From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SFXRR-0006KY-If for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:08:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 316BFE0E59 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com (mail-pb0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE00BE0E83 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:19:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbcuo1 with SMTP id uo1so705407pbc.40 for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:19:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=Oh2Ds2/9Enl3gbFIbWIWcAJ55ZRGmglY7vygNVkJQtY=; b=EKYHmahahTNDzvDPK9eSvHva4GSQPOCgkzxhld2ARMVafaVq5JXN/HD5rGYf+hfXEM E4ez97jm5mCdJYHY5xr/fBN5NUY8df0Ad6vmz4DOBggEAKRMx7SXEVplGIPMSzY48oP7 KnsIbdrm3b6wpSCl/AEag01VhrtlqR36yRIA30H7PYw7TdgZDc6IJGia6jwfZ4XAOj+K nLVLcdr7/PerPNGdS1Omi8OWah/sL7rvaTgSMUomf8+c/XAK4Pd8xey+DvrXhi10GDUK o+8nEROh2mTACrcvEQ4ETS+0pyuqV2crET8lPcVAxDJKYsVWFc8bNfOU+yqtLz2uHWj4 sUgQ== Received: by 10.68.216.35 with SMTP id on3mr39848404pbc.150.1333563546160; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:19:06 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.136.197 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:18:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Gaurish Sharma Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 23:48:45 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-soc] [GSOC 2012] Recruiting Webapp idea To: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org Cc: betelgeuse@gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk+QFrwYqXwVDqrTKMyZVgo3xujRNwJCzqG48q2w2027uUmdUn/tMBJ+nhTe5h66CuRorpB X-Archives-Salt: 8e209f86-7c74-4565-ab02-13bbc57d54e4 X-Archives-Hash: 703b6d6b172763f0651b74e879660c4f Dear Gentoo community , My Name is Gaurish Sharma & I would like to work idea of improving Usability of Recruiting Webapp[1]. First little about me, I am a student completing my post-grads in Computer applications. I am a polyglot who can dabble C,C++,Java etc as its a requirement of my course(if you disagree, check my course content[2]). However, my main interest & passion is web development & that's the main reason I taught myself ruby & then rails, even though its not part of my course curriculum. so, I am a self taught web dev & I want to work on recruiting Webapp as it aligns perfectly with my interests. Further, my skillset matches the requirements do complete this project. And I want to help linux grow, so want to help. Besides, I am full time Linux convert from past 5years, currently running archlinux which is similar to that of gentoo except arch can have binary packages vs only source packages in gentoo. I know this because have run gentoo in the past & I must tell you its a fine distro :) Now, I know its probably late date for application(I came to know about gsoc just today :-( ). so without wasting any further time, I want to ask you about requirements i.e what all work has to be done on Recruiting Webapp. >From the ideas pag, I was able to gather following requirements 1) improved usability: 2) updating for Rails 3.0. 1) Usability: a) As you know, there are major usability problems with the app. example:- answering a question requires 4 separate screens. Select Category -> Select Question -> Click Answer it(small link, hard to miss) -> Create Answer. I think it can be done in just two screens(Category & display question). b) the User interface is old, dated & just boring. We need a fresh theme. 2) updating to Rails 3.0: Sure, I can do it. Why not update to latest version of rails v3.2.3, any specific reason to stick with 3.0? 3) Fix Existing Bugs: I looked at bugzilla, and there are plenty of bugs (37 to be exact) that need love[4]. so we can fix those as part of project, if their scope if not too large. Now, Please let me know if there are some additional changes required or how changes in current scope are needed. so, that I can modify my rough proposal draft accordingly. Thank you Regards, Gaurish Sharma www.gaurishsharma.com [1] https://recruiting.gentoo.org/ [2] www.rtu.ac.in/main/syllabus/MCA.pdf [4] https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---&query_format=advanced&component=RecruitingWebapp