From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37734E80A93 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:18:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229869AbjI0GSq (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:18:46 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33488 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229909AbjI0GSf (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:18:35 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-x236.google.com (mail-lj1-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::236]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6046DE for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:18:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lj1-x236.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2c12ae20a5cso168368751fa.2 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:18:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1695795512; x=1696400312; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=SOaAaD9oUJ0FNDy5hQrOsfimXuCOzKWmnoAXkSHyT14=; b=K0wWHAKPrx+3NT/y60/7WTIOTuD6Ms3N3MX5JB+O04W47ryjt9PwJ0K5fmNyC66bVv 7QDd8mgNIg0Q8z8omeP+LV7ZBuahxWZQPxPd62Fd91qSDquCUGSMgWGdMuhWB1zVpmP6 zE95sLmTNe3i+LTVSr2ZErmx3U/8Ygx2HmhxE3xxmGgTlcH+o1Sc+gLUh3yTylJTTlMN QXByXDrUrauU106d0JcIpPi1iFw2kgkZoU1pZ2N0dEKveeJP2+rDEN/6OjnMR12186Ty BQaDvKv4gUHdkpSwfL1QyQxxnTEOeka8Vw+as5D3BZdnokNeXAP3lapcOOuy60okscNc IOTg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1695795512; x=1696400312; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=SOaAaD9oUJ0FNDy5hQrOsfimXuCOzKWmnoAXkSHyT14=; b=LdH+y5Z5JOoEg4qVaz9HTsbAdJOZYXQvdgZ6nog30KEf2VlRpSvs/V7LBhFiX0mdo+ JQCp3ItEeIMZf21ewabegPc5UFE3NkaG0Xyw8n4Ce8h3sIzBw3mcnr+KPPoRvL+8vlNt 1ivlJ7j8eICH4f04iBaGb/YauIaBT5eotRpqSp6CPzArWtApufFuEPcqXdvbmA3z039R A5uHGNha9s52xm5QtoiFFNoqrRe1WvZ4XbD+shtKvr2Eazitd6WPsfPrt1rbHAqL2jGy 49zXbJDVi37BK/3NxrUoounqswsJDS9tvTxTeW2DE1cjoLDtRBEJdxs52MErvaVEUqf2 PlrQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzHts+/ahaqnNgfeNZ7c8OGmgZr2fCNK47q32ynbuRAWYYRAAcH VCW2ajmwG+qYIejRLHqdSw7dQc3383W1Ss10/zU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHXBhDaCC4/pUlmrkJTd+T1gZ5jm4WSur2aiRgZDwXvaLbGTOCdvHGg1av5wZsihnMOCxO3Fp/Qi9jWemreSyk= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:b1d1:0:b0:2b9:ee3e:2412 with SMTP id e17-20020a2eb1d1000000b002b9ee3e2412mr1100169lja.22.1695795511605; Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:18:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1c12ac0a-5e45-bb27-c452-250ffd4b9320@github.com> In-Reply-To: <1c12ac0a-5e45-bb27-c452-250ffd4b9320@github.com> From: Christian Couder Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:18:19 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Projects for the next Outreachy round To: Victoria Dye Cc: git , Kousik Sanagavarapu , Shuqi Liang , Kaartic Sivaraam , Hariom verma Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Victoria, On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 7:18=E2=80=AFPM Victoria Dye wrot= e: > > Christian Couder wrote: > > About the "More Sparse Index Integrations" Shuqi worked on, mentored > > by Victoria, I am likely not the best person to mentor it, but I think > > I could manage. It would be nice though if I got an idea about what > > should be done next and how much work is left in general in this area. > > (Shuqi's GSoC final report at > > https://cheskaqiqi.github.io/2023/08/22/Final/ doesn't talk much about > > this.) Perhaps even if Shuqi is continuing to work on the project, > > there is still work that could be done in parallel on other commands > > than the ones he is working on. > > To be honest, I'd recommend against using "More Sparse Index Integrations= " > as a project again - I was actually going to suggest "retiring" the proje= ct > after this past GSoC term. The remaining commands are all fairly complex,= to > the point that they'd be challenging even for someone that's done a lot o= f > sparse index work. Ok, I will not propose that project then. > All that said, if someone is *really* interested in this project, you mig= ht > be able to get it to work. You'll probably want to limit the scope to one > command and make sure there's a strong emphasis placed on testing. Sparse > index integrations can introduce a lot of subtle bugs (e.g. the one Shuqi > found in 'diff' [1]), and a buggy command is worse for users than lacking > sparse index compatibility. > > I hope that helps! Sure, thanks for the interesting update on this, Christian.