Hi Plato, On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 12:43:59AM +0300, Plato Kiorpelidis wrote: > Hello, > > I'm interested in participating as contributor for the project > "Reachability bitmap improvements". > The area I'm interested in, the most, is the alternate compression scheme > e.g. Roaring+Run, however I'm ecstatic about any bitmap performance improvement. > Expected project size I'm targeting for is large (350 hours). > I've already completed my micro-project and I will submit it in a few hours. > I wanted to be sure I could submit v1 of it before committing to > introducing myself. Hooray! I'm delighted to hear that you're interested. > I've gone through the mailing list and looked for other candidates that could > also be interested in this project. Shubham Mishra is also interested. > - Could we collaborate on this project considering how broad it is or only one > can be selected? > He/she already has experience in open source and has participated in > GSoC before. I think there are a couple of options here, since we have a handful of bitmap-related projects that are all up for grabs. If Shubham is also interested in working on implementing Roaring+Run compression, then I would be happy for the two of you to work together. Alternatively, if you each want to focus on different sub-projects, I would be happy to work with multiple students on different areas within the reachability bitmaps subsystem. > I should note that the best case scenario for me is if we are both selected, > probably on different bitmap performance areas under "Reachability bitmap > improvements" project, however I don't know if it's possible. It probably > depends on the mentors listed for this project and the work load involved. Yeah. Even though I'd be happy to work with as many students as I have time for, I'm not sure whether it's possible within GSoC's own rules, much less whether or not it's been done before. Christian (cc'd) may have more information. Christian: is it possible to accept multiple students for the same GSoC project? Thanks, Taylor
