From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Lemmer Webber Subject: Re: Introducing myself as an Outreachy Intern Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 10:29:37 -0500 Message-ID: <87o9hv30da.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <87tvrzthwv.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]:45145) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fEceT-0005qe-Vx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2018 11:29:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fEceQ-0003bS-Rm for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2018 11:29:42 -0400 Received: from dustycloud.org ([50.116.34.160]:58836) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fEceQ-0003bG-NV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2018 11:29:38 -0400 In-reply-to: <87tvrzthwv.fsf@elephly.net> 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: Sahitihi , guix-devel@gnu.org Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Welcome Sahithi! > >> I Sahithi Yarlagadda, a Free Software enthusiast. I am from India, >> pursuing my under graduation final semester in Computer Science. I wil= l >> be working as an Outreachy Intern for May-August 2018. I am glad to be >> part of Guix Community. I have been working with Ricardo Wurmus during >> the application process. He helped me in understanding and working wit= h >> Guix. Community has given a great support, expecting the same till the= end. Hello Sahithi! I'm very excited to have you joining our community! > In my experience, this community is very supportive, patient, and > friendly. I=E2=80=99m sure you will find the same. I=E2=80=99m lookin= g forward to > working with you and hope you=E2=80=99ll enjoy the experience. Feel fr= ee to ask > questions by sending email to guix-devel@gnu.org =E2=80=94 chances are = that > someone else has the same question but didn=E2=80=99t dare to ask. This has been my experience also. I think "not being afraid to ask" is one of the biggest challenges, in my experience, for students coming in from Google Summer of Code or Outreachy. Luckily you have a realy great mentor, and people here are generally very happy to answer questions! > To the rest of the Guix community: please welcome Sahithi and support > this project by answering questions on IRC or here on the list. Horray! Welcome! (Wait, I already said that, but welcome again!) > I should add that Sahithi will be working on the project =E2=80=9CImpro= ve the > user experience for the "guix package" command line tool=E2=80=9D, whic= h will > address some of the major and minor problems that the command line > interface currently has. I=E2=80=99m the primary mentor for this proje= ct, and > G=C3=A1bor has volunteered to be co-mentor. Thank you, G=C3=A1bor! Oh! This is very exciting!