Re: GSoC 2012

On 16/02/2012 10:29, Justin Finkelstein wrote:
> There're two things I'd like to suggest that aren't on the list:
>
>      1. An queueing system, to eliminate or work around the one-writer at
> a time issue

yes, a good plan

>      2. A web service front-end, handling queries via GET, CRUD
> operations via POST containing XML

We did this a while ago although we didn't take it very far:
http://code.google.com/p/flaxcode/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fflax_search_service

and I know Richard has also been working on this kind of thing subsequently.

Cheers

Charlie

>
> The idea being to bring Xapian a bit more in-line with some of the other
> search appliances and to make adoption easier.
> I'm not sure how these would fit into the Xapian ethos, but it's
> something I'd like to see developed.
>
> On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 05:38 +0000, Olly Betts wrote:
>
>> Google have announced their "Summer of Code" for this year - for
>> background info see:
>>
>> http://code.google.com/soc/
>>
>> We took part last year with great success, and after a brief discussion
>> with those who mentored last year, we concluded it was worthwhile
>> applying to take part again.
>>
>> I'm happy to act as admin again and submit the application.
>>
>> I've updated of the list of project ideas for students on the wiki from
>> last year, removing those done tackled last year, and updating those
>> where work has been done outside GSoC:
>>
>> http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoCProjectIdeas
>>
>> If you're interested in acting as a mentor for one of the ideas there,
>> or have an idea for a project with a scope suitable for a student to
>> complete in about 12 weeks, please update that page.  Ideas without a
>> potential mentor aren't very useful though, so being willing to mentor
>> your new idea is helpful.
>>
>> Ideas don't have to be for work on Xapian itself - projects related to
>> Xapian in other software are within scope.  A wider range of project
>> ideas will give us a broader appeal to students.
>>
>> Mentoring organisation applications open on 27th Feb, close on March 9th,
>> and are reviewed until 15th with accepted orgs announced on 16th, so
>> getting the ideas list into excellent shape before March 9th is the
>> target - a little over 3 weeks away (Google indicate a good list of
>> ideas is a key factor in deciding which orgs to select).  You can still
>> add and improve ideas after that of course.
>>
>> If you are a student eligible for GSoC and interested in working on
>> Xapian, please feel free to get in touch.  You're welcome to propose
>> your own project idea rather than being restricted to what's on the
>> list.
>>
>> If you want to discuss being a mentor or a student, or a project idea,
>> you can do so on the mailing list or on #xapian on freenode (if you
>> aren't already an IRC user, see http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoC_IRC for
>> links to a web IRC client).
>>
>> There's also a general GSoC IRC channel #gsoc on freenode.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>      Olly
>>
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