
>> >     You may also look at the Buildbot project idea.
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Jackson Isaac
>> >
>> >
>> >     ------------------------------
>> >
>> >     Message: 2
>> >     Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:37:15 +0100
>> >     From: Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org
>> >     <mailto:ijackson at macports.org>>
>> >     To: Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org <mailto:
>> ijackson at macports.org>>
>> >     Cc: "macports-dev at lists.macports.org
>> >     <mailto:macports-dev at lists.macports.org>"
>> >             <macports-dev at lists.macports.org
>> >     <mailto:macports-dev at lists.macports.org>>
>> >     Subject: Re: GSoC web-app query
>> >     Message-ID:
>> >
>> >     <CAJO0VXpDppECuRdqnXKBtmtAMSkJM1EeyanNyiS7Dwrhtq9WeA at mail.gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:
>> CAJO0VXpDppECuRdqnXKBtmtAMSkJM1EeyanNyiS7Dwrhtq9WeA at mail.gmail.com>>
>> >     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>> >
>> >     Hi,
>> >
>> >     Small correction below,
>> >
>> >     On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:26 AM Jackson Isaac <
>> ijackson at macports.org
>> >     <mailto:ijackson at macports.org>> wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > Hi Dandamudi,
>> >     >
>> >     > Welcome to The MacPorts Project!
>> >     >
>> >     > Apologies for the late reply.
>> >     >
>> >     > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:18 PM DANDAMUDI ROHIT
>> >     > <ugs17185_cse.dandamudi at cbit.org.in
>> >     <mailto:ugs17185_cse.dandamudi at cbit.org.in>> wrote:
>> >     > >
>> >     > > Hello all,
>> >     > >
>> >     > > It seems the mentors alloted for web-app are busy,  is there any
>> >     other project idea I can take on?
>> >     >
>> >     > Unfortunately, our web-app mentors cannot continue due to the
>> current
>> >     > situation, and we support them in their decision.
>> >     >
>> >     > Currently we have mentors for the following projects (If I
>> understand
>> >     > correctly from Ideas list):
>> >     > - Buildbot
>> >     > - MacPorts base
>> >
>> >     See ideas [1] where potential mentors are satraul or mcalhoun :)
>> >
>> >     >
>> >     > To get a better understanding of macports-base you may also see
>> our
>> >     > introductory video at [3].
>> >     >
>> >
>> >     [1] https://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCode
>> >     [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qshiDskrM
>> >
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Jackson Isaac
>> >
>> >
>> >     ------------------------------
>> >
>> >     Message: 3
>> >     Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:38:06 +0100
>> >     From: Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org
>> >     <mailto:ijackson at macports.org>>
>> >     To: Mohammed Rabeeh <mohmmdrabeeh at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:mohmmdrabeeh at gmail.com>>
>> >     Cc: MacPorts Dev <macports-dev at lists.macports.org
>> >     <mailto:macports-dev at lists.macports.org>>
>> >     Subject: Re: Saying Hello :)
>> >     Message-ID:
>> >
>> >     <CAJO0VXokjo18sTamQRvxwi-EV8dKi_i8GFJF_5Fec13_J9V8Eg at mail.gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:
>> CAJO0VXokjo18sTamQRvxwi-EV8dKi_i8GFJF_5Fec13_J9V8Eg at mail.gmail.com>>
>> >     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>> >
>> >     Hi Mohammed Rabeeh,
>> >
>> >     Welcome to The MacPorts Project!
>> >
>> >     Apologies for the late response.
>> >
>> >     On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:11 AM Mohammed Rabeeh
>> >     <mohmmdrabeeh at gmail.com <mailto:mohmmdrabeeh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > Hello,
>> >     >
>> >     > My name is Mohammed Rabeeh. I'm a sophomore at the College of
>> >     Engineering, Trivandrum, India pursuing Computer Science &
>> >     Engineering. I came across MacPorts when I was going through the
>> >     organization list and it caught my eye. I have recently switched to
>> >     Mac and my experience with it has been great. I would love to
>> >     contribute to MacPorts for GSoC '20.
>> >     >
>> >     > I have a lot of experience with web. I have been building web
>> >     applications for around 5 years now. I have good knowledge of
>> >     Javascript, PHP, and Django. I have built APIs in Django and
>> >     attended a lot of hackathons were Django was extensively used as the
>> >     backend.
