Interest in Participating for GSoC '23

Interest in Participating for GSoC '23

[Sarthak Shah]

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Hi everyone,

Hello! I'm interested in contributing to the GNU Guix project through the
Google Summer of Code program.
My programming expertise mainly lies with Scheme, Common Lisp, Clojure and
C/C++, but I can also write code in other languages when needed.
Additionally, I have some experience as a system administrator of my
university's HPC system.
I am also the president of my college's equivalent of a GNU/Linux advocacy
group, through which I have organized and facilitated GNU/Linux
installation workshops to introduce my classmates and juniors to free
software.

I would love to work on a project utilizing GNU Guile if possible.
Of the projects listed on the website
<https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2023>, I found the following
interesting:
- Continued Rewrite of the Build Daemon in Guile
<https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2018#Continue_rewrite_build_daemon_in_Guile_Scheme>
(Mentors
mentioned: Ludovic (+ David, +...?))
 (If I understand correctly, this will be a continuation of reepca's work
in 2017
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00267.html>)
- Guile-based build tool
<https://libreplanet.org/wiki?title=Group:Guix/GSoC-2020#Guile_based_build-tool>
(Mentors
mentioned: Pjotr Prins and other Guix members)
- Guix Data Service revision processing instrumentation and performance
<https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2021#Project:_Guix_Data_Service_revision_processing_instrumentation_and_performance>
(Mentors
mentioned: Christopher Baines & Gábor Boskovits)
I understand that the mentors listed here may not necessarily be free to
mentor this year, however I would really appreciate getting to work on any
of these projects.

Apart from the listed projects, I'm also interested in having parameterized
packages
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-11/msg00312.html> in
Guix.
Unlike most package managers, Guix is source-based and I believe that
parametrized packages would be a fine way to use that to Guix's advantage.

It's tradition for potential GSoC participants to help resolve issues
before applying in preparation for the actual task, so I would appreciate
suggestions on problems I could help with.
Additionally, a rough timeline of when I'd be expected to submit a draft
proposal would be appreciated.

Happy Hacking!
Sarthak
IRC nick: cel7t

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Re: Interest in Participating for GSoC '23

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Sarthak,

Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com> skribis:

> Hello! I'm interested in contributing to the GNU Guix project through the
> Google Summer of Code program.
> My programming expertise mainly lies with Scheme, Common Lisp, Clojure and
> C/C++, but I can also write code in other languages when needed.
> Additionally, I have some experience as a system administrator of my
> university's HPC system.
> I am also the president of my college's equivalent of a GNU/Linux advocacy
> group, through which I have organized and facilitated GNU/Linux
> installation workshops to introduce my classmates and juniors to free
> software.

Nice, welcome!

> - Continued Rewrite of the Build Daemon in Guile
> <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2018#Continue_rewrite_build_daemon_in_Guile_Scheme>
> (Mentors
> mentioned: Ludovic (+ David, +...?))
>  (If I understand correctly, this will be a continuation of reepca's work
> in 2017
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00267.html>)

I didn’t copy this project over to the GSoC-2023 page because at this
stage I’m no longer sure whether GSoC is the right way for the project
to make further progress on this.  I think developers in the community
already experienced with Guix internals and with Fibers will have to
dive in.

[...]

> Apart from the listed projects, I'm also interested in having parameterized
> packages
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-11/msg00312.html> in
> Guix.

That’s a good idea.  If you can become familiar with the details, I can
co-mentor it—which means we’d need to find a co-mentor.  :-)

> It's tradition for potential GSoC participants to help resolve issues
> before applying in preparation for the actual task, so I would appreciate
> suggestions on problems I could help with.

I would suggest “poking around” generally speaking, which means first
installing it.  A good first contribution is often a package: one that
you’re missing, that needs an update, etc.

Then I’d encourage you to look more closely at the area you’re interest
in, for instance package transformations: there are a couple of open
issues at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org> that you might want to read, or
perhaps you’ll have ideas of new transformations to add?

Thanks for reaching out!

Ludo’.

