A re-post from our PM conversation:
Shikhin wrote:
Hi,
I've mostly got my current report ready, but a couple of loose ends hanging. I hope to close them by tomorrow, and submit my report. I hope this is fine, and my current progress is all good? First job, want it all to go nice.
Regards,
Shikhin
Sent: Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:45 pm
yogev_ezra wrote:
This is not a real job yet - it's a summer student project to give you some experience. It would be OK even if you are late on schedule, and even if you have bugs. So don't worry about it too much - just post an update tomorrow with what you have tomorrow.
Sent: Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:50 pm
yogev_ezra wrote:
Can you please explain what is going on with you? You promised a report on August 19th, and disappeared again. I also still haven't received your mobile (or home) phone for direct communication with you in case I can't reach you in the forum.
Sent: Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:01 pm
Shikhin wrote:
Hi,
I'm sorry, I wouldn't want to put the blame to excuses, it's just that I over-estimated my ability to perform, given up all the schedules and stuff I've to follow, so I missed another report. Of course, as someone on the #kolibrios channel said, it's the end result that matters, and not the fact that I worked on something -- so I'm making sure that the end report is worth the effort. I can't afford to fail giving a proper report, this time.
With apologies & regards,
Shikhin
P.S. For communication, I think the best outlet is IRC, on which I'm available more often than not, and am always idling #kolibrios.
Sent: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:21 pm
yogev_ezra wrote:
You are expected to write weekly updates on this forum. Even if no progress has been made, just write "No progress since last week". This would be fine, we understand that progress is not linear. But you are not writing ANYTHING, and this is really unacceptable (you need to update once a week and write a detailed report once a month).
Shikhin wrote:
P.S. For communication, I think the best outlet is IRC, on which I'm available more often than not, and am always idling #kolibrios.
No, it is not, because IRC is visited by hardly 3-4 members of KolibriOS team, while the forum is visited by everyone (including myself). Since I am the program administrator and I am the one who needs to give you feedback on communication with the project team, I request you login to the forum at least once a week and write at least one sentence in your EXT2 thread.
Shikhin wrote:
Of course, as someone on the #kolibrios channel said, it's the end result that matters, and not the fact that I worked on something -- so I'm making sure that the end report is worth the effort.
Let me emphasize again - this is a summer student project, not a job. If we wanted just the working code, we would probably hire a freelancer. The idea of this project is for students to learn how to communicate with open-source community, not how to write perfect code. By doing zero communication, you are missing the whole point of this project.
Sent: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:31 pmShikhin wrote:
Hi,
I guess you're right. I was focusing too much on the "delivering code" fore-front, so I didn't think much about writing reports, communicating, and thus didn't put it to much priority. I saw it as an effort to improve KolibriOS -- while, you're right, it's an effort to improve myself.
While not much time is left, there's always time to improve. I'll, starting from today (night, to prepare myself a bit), post regular updates -- regardless of whether there was linear development or not.
Regards,
Shikhin
Sent: Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:22 pm