From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laura Lazzati Subject: [outreachy] Further steps Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:48:30 -0300 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58023) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gF8K1-00044e-Ep for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:51:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gF8IG-0005bk-G5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:49:09 -0400 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: Guix-devel Cc: Ricardo Wurmus Hi all! I'm really happy that the patch worked :) Tomorrow -yet Tuesday here, I live in the past :P - I will close the in progress contribution. If you don't mind, I have some questions and need some feedback to go on. - As regards patches, for future ones: 1)Why my patch file (the one I sent) does not work applying it with git am in my local cloned repo? Do I need to create a new branch or something like that? 2)Where can I read about how to set an appropriate commit log? (not running just git log to see how they were generated before) 3) I added an eol with emacs editor, just as you mentioned. Could you send me your previous output about the error you were getting about that line break, if you still have it? 4) I guess you already answered this one, but Is it ok to send patches attached to an email or is it strict to send them with git send-email when getting much more involved? In the thread of mails, I have already asked you, but I would like to know how to continue from now on: I would like to go on contributing as much as possible up to November 6th (the deadline for applying for Outreachy). 1) Is it fine to go on packaging R packages that are not available yet, now that I know how to import them, modify them and the whole process? 2) Do you prefer another tasks to be done? - I would like to contribute even after November 6th since I like the project really much and the community made me feel really comfortable, that's why I kept saying thank you almost all the time. Maybe after the deadline for applying for Outreachy, I could be participating - just some ideas that came into my mind: 1) reading all the documentation even more carefully, and learning even more about guix commands. 2) Getting much more involved with all the suggested tools that you use - I used vim in the past, for instance, so I'm learning emacs commands - and I am also learning new git commands, such as the ones that I had to use for the patches - or even install another hypervisor that is not VirtualBox. I played a little with KVM in the past, for example. 3) Go on playing with my VM with GuixSD. 4) Write my daily journal in gitlab, in the format you suggested - that I also have to learn. 5) Start learning about the stack I need to know for user documentation - yes, I like documenting as much as coding -, since sometimes I do not know which stack contains only free software. I don't know, there are always many things to go on learning, and I will not have the pressure by then to have contributions to be done for Outreachy . And of course this are some ideas, so that's why I am asking you for suggestions, and what do you think about them. Best regards! Laura