Hi, Siddharth! First: please send questions like this to maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net it's a public mailing list dedicated to MySQL and MariaDB internals, source code, and related things. I am subscribed, so I'll see you mail there, and you may be sure I will, because it won't be accidentally catched by my spam filter, or sorted out in some obscure folder. Furthermore other subscribers will see your question and could reply if I will be not available (e.g. I could be travelling). Thank you. On Mar 11, Siddharth Dalmia wrote:

Hi Sergei,

I am interested in working on the project. I am new to the open source world so, can you tell how i should go forward? Do I need to work on something and show?

No, this is not required, but if you do it'll be a bonus point for you - you'll get familiar with MariaDB source code and would be able to write a better proposal. Everything you have to do and how you should move forward is written at the GSoC site. See http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014 Regards, Sergei