Sanat Jain
2016-Mar-10 11:03 UTC
Query regarding Xapian-Matcher Optimisation Project, GSOC-2016
Hello Sir/Ma?am I beg to state that I was looking for a project In GSOC 2016 which matches my skill and passion, and I came across Matcher Optimisation, Xapian. This project has really captured my interest and I would love to contribute to this project. I am a computer engineering undergraduate so I am good at programming languages (especially C and C++), algorithms, logical and analytical thinking (as my hobby is solving logical puzzles). But I am new to real world IT development. I would be really thankful if you could clear my following queries, 1) There are 5 tickets on https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoCProjectIdeas#Project:MatcherOptimisations And 11 tickets on https://trac.xapian.org/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=component&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&order=priority&report=16 So how many tickets are there and what is the difference between assigned and new ticket (as mentioned in the 2nd link)? And how many tickets should I pick in my project? 2) What are the pre-requisites that I should fulfil before I can get into learning about these tickets (because it is difficult for me to understand a few things in them)? 3) It will take me a little time to understand the Xapian?s code and optimisation techniques in depth, so may I do research in depth in the time between 25th of March and 22nd of April and submit my proposal in a brief manner? Thanking you in advance Sanat Kumar Jain B.E. Computer Engineering Thapar University, Patiala India(GMT +5hr 30min) P.S. Sorry for sending my query so late, I had classes and to be honest, a little hesitation being a beginner which I just overcame. And I am sure that I will make a valuable contribution to the project this summer.