Hi all, I started teaching Python to students last year and I am mentoring a student in the company at the moment. All I can say is that I quite enjoy it. I have no idea if I am any good yet, but I definitely like trying to help others to get involved just as I was and am being helped myself :)
Avira has granted me 20% of my work time to work on tox so I am digging into that atm. I am mainly bug triaging and figuring out how to do releases without screwing up for now, but I guess I will have a bit of a clue to help someone come summer. So I would volunteer if somebody wants to work on tox - or is this pytest specific? Cheers Oliver On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 at 21:34 Bruno Oliveira <nicodde...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:10 AM Ana Ribeiro <aninhacostaribe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > About what would we gain from that, Google gives U$D 5,500 for every > student who completes the program plus U$D 500 to the organization for > every student mentored... So if we had like 4 students, plus the > contribution to the project, we would get maybe new contributors to the > project, plus U$D 2,000 (which is not a lot, but to a small organization > such as Pytest, it would mean a good addition). > > > Hmm that's interesting, didn't realize that. That money would be a welcome > towards our next sprint. > > > I think that many people that I meet in Sprint could be a great mentor > (you, Bruno; Brianna, Holger, etc)... I would say that maybe it would take > like 5 hours a week per student (Dave, is it too much or too little?)... We > have to present an idea list, so it would be good if every possible mentor > could present at least one idea. I created a fake organization profile just > to see the application form, and then I copied what I found here: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ilHJDlvm2hj4y9CEW_belAOBJzVARdzMb3ubxCdEUY/edit?usp=sharing > > > About ideas, I think we have quite a few small enhancements which could be > tackled by a new study, for example: > > * get rid of "ImportMismatchError" #2042 > * add option to see skip reason and verbose #2044 > * RFC: parametrizing conditional raising with pytest.raises #1830 > * Allow users to explicitly specify the path of the root directory #1642 > > We have some other improvements which are larger in scope, such as > eventually integrating pytest-catchlog into the core, there's a discussion > on how to handle asyncio test functions, etc. > > Plus there's always a ton of bugs to solve. > > Who wants to volunteer for mentoring? :) > > > Another thing, I just saw that Python accepts sub org applications, for > example, those were the sub orgs that worked with the main python > organization last year: > https://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2016#Python_Sub-orgs_and_Project_Ideas, > we can try to contact python org to see if Pytest can apply to be a sub org > of Python. > > > Sounds good. Besides the visibility, what else applying as a sub org > entails? > > Cheers, > Bruno. > > > > Best regards, > Ana > > 2017-01-20 12:02 GMT-03:00 Dave Hunt <dh...@mozilla.com>: > > This is a great idea! I blogged about my experiences with mentoring last > year at > http://davehunt.co.uk/mozilla/2016/09/26/lessons-from-mentoring.html and > I’m happy to answer any questions. > > On 20 Jan 2017, at 12:49, Bruno Oliveira <nicodde...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Ana, > I think that is a great idea, thanks for bringing this to attention of the > group! > > I did take a quick look at the site, and for those who don’t know (myself > included) what it means for us (as Pytest organization), here’s an excerpt > from their overview <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/>: > > *Organizations* > Open source projects apply to be mentor organizations. Once accepted, > organizations discuss possible ideas with students and then decide on the > proposals they wish to mentor for the summer. They provide mentors to help > guide each student through the program. > > *Mentors* > Existing contributors with the organizations can choose to mentor a > student project. Mentors and students work together to determine > appropriate milestones and requirements for the summer. Mentor interaction > is a vital part of the program. > > So before moving ahead I think we just need to see if: > > 1. Who wants to volunteer to be a mentor? I suppose it doesn’t take > too much time, only a few hours per week to synchronize activities, track > progress and answer the eventual question from the student. Dave Hunt might > add some comments here based on his experience on mentoring Ana for > Mozilla. > 2. I think we have a ton of small improvements that could be tackled > by a learning student, but I suppose we can also try to work on a single > larger improvement. Either way, I think that’s for the mentor/student to > ultimately decide. > 3. Anybody has any reason to oppose for applying at all? > > I think it is a great opportunity to promote pytest and help students > around the globe. > > Although I would love to, I can’t volunteer as I already have little free > time to work on pytest as it is. :/ > > Thoughts? > > Cheers, > Bruno. > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:13 AM Ana Ribeiro <aninhacostaribe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Fellows, > > Applications to Google Summer of Code to organizations are open! We should > apply as Pytest! > > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > I think I can help with the application (Writing it), but I can not be an > organization admin because I am eligible to apply as a student and I think > I'll do that (either applying to Mozilla or Pytest). > > Best Regards, > Ana > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > pytest-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > pytest-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > pytest-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev >
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