Thanks Aman for kicking this off. It’s good to have ideas discussed in public and to have a clear process.
We should update the wiki page w guidance and refer to that. To clarify, ‘GSOC Mentors’ must be Committers. Last year we asked for submissions for six idea areas and received a large number of submissions. We scrambled to review and to cover at least five projects w Committers. I served as the ‘Mentor of record’ for more than one. This is a known pattern but is not preferred. So, my sense is that recruiting and confirming the Committers is equally or even more important. Thanks, James PMC member and chair Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM Aman Mittal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Abhishek, > As this is the early phase, there may be chance that you will get response > late. As this is a volunteering work. > For second question, yes if even a small change is required in Apache > Fineract committer-mentor is necessary. All code that is contributed to > Apache Fineract must be release ready. > > On 2026/10/09 05:42:14 Abhishek Chaudhary wrote: > > Hi Aman, thanks for laying this out early. > > I had a few questions: > > > > 1. For core Apache Fineract ideas, are there any areas where committers > are > > available to mentor? This would help alot choose ideas that can get > proper > > guidance and review. > > > > 2. What's the preferred flow for an idea: a short design note on the dev > > list to find a mentor or maybe discussing in matrix first? followed by a > > Jira issue with the "gsoc2027" label? > > > > 3. If a non-core project (e.g., the back-office UI or a plugin) turns out > > to need a small change in Apache Fineract, does the committer-mentor > > requirement then apply to that project as well? > > > > Thanks! > > > > On Fri, 9 Oct, 2026, 10:26 am Shivaansh Pandey, <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Thanks for writing down the guidelines; it's very helpful to have the > > > process clear early. > > > > > > I posted an idea on this list earlier, under the subject "[DISCUSS] > > > GSoC 2027 idea: customization and extension framework for the > > > Backoffice UI". It only touches apache/fineract-backoffice-ui, so > > > under this proposal it would fall in the non-mainline category and > > > would not need changes to apache/fineract. > > > > > > Two questions: > > > > > > 1. Is anyone willing to mentor it? As I read the proposal, a community > > > member could mentor it since it doesn't touch the core repo. I'm happy > > > to rescope it to something smaller if the mentoring load is the > > > concern. > > > > > > 2. When the ideas list opens, should I draft the GSOC Jira ticket text > > > (background, goals, expected outcome, size) and post it here for > > > review before anyone files it? > > > > > > If this isn't the right fit, I'm also glad to look at other Backoffice > UI > > > work. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Shivaansh Pandey > > > GitHub: shivaansh0610-LUFFY > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM Aman Mittal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I think it should be the right time to establish guidelines regarding > > > how the GSoC 2027, please note that this is proposal. And nothing is > final > > > (mentors, project ideas, candidates). > > > > > > > > First of all the most important factor that will affect how many > ideas > > > we will consider is the mentors who will able to guide the mentees. > > > > > > > > Requirements of the mentor at fineract: > > > > Someone who has a good standing preferred if it is PMC member or a > > > committer. > > > > If they do not have committer access, any existing PMC member can > vouch > > > for him/her then one can mentor for Apache Fineract GSoC. > > > > Note: this process is similar to how ASF admins will give mentors > access > > > to the GSoC dashboard. Only difference is that even for existing PMC > member > > > they need acknowledgement from other PMC member in same PMC. > > > > > > > > Project Ideas: > > > > They are being tracked at ASF level on > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/COMDEV/pages/440304577/GSoC+2027+Ideas+list > > > > > > > > Regarding the ideas for Apache Fineract I invite community to submit > > > project idea. > > > > Important: If project proposal requires changing in "apache/fineract" > > > codebase the core product of the Apache Fineract PMC. We will only > consider > > > for evaluation if any pmc member or committer is willing to mentor on > this > > > and take care of merges. > > > > > > > > However if this does not require any changes (non mainline repos > such as > > > fineract-backoffice-ui , loan origination, consumer facing and bi > plugin or > > > new repo will be created) then we need someone who can mentor for that > > > (this may be general community member or non committee mentor). > > > > > > > > A message to gsoc aspirants: Please use public channels (matrix or > dev > > > list) as much as possible for queries and proposals and avoid private > > > messages to potential mentors. > > > > > > > > > > > > Note: this is only proposal, can be changed based on apache community > > > development pmc or gsoc guidelines and community suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Aman > > > > > >
