Re: [docbook] GSoC 2012 project proposal: DocBook Slides 5.0

[Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@kovesdan.org>]

Em 25-03-2012 19:54, Kasun Gajasinghe escreveu:
> The application looks impressive. And, nice to see what you gained
> through DocBook.
> I have few simpler questions regarding the application. What was the
> method you used to calculate to 60 days? Is it by only taken into
> account the weekdays? If so, yes it'll be around 60 days for the
> coding period. In addition to that, there's a four week community
> bonding period. As of Google Summer of Code administrators, students
> must begin coding on or before coding period starts. The discussions,
> and designing needs to be happen during community bonding period. You
> might already know this since you participated in GSoC six straight
> years. Just take this into consideration, so people like me who
> haven't dig deep in to Slides customization will know what you are
> expecting to do better.
Yes, I counted 12 weeks so that gives around 60 weekdays. I also 
included in my application that I want to start the work earlier but I 
didn't include those days in the timeline. There are two reasons:

1, I didn't want to overspecify the whole thing because according to my 
experiences, such strict plan never leads to anywhere. Of course, we 
have to define the orientations of the project but only actually working 
on it will I see what feedback I get, if there are unwanted challenges, 
changes in priorities, etc.

2, I didn't want to promise too much. It would not be fair that you 
choose me for one of the limited seats only because I promise something 
that later I cannot actually accomplish. I only focused on the main 
goals in my proposal that I actually think I can accomplish. That is why 
I didn't count the community bonding time. It gives me some backup time 
so that I can finish what I propose.

And yes, I know that the technical discussions should be done during the 
community bonding period but later on there may be further cases where I 
need to discuss important or complex questions with my mentor so I think 
counting 5 days for the whole program is not such a big problem. But I 
repeat, this is just a very rough and pessimistic plan. If things go 
better, at the end of the program I'll be working on more complete 
stylesheets than included in the plan.
> And add some references...
I've put there my BSc thesis in DocBook 5.0 with some customized 
stylesheets. Have you seen that? Do you think I should put something 
more? If so, what type of reference would you expect?

Thanks,
Gabor