>> >     >
>> >     > I would like to work on mainly two projects,
>> >     >
>> >     > 1) The Django Web Application
>> >     > 2) Improving MacPorts documentation, website and trac system
>> >     >
>> >     > I believe that my experience with web will make a really good
>> >     candidate for GSoC. I would also like details on these projects and
>> >     would like to share my thoughts and ideas with the mentor.
>> >
>> >     Unfortunately, we don't have mentors available for the webapp
>> project.
>> >
>> >     Currently we have mentors that can assist you on:
>> >     - Buildbot related project
>> >     - Macports-base (potential mentors mcalhoun and satraul)
>> >
>> >     Ideas List: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCode
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Jackson Isaac
>> >
>> >
>> >     ------------------------------
>> >
>> >     Message: 4
>> >     Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:31:41 +0530
>> >     From: Samartha S M <samarthamahesh at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:samarthamahesh at gmail.com>>
>> >     To: Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org <mailto:
>> ijackson at macports.org>>
>> >     Cc: MacPorts Dev <macports-dev at lists.macports.org
>> >     <mailto:macports-dev at lists.macports.org>>
>> >     Subject: Re: GSoC 2020
>> >     Message-ID:
>> >
>> >     <CAMD5w253tD=hb1GHpCivvdDC6xgf0bfVKxND8QcRNRkzKrrbEQ at mail.gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:hb1GHpCivvdDC6xgf0bfVKxND8QcRNRkzKrrbEQ at mail.gmail.com>>
>> >     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>> >
>> >     Hello Jackson Isaac
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear Povilas/Pierre, could you through light on this:
>> >
>> >     I went through Buildbot project ideas for GSoC 2020 and this project
>> >     idea
>> >     caught my attention 'Add support for running worker on non-python
>> >     platforms'. I have good experience with python and C++.
>> >     I went through the project idea abstract, but still I would like to
>> >     request
>> >     more resources.
>> >
>> >     Is the project about implementing only worker in C++ ?
>> >     What steps do I need to take further for a successful project
>> proposal?
>> >
>> >     Thanks and regards
>> >     Samartha S M
>> >
>> >     On Thu 19 Mar, 2020, 1:00 PM Jackson Isaac, <ijackson at macports.org
>> >     <mailto:ijackson at macports.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     > Hi Samartha.
>> >     >
>> >     > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:19 AM Samartha S M
>> >     <samarthamahesh at gmail.com <mailto:samarthamahesh at gmail.com>>
>> >     > wrote:
>> >     > >
>> >     > > I've not installed MacPorts yet. Is it compatible with Linux
>> >     systems as
>> >     > I have Linux based Ubuntu system?
>> >     > >
>> >     >
>> >     > It is possible to setup macports on linux, although it might not
>> >     > completely work correctly (had tried it long time ago, though).
>> >     >
>> >     > > Surely, I'll go through all resources which you have sent.
>> >     > >
>> >     >
>> >     > You may also look at the Buildbot project idea.
>> >     >
>> >     > --
>> >     > Jackson Isaac
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>> >     Message: 5
>> >     Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:19:28 +0100
>> >     From: Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org
>> >     <mailto:ijackson at macports.org>>
>> >     To: Samartha S M <samarthamahesh at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:samarthamahesh at gmail.com>>
>> >     Cc: MacPorts Dev <macports-dev at lists.macports.org
>> >     <mailto:macports-dev at lists.macports.org>>
>> >     Subject: Re: GSoC 2020
>> >     Message-ID:
>> >
>> >     <CAJO0VXqwjkrefV5enhqRyhMM8Syk+QJctpK6Xk8Ypda+PGex4A at mail.gmail.com
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>> >     Hi Samartha,
>> >
>> >     On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:01 PM Samartha S M
>> >     <samarthamahesh at gmail.com <mailto:samarthamahesh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > Hello Jackson Isaac
>> >     >
>> >     > I went through Buildbot project ideas for GSoC 2020 and this
>> >     project idea caught my attention 'Add support for running worker on
>> >     non-python platforms'. I have good experience with python and C++.
>> >
>> >     Great!
>> >
>> >     > I went through the project idea abstract, but still I would like
>> >     to request more resources.
>> >     > Is the project about implementing only worker in C++ ?
>> >     > What steps do I need to take further for a successful project
>> >     proposal?
>> >     >
>> >
>> >     I would request the Buildbot mentors to respond to you on this :)
>> >
>> >     In the meantime, you may also look at the macports-dev archive, you
>> >     can find similar gsoc questions and answers [1].
>> >
>> >     [1]
>> >
>> https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2020-March/041711.html
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Jackson Isaac
>> >
>> >
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