Re: [Denemo-devel] GSoC 2010 - Changing the topic of my proposal?

[Richard Shann]

On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 21:30 +0300, Mihai Chereji wrote:
>     Hello, my name is Mihai Chereji, I am a Software Engineering
> under-grad from Romania (Babes-Boylai University of Cluj) and am one
> of the student applicants for this year's GSoC for Denemo. My
> apologies for introducing myself so late in the game.
> 
>     I have submitted my proposal on the 8th of April and it was
> regarding the proposed project of importing MusicXML files (at which I
> added other formats, such as Guitar Pro (.gp3,.gp4,.gp5) and Powertab
> files). The proposal is not public, but, as far as I know, all
> mentors/admins of the GNU project should have acces to it (my linkid
> is croncobaurul, if that helps searching for it. )
> 
>     The only feedback I have gotten so far on my proposal was that my
> skill set would be better suited for another project concerning
> Denemo. My question is: Would changing the topic of my proposal be
> acceptable for the devs/mentors at Denemo?
I think the real problem will be finding someone to mentor you: Denemo
is a small project and I believe a mentor can only have one student. For
future years you could place yourself in a strong position by
contributing small fixes to Denemo (and, indeed, other projects which
you have a personal interest in). Denemo has many, many, loose ends,
some listed in the bug tracker, others just obvious. Being able to code
reliably in C is not a very common skill nowadays. If you can bring
clarity and elegance to you coding you will soon be made welcome in many
projects.
Best wishes,
Richard Shann

> 
>     Thank you,
>         Mihai Chereji
> 
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