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02:19.01weecolhi all
02:19.14weecolmuch going on here
02:19.41weecolany talk of 2012 dates
02:20.01weecolanyone
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09:07.06exatronanyone can help me find out a project on filesystems and networking in c??
09:10.20thiagoall the fuse projects are in C and they deal with filesystems, by definition
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09:14.59exatron_i want to start programming in the field of networking and filesystems in c
09:15.05exatron_where do i start>>
09:15.06exatron_???
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09:29.24weltallif you are searching for an idea of a project what about being able to mount a bz2 compressed file so you don't have to extract it in order to mount a disk dump inside it :D
09:29.36weltallcouldn't find anything like that around
09:30.24gevaertshopes that weltall doesn't mind it being read only
09:30.37weltallfine with read only
09:30.51weltalli just need to read the disk dump contents without extracting 500gb of data :D
09:31.27gevaertsI'm not sure bz2 supports working out offsets in the thing without extracting the lot
09:31.30weltallactually i prefer it read only
09:31.49weltalli've found some things working with tar.bz2 at least they claim so
09:32.29weltalland compression and decompression can be parallized
09:32.51weltallso the chunk are independant (size decided during compression)
09:34.00weltallbut would need for sure someone knowing more that format
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10:05.15kaiexatron_: you could work on the linux kernel's CIFS client. that's networking _and_ a filesystem :)
10:08.28weltall:D
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17:27.15exatronhey any one can tell me networking in c related projects for gsoc
17:27.27exatronhave found nmap and samba
17:27.29exatrontill now
17:28.15exatronbut the developers at their IRC's say that they are very large and serious projects and that i shud first try out simple projects on networking
17:28.24exatroni am a novice in this field
17:28.30exatronanyone can help me out??
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17:31.04tierraweird... especially considering how early you're jumping on this, it's odd for a project to turn away interested students
17:31.55tierrausually the idea is that there's likely some small project that wouldn't be overkill that you could handle
17:32.16tierrawithin those projects I mean
17:33.27exatronyea thats what i was guessing..
17:40.36kblintotally depends on how you're asking, I guess
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17:59.19exatronany networking related projects in c lang
17:59.20exatron?
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18:03.07dfighterexatron look in last year's orgs
18:03.22dfighteror if you really want to start then read that Unix network programming book
18:03.25dfighterand write an IRC bot
18:03.35dfighterthat's what I did when I was interested in networking
18:03.50exatronok..btw which org did you apply in?
18:04.17dfightergsoc hasn't been even announced yet
18:04.35dfighterunless I missed something
18:04.36exatrontalking abt last yr
18:04.39dfighteroh
18:04.45dfighterworldforge / ryzom
18:04.46exatron:)
18:04.54exatronwats it abt?
18:04.58exatronwat lang?
18:05.02dfighterit's not related to either C or networking
18:05.10dfighterit's a game framework
18:05.10exatronohk :)
18:05.30dfighterjust do as I said if you want to learn C and network programming
18:05.35exatrondid you hv some knowlodge bfore you thought of applying in it
18:05.46exatronhow long did you start b4?
18:05.51dfighteryears ago
18:05.59exatron:O
18:07.04exatronjust tell me .. i have been receiving negative feedbacks in the field i am interested in ... if i want to apply this time in gso in this field yet not know much in this is it too late to be practical?
18:07.45dfighterwell I don't think you can learn network programming in 2-3 months
18:07.51dfighterbut if they have some beginner idea
18:07.54dfighteryou should try that anyways
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18:08.49exatronhmmm i get it
18:08.57gevaertsIt all depends on where you're starting
18:09.07dfighterbut then having enough experience is no guarantee either
18:09.30dfighterthe org will probably rank the ideas based on their needs
18:09.34gevaertsAnd what you mean by network programming
18:09.35araujoIt depends on your motivation , if you are motived to do something, just go and do it, don't worry about learning time or something like that
18:10.18exatronyea ryt
18:10.32gevaertsIf you want to work on a TCP/IP stack, you'll need to know a lot more than if you want to work on something that does a simple request/response protocol over TCP
18:10.58araujoand one of the requirements for GSoC is ... in my opinion, ready to explore new fields and learn new things too
18:11.39dfightergevaerts he probably wants to program between those two
18:11.41araujoone of the aspect of the GSoC that is usually omitted is the "educative" part ... you will learn doing it too , that is one of the idea
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18:12.25gevaertsOh, and if you don't want negative responses, don't be too pushy. Don't PM people without some sort of indication that they don't mind, don't ask the same thing every half hour, and try to use correct language (if the compiler can demand correct syntax, so can we! ;)
18:12.32araujohands a flower to lh
18:12.51dfightercorrect semantics too please!
