[syslog-ng] [GSoC] Interested in Python support for Correlation Library

[Akshay Aurora]

Hi,

I'm Akshay, computer science student from India. I have decent experience
with Python and system programming. Being a Mozillian, I have always been a
big fan of Rust and Servo project. I have previously dabbled with Rust –
and think of it as next system programming language. I hope to improve my
Rust skills as part of this project and write production quality code.

I have also been Google Summer of Code student at Inclusive Design
Institute in 2013 and Mozilla in 2014.

Few questions and ideas related to the project -

- While the reason to switch away from handlebars makes sense - Why do we
want to using Python as templating language? What are some of the use
cases, where Python could be beneficial over any other templating language?

- Are there any existing projects using Python as templating language? How
is this going to be different than passing the context data to a Python
script?

- For the SQL-like syntax mentioned in project description - Can we design
it as Python library using Rust via CFFI [0].

I have filled the student application form. I'm already trying to
understand the correlation library and playing around with existing tests.
How can I get more involved and better understand the requirements of the
project?

[0] - https://github.com/tremolo/rust_python_integration

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- Akshay Aurora

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