AUR Clone for Fedora

[nuocu]

Hello all, 

I am thinking of applying for summer of code and would be interested in implementing the AUR clone. 
However I have a few questions: 

(0) Some supposed projects of summer of code come with estimated difficulty levels. How hard/easy would you consider this one ? 

(1) Would it be alright to use checkinstall for generating the packages after compiling ? 

(2) Could you provide a rough estimation on how much background knowledge on the package management in fedora is needed ? I am asking this, because I use arch linux, so I know the AUR, but I am not really deep into fedora yet.

(3) I am not studying in the US, so my schedule for University and exams might (and surely will) be different from the US defaults - is that a problem?

nuocu