Hi there! Ricardo Wurmus <[email protected]> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes: [...] >> I encourage people on this list to volunteer to co-mentor this project: >> increasing our bus factor¹ 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’t 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’t sure feel free to get in touch > with Gábor 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’d 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’t 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’.
