Re: New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) (was: as for Calc and the math library)

[Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

>> We have etc/TODO which could be used as a source of ideas.
>
> Are there any specific todo items there that you view as more suitable
> for people with limited experience in Emacs codebase?

I agree with many of the reservations Eli has, but on the other hand
this depends highly on what the projects will be.  Perhaps this could be
a good way to attract new contributors, some of which will be found in
the already existing Emacs community (parts of which do not interact
much with emacs-devel).

So I'm basically all in favor of GSoC, but someone needs to do the work
to get the ball rolling, for example with regards to suitable proposals.
If someone were to propose a list of projects, then it would be easier
for others to comment on it.  This could potentially also be used to
expand the text that is currently in etc/TODO, to improve that file.
If that's possible, the effort will never be wasted.

Another thing that would be useful in this regard is if people could
indicate their interest in mentoring students, even tentatively.
As for me, I _might_ have the time to act as mentor, but that is highly
tentative as I didn't consider or think about that very closely.  It
would also depend on the project idea, of course.