Hi @Aklapper, by when should I expect the first feedback from the mentors?

Hi, please ask general questions in Zulip instead. Thanks!

@Nicolas_Raoul @Kaartic This is the first draft of my proposal. Could you please take a look and give me some feedback or suggestions? Thanks!

Hi Priyank,
Big apologies for the delay, I was on a trip for 5 days.
Could you please include the word "lossless" for all transformations? Lossless rotation, lossless crop, lossless blur. Please add a sentence to explain the last one as the wording is surprising at first.
Also, please link to your merged pull request(s).
Otherwise the proposal looks good!

Hey @Nicolas_Raoul, No worries about the delay!
I have added the word "lossless" at all suitable places. And I also added a sentence explaining the features.
Unfortunately, I have not raised any pr's to the commons app repository. And I plan to spend the time left before the project starting period researching the transformations topic and especially the blur transformation. Cause as I am working on the POC app I am discovering quite a few rough patches(and their fixes) with the library. Please let me know if that sounds good or if that's a problem.

In T332513#8717401, @PriyankShankar wrote:

Unfortunately, I have not raised any pr's to the commons app repository.

Hi Priyank, as mentioned in our instructions to apply for GSoC, you would need to fix at least 1 bug so that you could demonstrate that you could work with the app. So, it would be great if you could follow the instructions in the developer guide and fix a bug as suggested in it.

I just noticed you've raised an MR. That's great. Next time, make sure to check once before choosing to work on an issue. :-) Also, I would encourage you to work on other bugs too if you find the time.

I'll take a look at your proposal soon and give my feedback (if any).

Hey @Kaartic, Thanks for informing me about this. Also I just raised another pr ,actualIy have been involved in some communities which prefer people directly fixing issues rather than getting assigned first, but I am sorry and be assured that I will keep this in mind from now and check once with the maintainers before choosing to work on an issue.
Also @Kaartic I can find some time to fix some bugs here and there, but to solve some complex issues I will need to devote more time and that would most probably mean that I will have to cut some time from working on identifying issues and problem that can come up while working on the transformations. I would love to know your suggestion on what would be the best to do so that my chances of getting selected are maximized.

Also, I will be waiting for your feedback(or views about the proposal) :-)

@Nicolas_Raoul can you please review the proposal once again, I have added some extra details.
And @Kaartic only 1 week is left before the deadline, I hope you can review the proposal soon so that I can make the changes needed in time

Hi Priyank! Sorry about the delay. I'm out of station on a commitment and hence finding lesser available time than usual for this week.

I took a look at the proposal and it looks good. Just had a few points regarding it:

• Have you explored whether it would be possible to use a single library in order to achieve the various transformations? Excuse me if I missed any existing discussion on #1192 regarding this. I haven't been able to fully go through it.
• The libraries which you suggest MediaUtil and Android-Image-Cropper perceivably seem stale / unmaintained now. Could you see if there are better alternatives for them ? Do correct me if I got anything wrong.

Its good to see that you've already started working on PRs. If at all you find some time and feel motivated to do so, see if you could help with reviewing some PRs. That might give you some interesting exposure / perspectives. Don't feel compelled to do it, though :-)

Hey @Kaartic, No worries about the delay.
Regarding the libraries

• The MediaUtil is a pretty standard library and has been around for quite some time, I would say the project/library has matured that's why there is no ongoing development. And yes actually, there is no need for another library to implement the crop feature( I tried to crop some images using MediaUtil in the POC app that I made and it was working fine), we can crop images using MediaUtil itself. I have updated the proposal accordingly( just removed the extra library). But for the blur feature, we will need the mentioned library

Reviewing some PRs sounds interesting I will try to review some of them.

Is there absolutely anything else that I can improve?

Hi @PriyankShankar, as the deadline for GSoC is quickly approaching in less than 48 hours (April 4th, 2023, 18:00 UTC), it's crucial that you submit your proposal on Phabricator and Google's program website in the recommended format as soon as possible. To avoid any potential last-minute rushes or server failures, we highly recommend that you submit your proposal early and keep updating it as needed before the deadline. Once you have submitted your proposal, please move it from the "Proposals in Progress" column to the "Proposals Submitted" column on the Phabricator workboard by simply dragging it. If you have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to ask. Good luck with your application!

Hey @Gopavasanth I copy pasted the content of this proposal (on Phabricator) into a new google doc, and then made the necessary formatting changes, and then uploaded that file in pdf format on the Google's Program Website.
I just wanted to confirm once if this sounds good, cause somewhere or the other I heard that contributors can also upload the pdf generated while trying to print the Phabricator proposal.

@PriyankShankar Both methods are OK.

Ok, thanks for clarifying!

Really sorry for bugging you again @Nicolas_Raoul and @Kaartic, there is not much time left before the deadline, are there any there last minute that I can make? Any way I can make this proposal better?

Looks good, thanks!