From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Guix Outreachy project looking for co-mentor Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:51:09 +0200 Message-ID: <875zyr3v76.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wor81n2c.fsf@gnu.org> <875zyst9z3.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48263) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g5WhK-0004BN-GF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:51:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g5WhE-0003NN-Rr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:51:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <875zyst9z3.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:00:32 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: Guix-devel Hi there! Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: [...] >> I encourage people on this list to volunteer to co-mentor this project: >> increasing our bus factor=C2=B9 is important (really!) and so is bringing >> people from diverse backgrounds to the project, and this is a nice >> project that can make a big difference for Guix. > > I agree. This video documentation project is very different from other > GSoC or Outreachy projects of the past in that they don=E2=80=99t really = require > programming skills. This makes it easier for mentors as well. > > If you are a contributor to Guix and you are familiar with how to use > Guix and what sets it apart from related systems you might be able to > co-mentor this project. If you aren=E2=80=99t sure feel free to get in t= ouch > with G=C3=A1bor and me (even off-list). Any volunteers yet? :-) > For that project I think it would be advisable to get in touch with the > maintainers of GNOME Software to better understand what would need to be > done on their side. I=E2=80=99d feel uncomfortable starting a project for > Outreachy unilaterally without having a liaison on the GNOME side. > > For internships we need to make sure that we control enough of the > variables that could lead to failure. I think this may not be possible > if the work happens on a foreign code base with a developer community > that we aren=E2=80=99t yet part of. > > This is doable, but it requires more than the usual preparation by a > potential mentor. Definitely, I agree. This cannot be as abstract a project as is commonly found in GSoC. Ludo=E2=80=99.