Not long to GSOC start.

["Gav...." <br...@brightontown.com.au>]

With 11 days to go until the 'official' GSOC start date I just
wanted to ask our students Oshani and Sina how they are
currently getting along with Forrest.

Have you both got Forrest installed and working satisfactory
to your liking?

Have you encountered any possible problems thus far?

Is there anything you need or would like to know before you
begin your projects?

I realise that although there are general GSOC guidelines and
deadlines, as far as Forrest is concerned, you can work more
or less to your own schedules, so may not start right away, I
just wanted to be sure you are both happy and ready to go.

As your co/mentor I am looking forward to working with you as
are the rest of the Forrest Community, so shout up when you
have any questions or ideas etc.

Gav...

Re: Not long to GSOC start.

[Oshani Seneviratne <os...@apache.org>]

Hi,

First of all apologies for not responding to this thread any sooner. I am
having my university exams these days, and as a result I was a bit behind
with my emails.


Have you both got Forrest installed and working satisfactory
> to your liking?


Yes, I have got it installed, and I have been playing around with some of
the plugins (especially the DOAP plugin).

Have you encountered any possible problems thus far?


With regards to running and using Forrest - no. But when I start coding, I
am sure I would have tons of problems to clarify.

Is there anything you need or would like to know before you
> begin your projects?


At the moment - no.  I will definitely ask on the list if I need to know
something. Thank you very much for asking.

I realise that although there are general GSOC guidelines and
> deadlines, as far as Forrest is concerned, you can work more
> or less to your own schedules, so may not start right away, I
> just wanted to be sure you are both happy and ready to go.


As soon as my exams are over in mid June, I will be totally committed to the
SoC project. Until then, I am hoping to learn about Forrest as much as I
can.

As your co/mentor I am looking forward to working with you as
> are the rest of the Forrest Community, so shout up when you
> have any questions or ideas etc.


Thank you Gav, Ross and rest of the Forrest Community!

Oshani

Re: Not long to GSOC start.

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

On 17/05/07, Gav.... <br...@brightontown.com.au> wrote:
> I realise that although there are general GSOC guidelines and
> deadlines, as far as Forrest is concerned, you can work more
> or less to your own schedules, so may not start right away, I
> just wanted to be sure you are both happy and ready to go.

That is true, but we (the mentors) are expected to evaluate your work
against your original proposal. So whilst we are not concerned with
everything being exactly as predicted (when does that ever happen), we
need to know as soon as you think you need to diverge from your
proposal.

You'll find us more than willing to be flexible, we are interested in
you a) having fun b) getting things done - so whatever works best for
you is best for us too.

> As your co/mentor I am looking forward to working with you as
> are the rest of the Forrest Community, so shout up when you
> have any questions or ideas etc.

Yes, I too am looking forward to getting things going. And please do
speak up as soon as you think you need a pointer, that is what we are
here for.

Ross