Hi Mark, Thank you so much for your detailed reply and for offering to mentor. I’m genuinely excited about the possibility of contributing to Tomcat through a GSoC project.
I’ve already cloned the tomcat-maven-plugin repository, fixed a few typos in the README, and submitted a pull request. I also tried building the project, which currently fails — I’ll investigate further and report my findings soon. I’m particularly interested in the Maven plugin project. Could you suggest which technical areas or skills I should focus on early to prepare effectively (e.g., Maven internals, plugin architecture, or Tomcat’s build/deployment process)? I’ll also explore the other project ideas in the coming days to understand them better, and then I’ll update you with a concrete project direction. I am committed to a full-time GSoC project this summer. I can contribute part-time until mid-June due to university commitments, after which I will dedicate myself full-time to the project. Thank you again for this opportunity; I truly appreciate your guidance and support. I’ll follow up soon with an update on my progress. Best regards, Fatima Qaisar
