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

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com, acorallo@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 11:09:54 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> The interested students will likely also be at least casual Emacs users.
> >> So, some degree of familiarity is expected.
> >
> > User-level familiarity doesn't help in these matters, IME.
> 
> >> Other than that, how is Emacs dramatically different from working with
> >> any other large codebase?
> >
> > In a nutshell, Emacs is much larger than most other projects, and its
> > features are much less localized than those of other large projects.
> 
> But not every feature, right? Some parts are easier to hack than others.
> I imagine that many Elisp parts are somewhat easier compared to C code.

Only if you are lucky, and only if you are familiar with the code in
question.

> >> What is needed is a formulation of projects/features that are desired.
> >> Mentors do not have to be maintainers. Experienced Emacs contributors
> >> can be the mentors (also, mentoring a student can be a good addition to
> >> some types of CVs).
> >
> > 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?

Possibly, but someone needs to look at them with this in mind.