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[Himanshu Mishra]

Hello people,

I was looking around for some open source organizations in GSoC 2015 list who were based on Python or Django. I found out that the Django Software Foundation had participated in it too ! But there are no proposals overview or code submissions over melange. Most probably it means that the projects were not successful but it could be something else. I am curious about knowing what happened last year, which projects were selected and why were they failed? Also, what is the current status of those projects?

Thank you,

Himanshu Mishra

[Marten Kenbeek]

Hi Himanshu,

Last summer I was the only participant in GSoC 2015 for Django. I worked on a complete rewrite/refactor of the URL dispatching framework. I wasn't able to finish my project at the time due to personal circumstances. Right now the project is nearing completion, I'm aiming at the next Django release. It still needs a few more tests, lots of documentation etc., but the bulk of the work is finished. The latest updates can be found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/WD_mPzvGMZI and https://github.com/django/django/pull/5578. 

Cheers,

Marten

[Himanshu Mishra]

Thanks Marten for replying. Good work over the URL dispatcher, I'm sorry the deadlines weren't met, but good to see the development still after that. :)

Himanshu Mishra