I was more referencing that like the Flickr applications - we have a case of multiple students proposing projects around similar topics. I'm not discouraging that by any means - just being transparent with folks to be mindful that we have a limited number of spots given to us by Google - so all of them being SMW related or Flickr related is unlikely. In others words, the competition for you is higher if you're proposing an idea in a similar topic area as other students. That shows that there are needs in those areas - certainly - which helps - but..well..hopefully you get what I'm trying to convey. :) I just don't want people surprised if one SMW proposal is accepted and theirs is not.
Oy - I love GSOC but the whole competition part makes me sad. :)
-greg
On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:41 AM, Markus Krötzsch markus@semantic-mediawiki.org wrote:
On 04/04/12 06:01, Gregory Varnum wrote:
I'll admit - I'm intrigued by the notion of carbon footprint reduction via software enhancements.. :)
I appreciate that you've concisely provided background on the what and how. I'm curious if you can expand a tad more on the why. To many the notion of energy conservation is very familiar - but in all fairness - I've suggested to others that they not assume everyone will know as much as they do - so a bit more info there wouldn't hurt.
The title "Green SMW" should not lead to wrong expectations. The goal of this project is to address a number of long-standing performance issues in various components. The tasks are based on concrete problem reports we got from various SMW users. Is this what you mean with the "why"? The goal is to take a more general perspective in "Green SMW" and to not optimize for one use-case only, but to address known architectural weaknesses that are causing these issues.
You've been in IRC actively - so you're aware of that resource.
Same comment to SMW folks as Flickr folks - contemplate each other's proposals and be mindful of any overlap and the stated criteria like quality of apps, etc. Might not be a bad idea to see what others are proposing. :)
I am not sure I know what you are referring to. I don't see Flickr-related projects that are similar to this project. We should of course be careful with overlaps, but I cannot see any issue there right now. Or maybe you meant something else?
Markus
On Apr 4, 2012, at 12:33 AM, nischay nahatanischayn22@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I am participating in GSOC'12 with my proposal for Green SMW [1]. This proposal is about reducing the carbon footprint of SMW , in other words it will enhance the performance of SMW significantly. All the details are on [1], suggestions to improve or comments are most welcome.
I have also been contributing to MW with my new Extension:AllTimeZones [2], comments to that are welcomed as well. My other contributions to MW are listed here [3].
[1]www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Nischayn22/Gsoc [2]www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AllTimeZones [3]www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Nischayn22
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