Re: Interest in Participating for GSoC '23

[Sarthak Shah]

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Hi Ludovic,
Thank you for your suggestions!
I've decided to focus on parameterized packages for my GSoC Application.
Owing to mid semester exams, I have not been able to contribute much to
Guix up until recently, and as such my only contributions are a simple
patch and two packages. I am currently in the process of working on a
script similar to NixOS' command-not-found that relies on guix index (which
is yet to be merged).
I have four questions with regards to my application and I'd appreciate
answers from individuals in the mailing list;
1. Are there any specific issues I could work on to develop a better
understanding of package transformations and also prove my skills
2. What is expected from a project proposal
3. Is there a soft deadline for submitting the draft proposal
4. Would anyone here be interested in co-mentoring this project

Sincerely,
Sarthak (cel7t)

On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 2:16 AM Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi Sarthak,
>
> Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com> skribis:
>
> > Hello! I'm interested in contributing to the GNU Guix project through the
> > Google Summer of Code program.
> > My programming expertise mainly lies with Scheme, Common Lisp, Clojure
> and
> > C/C++, but I can also write code in other languages when needed.
> > Additionally, I have some experience as a system administrator of my
> > university's HPC system.
> > I am also the president of my college's equivalent of a GNU/Linux
> advocacy
> > group, through which I have organized and facilitated GNU/Linux
> > installation workshops to introduce my classmates and juniors to free
> > software.
>
> Nice, welcome!
>
> > - Continued Rewrite of the Build Daemon in Guile
> > <
> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2018#Continue_rewrite_build_daemon_in_Guile_Scheme
> >
> > (Mentors
> > mentioned: Ludovic (+ David, +...?))
> >  (If I understand correctly, this will be a continuation of reepca's work
> > in 2017
> > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00267.html>)
>
> I didn’t copy this project over to the GSoC-2023 page because at this
> stage I’m no longer sure whether GSoC is the right way for the project
> to make further progress on this.  I think developers in the community
> already experienced with Guix internals and with Fibers will have to
> dive in.
>
> [...]
>
> > Apart from the listed projects, I'm also interested in having
> parameterized
> > packages
> > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-11/msg00312.html> in
> > Guix.
>
> That’s a good idea.  If you can become familiar with the details, I can
> co-mentor it—which means we’d need to find a co-mentor.  :-)
>
> > It's tradition for potential GSoC participants to help resolve issues
> > before applying in preparation for the actual task, so I would appreciate
> > suggestions on problems I could help with.
>
> I would suggest “poking around” generally speaking, which means first
> installing it.  A good first contribution is often a package: one that
> you’re missing, that needs an update, etc.
>
> Then I’d encourage you to look more closely at the area you’re interest
> in, for instance package transformations: there are a couple of open
> issues at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org> that you might want to read, or
> perhaps you’ll have ideas of new transformations to add?
>
> Thanks for reaching out!
>
> Ludo’.
>

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Re: Interest in Participating for GSoC '23

[Josselin Poiret]

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Hi Sarthak,

Just chiming in on one of your questions.

Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Ludovic,
> Thank you for your suggestions!
> I've decided to focus on parameterized packages for my GSoC Application.
> Owing to mid semester exams, I have not been able to contribute much to
> Guix up until recently, and as such my only contributions are a simple
> patch and two packages. I am currently in the process of working on a
> script similar to NixOS' command-not-found that relies on guix index (which
> is yet to be merged).
> I have four questions with regards to my application and I'd appreciate
> answers from individuals in the mailing list;
> 1. Are there any specific issues I could work on to develop a better
> understanding of package transformations and also prove my skills

I think the issue mentioned in the last message at [1] could be a good
start, though it may require some knowledge of Guix, mostly through its
G-Expressions!  You would have to extend the transformation to consider
the case where the source is not a directory.

> 2. What is expected from a project proposal
> 3. Is there a soft deadline for submitting the draft proposal
> 4. Would anyone here be interested in co-mentoring this project

I unfortunately don't think I can co-mentor the project, but I'll always
be happy to answer questions whenever I'm available :)

[1] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/61684#16

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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