Contact Information
- Email Address: mailto:guzelmu@gmail.com
- Telephone: +90-536-414-4889
- Blog URL: http://www.onurguzel.com
- Freenode IRC Nick: onurguzel
Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?
I recently started working in IT department at Istanbul Technical University. All computers in student laboratories at ITU has Fedora pre-installed by IT. I frequently use these computers, and I would like to contribute to make it better.
I also tried Fedora several times on my personal computer. I was impressed with the advanced installation process, however due to my relations with Pardus distribution, I never had chance to use it as my primary operating system.
Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora project or with any another open source project as a contributor (if possible please add some references as well)?
I am an active developer at Pardus GNU/Linux project. I am maintaining few (server related) packages and working on voting system in Package Manager.
Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations?
I have proposed for an project at Pardus in GSoC 2010, however it was not accepted.
Will you continue contributing/ supporting the Fedora project after the GSoC 2012 program, if yes, which team(s)/area(s), you are interested with?
I would like to maintain my project and its package even years after this program. I might create patches for other packages that is related with this project (like apache, mysql, php), if I needed to.
Why should we choose you over the other applicants?
I have experience on Linux server administration for 3-4 years. I have used CPanel/WHM and Plesk before, and I have been configuring servers manually (without using control panels) since last year. I am familiar with Apache, MySQL, BIND configurations and documentations.
I am aware of how these control panels work, and also what users need/want.
Proposal Description
Please describe your proposal in detail. Include:
- An overview of your proposal
- The need you believe it fulfills
- Any relevant experience you have
- How do you intend to implement your proposal
- Final deliverable of the proposal at the end of the period
- A rough timeline for your progress
- Any other details you feel we should consider
Have you communicated with a potential mentor? If so, who?
I have contacted with Dennis Gilmore. We have discussed about whether I should use database or configuration files as a data source. I have also contacted once more for asking about web frameworks.