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18:13.04dfighterjust because syntax is correct it can be gibberish
18:13.08gevaertssegfaults :)
18:13.12dfighterinb4 markov chain bots
18:13.50exatronyea i enjoy exploring all the things by myself but not knowing wat the outcome will be makes it all worthless...
18:13.52exatron:(
18:14.21dfighterexatron http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Network-Programming-Networking-Sockets/dp/013490012X is a good start
18:14.23araujoexatron, don't worry about that
18:14.25exatronif i push myself all into the project but yet not be able to complete
18:14.28dfighterif you prefer something more succinct
18:14.33dfighterjust read Beej's guide
18:14.49dfighterhttp://beej.us/guide/bgnet/
18:14.59exatronok ...
18:15.14araujoexatron, important is that you are motivated .... my first advice is ... find a project that you find really interesting ,.... if you don't know or are not sure yet, do some researching
18:15.27exatronthanx.. all of you guys :)
18:15.29araujomotivation is what will keep you going
18:15.42dfighterif you know the theory behind networking ( Tanenbaum book ), you can just go with the beej guide
18:15.47exatronyea right
18:15.53exatronok
18:16.58exatronthe simple projects that i find have either too less slots or either isnt selected
18:17.24dfighteraraujo altough I find your reasoning very appealing I find it unfair to the orgs
18:17.36dfighterI for one surely wouldn't propose something I'm not certain about
18:17.50araujodfighter, why?, what is the unfair part?
18:18.04dfighterif I have to learn a lot "on the job" then there is a great risk for the org that someone else would have been a better pick
18:19.03araujofor GSoC you need to write a proposal , ... orgs evaluate and choose it , of course motivation is not the only thing you need, but in my opinion is one of the first important requirement for a student , ... and this is something that usually shows in the proposal
18:19.46dfighteryea but if you can't live up to it ( see at art of interview bs to get accepted ), then you might end up wasting a slot
18:20.18araujoin life, you don't know if you can't live up to it unless you do it
18:20.28exatron:)
18:20.33exatronvery true
18:20.55araujoso my opinion is, be open to learn , be motivated, and send your proposal
18:20.58exatronbut for the org it is always someone better at the field
18:21.01dfighterwell araujo I usually have some intuition regarding it, maybe others work differently
18:21.03exatron:)
18:21.43araujonotice how GSoC usually has some months for "researching" ... 2~3 months
18:22.05araujoyou can learn and explore a lot there , feedback with the community and mentors you are going to work
18:22.10dfighterofc
18:22.14araujoit is a good time for bootstrapping
18:22.43dfighterbut say, you have no experience in 3d graphics at all, and you want to apply to Blender for example for some 3d task
18:22.50dfighterwhere you have to compete with phd students
18:22.53araujoand I think mentors usually do a great job guiding and even helping the students when they are in doubt
18:22.54dfighterspecialized in 3d
18:23.06dfighterhow well could you get ready in 2-3 months?
18:23.08dfighter:P
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18:23.36araujodfighter, someone with no 3d experience, ... "usually" means no 3d knowledge at all , which usually means he is not too interested in such a field
18:23.41araujonevertheless
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18:23.45araujothis all shows in the proposal
18:23.52araujowhat kind of proposal do you think a person like that could send?
18:24.29exatronwell obviously he can have interest in that...so wat shud he do acc to you if he did
18:24.31araujoalso remember, mentors will ask you questions during the selection period
18:24.31exatron?
18:24.51araujoeven some orgs can arrange meetings with candidates and so on
18:24.58dfighterwell I am very interested in 3d for example, but I haven't had time to get to 3d programming yet ( because I have other interests as well )
18:25.12dfighterbut then this is just a crude example, pretty perverted on purpose
18:25.24dfighterbut you get the point I hope ^^
18:25.58dfighterhowever I do have even experience with mmorpgs, adding new game features, etc, so that's why I applied to a project last year that does that
18:26.09araujoexatron, if he has interest on that , in my opinion, he should start learning then , and work hard for a proposal , also notice how some orgs even require example code during the approval period
18:27.38araujobut my tlk goes more directed to those students who probably has no the expertise, but has some knowledge , even just academic knowledge , but don't feel like ready to apply for a project .... which I think it is a good amount of students out there
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18:28.41araujodfighter, you have other interests, that is reasonable , you feel more confident with those interests more likely too, and you will send a better proposal for them too
18:29.03dfighterwell ofc since I have experience with them
18:29.13weltallhi neXyon
18:29.19dfighterif I wanted to start 3d now, I'd have to read lots of theory and do all the babysteps first
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18:30.09neXyonhi weltall, what's up? :D
18:30.22weltallill :\ you?
