Re: Google Summer of Code 2019

[Tanay Tummalapalli <tt...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Aizhamal and Ash.

Contributing to Airflow is a great learning experience.
I hope Airflow can participate next year.

Cheers
Tanay Tummalapalli

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 3:29 AM Ash Berlin-Taylor <as...@apache.org> wrote:

> I can't remember the date, but I think the deadline was at the start of
> this month. Sadly we (the commiters/PMC) don't currently have the time to
> mentor someone. If we want to get some projects in next year we need to
> start earlier - probably October or November time to line up mentors etc.
>
> -ash
>
> > On 27 Feb 2019, at 21:35, Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy
> <ai...@google.com.INVALID> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Tanay,
> >
> > I just checked today and it seems that there aren't any Airflow projects
> in
> > the GSoC this year. I am not sure if new ones can be added at this point,
> > but it would be great to have some if possible. Is anyone in the
> community
> > aware if this is possible / interested?
> >
> > In any case, it would be wonderful to have some for the next year. I'll
> try
> > to send reminders to the community once the time comes : )
> >
> > Regards,
> > Aizhamal
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 11:59 AM Tanay Tummapalli <
> ttanay.apache@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hey Everyone
> >>
> >> Organizations for Google Summer of Code 2019
> >> <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/> were announced on 26th February.
> >> The Apache Software Foundation is one of the selected organizations. [1]
> >>
> >> Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more
> student
> >> developers into open source software development. Students work with an
> >> open source organization on a 3-month programming project during their
> >> break from school. [2]
> >>
> >> I am a student from Delhi in my final year of engineering.
> >> I want to work on a project in Airflow as part of Google Summer of
> Code. I
> >> have a few questions regarding the same.
> >>
> >> A. *Will Airflow participate in GSoC? *
> >> For participation in GSoC, mentors are needed that can guide a student
> >> through the project. It would be great if any committers/contributors
> can
> >> be mentors.
> >> More info in the ASF GSoC Mentor Guide
> >> <https://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html>. [3]
> >>
> >> B. *What are some possible ideas for a project?*
> >> Are there any ideas that the community wants to see implemented?
> >> AIPs can be ideas for GSoC(Eg: AIP 14: Create composable operators using
> >> common interfaces
> >> <
> >>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/AIP-14+Create+composable+operators+using+common+interfaces
> >>> ),
> >> or it can be something like adding support for a particular database.
> There
> >> are a lot of possibilities. I would like to know the community's
> opinion on
> >> what would be suitable for a GSoC project.
> >>
> >> [1] https://community.apache.org/gsoc.html
> >> [2] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
> >> [3] https://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html
> >> <https://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html>
> >>
> >> Thank You
> >> Tanay Tummalapalli
> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/ttanay/
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> >
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