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

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

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.

>> 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?

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