Hi, I'm Yichun and I'm interested in the Project ' Improving the less popular database backends' in GSOC 2015. I major in computer science in Peking University. I've worked with C++, Java, Python and I've written several webapps using Django.
I have some questions related to this project and your answers will be of big help. (1) I'd like to make sure that I've understood this project in a right way. For example, if I choose to improve the backend of Oracle, then I can choose some related issues in Trac's list of Oracle issues <https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=assigned&status=new&summary=~oracle&or&status=assigned&status=new&keywords=~oracle&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=component&order=priority> and prepare to work on them during the whole term, right? I've not seen a mentor for this project in the GSOC guide, and I think someone here may help me. (2) Actually I'm familiar with MySQL and SqlServer, but never use Oracle before. Will it be a big obstacle in my work if I choose to write the backend of Oracle? Or if I begin studying Oracle right now, it won't be a problem? (3) I'm a new contributor in Django. Before I start working on my project, should I start from fix simple bugs or something else? Thanks, Yichun -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/d28c2c91-2a44-4d38-9815-c08e06d1bb43%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
