Re: GSoC 2018

Alex,

* Alex Kliukin (alexk(at)hintbits(dot)com) wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017, at 14:52, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
> > Completely agree, this project can be an improvement for Stolon (or
> > Patroni, but I personally never tested or used it, also I got a feeling
> > that Google guys will prefer a project that is written in Go). This
> > would make much more sense.
>
> I don't believe Google will reject a project based on the fact that it
> is written in Python (in fact, Python Software Foundation has
> successfully participated in GSoC for many years). Based on the github
> statistics, Patroni has started earlier and has more contributors than
> Stolon (including those contributed more than one patch/pull-request.)

I am 100% certain that Google will be more than happy to accept a
Python-based project and that they won't favor a Go project over a
Python one.

That said, I don't think we need to get into a discussion about which
project would be best- I'd be happy to have them both listed on the
Ideas page (perhaps independently would be best though) provided there
are mentors for each.

Also, remember, these are just our ideas- students are welcome to pick
which they're interested in or to choose their own. When we get to the
point of evaluating the student proposals, it will be a discussion among
the GSoC admins and the individuals who have signed up to be mentors.

Thanks!

Stephen