18:30.26dfighterwhile in the other case I just have to read the source code and get acquinted with how the said org does things
18:30.37dfighterand then work
18:33.37araujoI just think that if a student is interested and motivated , even if he is not expert, he should go for it and send proposal
18:34.04araujoand .. be open to learn is good too
18:34.13weltalland be sure to not disappear it's something which gives a lot of trouble to the orgs
18:34.24dfighterwell us geeks are always open to learn! :)
18:34.58araujoso not big deal, just go for it
18:35.01weltallwe had one who refused to. told to put commit messages did it only one time :D
18:35.07dfighterlol
18:35.47dfighterweltall I see that in the open sauce world way too many times
18:35.52dfighteraltough usually from wannabes
18:35.56dfighternot from serious people
18:36.23dfighterafter all you type those messages for yourself too, in case you need to find the commit later :>
18:36.27weltallyeah i think i did a mistake to pass him overall
18:36.53weltallhe wasn't exactly associated to me but i ended up mentoring him even if i wasn't his mentor
18:37.03weltall(yes mentors disappear too XD)
18:37.15dfighterlol
18:37.21araujothinks he probably will apply for mentor this year
18:37.43weltallhe ended up putting up excuses for delaying a fix which he never did
18:38.06weltallafter 2 weeks at sending emails i was told he *went in vacation* and left the whole system broken
18:38.37weltallwhen he "came back" he sent me again the not working patch
18:38.48dfighter:\
18:38.57weltallafter 2 months i got tired to try to chase him and did it myself
18:39.14dfighterdid you fail him at least?
18:39.23weltallupdating the repo+code editing+ building+testing+committing 5 minutes
18:39.49weltallunfortunately i did the mistake to pass him with the flag set as the worst student i had to do with or w/e it was
18:39.59dfighterah
18:40.09weltallthis happened after the august deadline
18:40.17dfighteroh I see
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18:40.24weltallhe promised to finish the things after the end of the program so i couldn't foresee that
18:40.30weltallplus it was the first year for us as an org
18:40.44weltallbut the real mistake wasn't passing him
18:40.59weltalli think we failed even earlier at the selection process
18:41.22weltallthere were two proposals with the same things probably the other one would have done better things
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18:41.51weltallso this year we will be more in depth on the selection
18:42.00weltalleven though with 200 proposals it's difficult
18:42.10neXyonweltall: sry, yeah, been ill too the last two weeks :-/ but today is the first day I'm ok again; get well soon!
18:42.23weltallthanks :)
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18:45.17weltallthis year i think i will use a bit more threats
18:46.00weltallabout the pass/fail
18:46.06weltallif we are choosen
18:46.18weltallbut i hope to be able to give extensive tests
18:46.32weltallso i get for sure good students willing to work
18:46.38weltallthe others were quite good instead
18:47.18dfighterjust lock them in a room, chained to a computer and threaten to withold their dry bread and water rations if they don't work
18:47.37weltallXD
18:48.03weltallbtw how did the cheating problems end with gci?
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18:48.45dfighterhas no clue
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19:26.56carolsserves some tea and coffee
19:27.02carolsis looking forward to belgian chocolate
19:27.25gevaertsis looking forward to fosdem in general :)
19:27.43carolsyeah, me too :-)
19:27.43carolsi leave in a few hours
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19:28.20gevaertsMake sure you have a nice flight!
19:28.37carolsi will speak to the pilot about that :-)
19:28.59gevaertsThat sounds like a good way :)
19:29.07carolsi think so :-)
19:33.26gevaertscarols: if you're looking forward to chocolate, does that mean you're out of mentor summit chocolate already? :)
19:34.10carolsgevaerts: i have been for a while, actually
19:34.30gevaertsImpressive!
19:34.40carolsyeah, it was difficult
19:36.00gevaertsI'd have expected that lot to last at least two lifetimes
19:38.28carolswell, some people went home with it too and might have some of their own :-) this was just my own personal stash
19:39.00gevaertsRight. I had forgotten that google has more people than just you :)
19:39.07carolsin fact it does :-)
19:39.15carolsmuch as sometimes it seems i am doing it all
19:40.30weltallhi carols !
19:40.35carolshi weltall
19:41.25meflinI still have chocolate
19:41.38weltalli'd suggest to put the chocolate in a safe :P
19:41.54meflinI do otherwise it disappears
19:42.15weltallXD
19:42.25gevaertsUneaten chocolate is bad chocolate!
19:42.32carolsmeflin: because you eat it? :-)
19:42.39weltallcan be eaten later!
19:42.50meflinI do not live alone  :)
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