[Teammetrics-discuss] Fwd: Google Summer of Code - Team Activity Metrics

[Sukhbir Singh]

Hi,

> So the data is stored in SQL tables, and will need to be extracted, then
> presented to users though the web.

Yes, that's right.

> Is the data collected regularly, or would the metrics have to be run when
> someone accesses something on the web interface?

The data is collected once a month using a cron job and that is not
something you have to worry about! You will only need to fetch what is
there in the database, without worrying about how new/ old it is. Put
simply, leave the database to us and your job is only to bother about
how it is presented.

> With respect to the information on the GSoC Projects page: "Writing tools to
> verify that the information gathered using the metrics is correct." What
> would this require as part of the project?

It's not as bad as it sounds :) You have to write tests for the
scripts that gather the data. It's a one week job at most and we will
help you with this to get familiar with how it works.

-- 
Sukhbir