[Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC
Hello, This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to contribute to qemu project. Do i have any chance? Do you mentor projects outside gsoc? Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc? Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like otherhttp://teachingopensource.org/index.php/FOSS_Mentor_Projects#FOSS_Projects_Interested_in_Mentoring_Students.2FEducatorsorganizations provide? -- Thanks, Devang S http://celeritas9.wordpress.comhttp://celeritas9.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/competition-for-high-grades-seriously-limits-the-quality-of-learning-at-all-levels-of-education/
Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC
Hi Devang, On 21.03.2011, at 09:17, Devang S wrote: Hello, This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to contribute to qemu project. Do i have any chance? Do you mentor projects outside gsoc? Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc? Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like other organizations provide? This mostly depends on two factors: 1) Would you have been accepted as student for gsoc? There's a certain skill level required to participate. If for example I'd have to spend 3 weeks full-time explaining things before you even could get started with real work, unfortunately the trade-off is too bad. 2) Is there anyone willing to mentor the project you're trying to do? Qemu is a very broad project. If you happen to choose a part of it that nobody understands, you might end up not getting anyone willing to mentor you :). Also keep in mind that Qemu is an open source project, so we all mentor each other all the time. That's what this whole patch review thing is about :). Alex
Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote: Hi Devang, On 21.03.2011, at 09:17, Devang S wrote: Hello, This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to contribute to qemu project. Do i have any chance? Do you mentor projects outside gsoc? Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc? Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like other organizations provide? This mostly depends on two factors: 1) Would you have been accepted as student for gsoc? There's a certain skill level required to participate. If for example I'd have to spend 3 weeks full-time explaining things before you even could get started with real work, unfortunately the trade-off is too bad. 2) Is there anyone willing to mentor the project you're trying to do? Qemu is a very broad project. If you happen to choose a part of it that nobody understands, you might end up not getting anyone willing to mentor you :). Also keep in mind that Qemu is an open source project, so we all mentor each other all the time. That's what this whole patch review thing is about :). Alex Hi, Also, I'd suggest you to start here: http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere . You can also pick a GSOC 2010/2011 project, and start working on it outside of GSOC context if you want. And keep in mind that if you want to write code send patchs for QEMU, nobody can stop you :). -- Corentin Chary http://xf.iksaif.net
Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Corentin Chary corentin.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote: Hi Devang, On 21.03.2011, at 09:17, Devang S wrote: Hello, This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to contribute to qemu project. Do i have any chance? Do you mentor projects outside gsoc? Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc? Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like other organizations provide? This mostly depends on two factors: 1) Would you have been accepted as student for gsoc? There's a certain skill level required to participate. If for example I'd have to spend 3 weeks full-time explaining things before you even could get started with real work, unfortunately the trade-off is too bad. 2) Is there anyone willing to mentor the project you're trying to do? Qemu is a very broad project. If you happen to choose a part of it that nobody understands, you might end up not getting anyone willing to mentor you :). Also keep in mind that Qemu is an open source project, so we all mentor each other all the time. That's what this whole patch review thing is about :). Alex Hi, Also, I'd suggest you to start here: http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere . You can also pick a GSOC 2010/2011 project, and start working on it outside of GSOC context if you want. And keep in mind that if you want to write code send patchs for QEMU, nobody can stop you :). Corentin is right - just work on something that interests you and send patches. You could start by tackling open bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu. People have to pull their own weight, there is not a lot of internals documentation, you need to learn by reading the code. Official Summer of Code students will find the same thing is true. Stefan
