[Soc-2014-dev] Weekly Report #05 - Viewport FX III

Wed Jun 25 00:36:01 CEST 2014

When it rains it pours...
Good luck sir, we know you can pull it together from your performance on
the sculpting gsoc all those years ago.  You are not the first to fall on
hard times during a gsoc - last year we had an Egyptian student during the
revolution.   As long as you communicate status, people are very
understanding of such life events.

-Sean

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Jason Wilkins <jason.a.wilkins at gmail.com>
wrote:

> At the danger of going too far in the other direction and turning this
> into a daily blog, I had some serious tire damage yesterday and nearly
> ended up having to spend the night waiting for shops to open so I could
> have the tire replaced.
>
> Luckily it happened with just enough time to spare that I only lost a few
> hours.
>
> I'm currently sitting at my desk reviewing last weeks work before pushing
> it upstream.  It's good to be home.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 4:16 PM, claas kuhnen <info at ckbrd.de> wrote:
>
>> Yep I agree here as well.
>>
>> I can see the time restrictions and stress with a GSoC but at the end the
>> users (we) will participate
>> immensely from this work as well, no matter when it then can or will be
>> finished
>>
>> Claas
>>
>>
>>
>> www.ckbrd.de
>>
>> info at ckbrd.de
>> 715 309 9795
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:47 AM, David Fenner <d4vidfenner at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just wanted to chime in here to give Jason all my support!! Please if
>>> you need any kind of testing from users, count on us! We really want you to
>>> succed and we know you can do it, don't pressure yourself, just go as far
>>> as you can. If only we could at least buy you some beers or coffee while
>>> you work! This project is inmensely big and hard and you've taken it this
>>> far, it's pretty amazing! Please tell if we can be of any help.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> David.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-06-23 0:25 GMT-04:00 Jason Wilkins <jason.a.wilkins at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, I'm really sorry about not saying anything.  I overestimated my
>>>> ability to get work done while also making this trip and I should have just
>>>> said something, but I felt embarrassed about it.  I just ended up making it
>>>> worse.
>>>>
>>>> The only thing I can do now is just make up the time and get results by
>>>> the end of the week.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Thomas Dinges <blender at dingto.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jason,
>>>>> I am sorry for your grandmother, and it is totally understandable that
>>>>> you wanted to be with her. Hope she gets better!
>>>>>
>>>>> The key here is just communication, you can always mail your mentor
>>>>> privately about what's going on. As long as we know, we can figure
>>>>> something out.
>>>>> Regarding Reviews, in IRC you find people who can help you. Campbell
>>>>> knows GHOST as far as I know, he is around in IRC often. Psy-Fi is also
>>>>> there. Just poke them. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 23.06.2014 03:30, schrieb Jason Wilkins:
>>>>> > I agree this is going poorly.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > First, I'd like to lay out what I plan to do in order to turn this
>>>>> > around.  I'm going to put in at least 12 hours a day until I have my
>>>>> > work from the previous years in a form that can be merged into
>>>>> master.
>>>>> >  This will start on Tuesday after I've returned from my trip.  I'll
>>>>> be
>>>>> > on IRC the entire time I'm working if anybody wants to talk to me.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > We need to review the GHOST refactor I submitted last week.  I have
>>>>> > not gotten any feedback on that.  I've written more code based on
>>>>> that
>>>>> > for OSX, but I'm hesitant to continue with Linux if there are changes
>>>>> > the basic design that need to be made.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Secondly, if you would indulge me, I'd like to explain the reason for
>>>>> > this weeks problems.  I did not say anything because it is personal
>>>>> > and due to my slow start I was feeling like I had ran out of excuses
>>>>> > and just needed to get the work done without sounding like I was
>>>>> > making a lot of excuses.  I'm probably more frustrated than anybody.
>>>>> >  If I fail at GSoC, who cares, it is just money, but I really want
>>>>> > this project to succeed.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > That said,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > My grandmother had a stroke and has been hospitalized.  I made a trip
>>>>> > in order to see her.  I was afraid it might be my last chance.  In my
>>>>> > mind I was imagining you guys shaking your heads and sighing if I
>>>>> told
>>>>> > you this so I just made up my mind to get as much work done as I
>>>>> could.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I thought I'd be able to work just as well, but I was wrong.  I
>>>>> > brought my MacBook thinking I could at least work on the changes to
>>>>> > GHOST for OSX, but I'm not really good at developing on the Mac.  I
>>>>> > ended up not getting much done.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Bottom line?  I'm going home and I'm going to get this work done as
>>>>> > quickly as I can.  If I fail GSoC, fine, I probably deserve it.  I
>>>>> > still plan on finishing this up in one form or another.
>>>>> >
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