Re: [GSoC] Contributor candidate introduction

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Plato Kiorpelidis <kioplato@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, shivam828787@gmail.com,
	kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com,
	Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Subject: Re: [GSoC] Contributor candidate introduction
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 17:59:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yky7xb7nQRR8Vqtj@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO2gv81zCGbxNN_7a2j7sJZ_fbHiFXf4YxagddWLBWw7-ki5zw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Plato,

On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 12:43:59AM +0300, Plato Kiorpelidis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm interested in participating as contributor for the project
> "Reachability bitmap improvements".
> The area I'm interested in, the most, is the alternate compression scheme
> e.g. Roaring+Run, however I'm ecstatic about any bitmap performance improvement.
> Expected project size I'm targeting for is large (350 hours).
> I've already completed my micro-project and I will submit it in a few hours.
> I wanted to be sure I could submit v1 of it before committing to
> introducing myself.

Hooray! I'm delighted to hear that you're interested.

> I've gone through the mailing list and looked for other candidates that could
> also be interested in this project. Shubham Mishra is also interested.
> - Could we collaborate on this project considering how broad it is or only one
> can be selected?
> He/she already has experience in open source and has participated in
> GSoC before.

I think there are a couple of options here, since we have a handful of
bitmap-related projects that are all up for grabs. If Shubham is also
interested in working on implementing Roaring+Run compression, then I
would be happy for the two of you to work together.

Alternatively, if you each want to focus on different sub-projects, I
would be happy to work with multiple students on different areas within
the reachability bitmaps subsystem.

> I should note that the best case scenario for me is if we are both selected,
> probably on different bitmap performance areas under "Reachability bitmap
> improvements" project, however I don't know if it's possible. It probably
> depends on the mentors listed for this project and the work load involved.

Yeah. Even though I'd be happy to work with as many students as I have
time for, I'm not sure whether it's possible within GSoC's own rules,
much less whether or not it's been done before.

Christian (cc'd) may have more information. Christian: is it possible to
accept multiple students for the same GSoC project?

Thanks,
Taylor