Mentoring Insight project ideas at GSoC 2012

[Buddhika Kurera]

Dear Insight Team members,

I have had a chat with Herlo and Stickster about the GSoC 2012 and
Insight project.
Both agreed with that the Insight project ideas would be good GSoC
project ideas[1].
The chat history with stickster is attached followed.

What we need is some mentors to mentor the ideas.
If you are interested in supporting please reply, thanks.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012

[22:51] <bckurera__> I was wondering to add some Insight project ideas
to GSoC idea page.
[22:51] <stickster> bckurera__: Sure, what did you have in mind?
[22:51] <bckurera__> So think of contacting the insight team for that
[22:51] <bckurera__> I have discussed with Herlo about the calendar project
[22:52] <bckurera__> #link
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_use_cases_for_calendar
[22:52] <stickster> bckurera__: asrob and tatica would also be
interested in talking with you then
[22:52] <bckurera__> further there is another topic as well
[22:52] <bckurera__> which is added by stickster
[22:52] <bckurera__> #link
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_use_cases_for_status_and_microblogging
[22:53] <bckurera__> I can see asrod here :) , can you ping, if
possible please !
[22:53] <stickster> Yes, I added that one -- I outlined the use cases
on that page
[22:54] <bckurera__> stickster : can you mentor that idea?
[22:55] <bckurera__> I can see asrob here :) , can you ping, if
possible please !
[22:55] <stickster> bckurera__: Unfortunately, I can't mentor
personally for GSoC -- I'm more than fully booked in an internal
project
[22:56] <stickster> bckurera__: But that doesn't mean we couldn't find
another mentor for you, if someone else on the team feels they can do
that
[22:56] <bckurera__> stickster : Is there any person who can handle the idea?
[22:56] <stickster> bckurera__: I would certainly try to help with
advice or communication, but I'm sometimes not around depending on
$DAYJOB
[22:57] <bckurera__> stickster : Thats nice, so that we can ask it on
ML and find one to co-mentor as well
[22:57] <stickster> bckurera__: Sure -- we use the logistics@ list for
that. Have you already seen the [[Insight]] page on the wiki?
[22:59] <bckurera__> stickster : Yes ! I joined with the project some
time back but not able to do much :(
[22:59] <bckurera__> stickster : I mean towards the Insight
[22:59] <stickster> bckurera__: The use case #2 on the microblogging
page may be the most interesting one. That's the one to try and get us
away from a shared password, and into a system where we use a FAS
group to manage access to the identi.ca account
[22:59] <stickster> I don't have a good idea how to accomplish it, and
still have some good security practice
[23:00] <bckurera__> stickster : Then you think those ideas will be
good GSoC projects, am I right?
[23:01] <stickster> bckurera__: I'm not sure -- it depends on how
generally applicable we could make them outside Fedora
[23:02] <stickster> If I were thinking in terms of GSoC, I'd want to
think about how solving these problems could help the larger FOSS
community -- in other words, design a general solution that we could
also use in Fedora
[23:03] <bckurera__> stickster : I think GSoC is specific to a FOSS
project/ organization. Even the last year selected topics are like
that.
[23:04] <stickster> bckurera__: OK, if that's the case, then I guess
these would work
[23:04] * stickster still likes the idea of generalizing the solutions
so they can be used elsewhere
[23:04] <bckurera__> With the students' help we can get the idea
implemented. That the support and further we need to make the student
with the project even though the GSoC is over.
[23:05] <bckurera__> stickster : Thanks a lot, then shall we ask some
help to mentor on the ML?
[23:05] <stickster> Absolutely
[23:05] <bckurera__> we can include both ideas we have at the moment
and some co-mentors while you can advice them time to time.
[23:07] <bckurera__> stickster : Nice, then shall I post the idea to
the list with this chat history, quoted?
[23:07] <stickster> sure
[23:08] <bckurera__> Thanks for the quick response, I ll post to the ML soon.

-- 
Regards,
Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera(bckurera)
Fedora Ambassador Sri Lanka
Event Liaison - Design Team

Email: bckurera at fedoraproject.org | IRC: bckurera