[Wikitech-l] Call for projects and mentors for Google Summer of Code 2022 and Outreachy Round 24 is ongoing!

[Srishti Sethi]

Hello everyone,

TLDR; Wikimedia will soon be applying as a mentoring organization to Google
Summer of Code 2022  [1] and Outreachy
Round 24  [2]. We are currently working on a
list of interesting project ideas to include in the application. If you
have some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation,
translation, outreach, research) projects, share them here: <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299453> [3].

*Timeline*
As a mentor, you will engage potential candidates in the application period
for both programs between March and April. You will help candidates make
small contributions to your project and answer any project-related queries
during this time. You will work more closely with the accepted candidates
during the coding period between May and August.

*New changes are coming to GSoC*
GSoC has exciting changes this year, including:
* Eligibility criteria redefined–the program is now open to all open-source
newcomers 18 years and older. It will no longer be solely focused on
university students or recent graduates.
* Multiple sizes of projects supported–ranging from ~175 to ~350 hr long.
* Increased flexibility in project timing–project deadline can be extended
to up to 22 weeks.

*Tips for proposing projects*
* Follow this task description template when you propose a project in
Phabricator: <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects> [4]. Add
#Google- Summer-of-Code (2022) or #Outreachy (Round 24) tag.
* Project should require an experienced developer ~15 days and a newcomer
~3 months to complete.
* Each project should have at least two mentors, and one of them should
hold a technical background.
* Ideally, the project has no tight deadlines, a moderate learning curve,
and fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core infrastructure. Projects
addressing the needs of a language community are most welcome!
* If you don't have an idea in mind and would like to pick one from an
existing list, check out these projects: <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/> [4]
* To learn more about the roles and responsibilities of mentors, visit our
resources on MediaWiki.org: <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors> [5], <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Mentors> [6].

Cheers,
Srishti


[1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com

[2] https://www.outreachy.org/

[3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299453

[4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/

[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors

[6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Mentors

*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikitech-l] Re: [Ops] Re: CI server maintenance Jan 18 16:00 UTC

[Antoine Musso]

On 18/01/2022 17:56, Antoine Musso wrote:

Hello,

The maintenance is complete.

If you have send patches in Gerrit you can have add them back to CI by 
commenting on the change: "recheck".


Some patches would require a second Code-Review +2 in order to have them 
processed since the queue got lost as the system got restarted.


Hello,

Something broke slightly after the restart and build were no more 
processed until I restarted Zuul at 17:37 UTC.


It should be good now.


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[Wikitech-l] Re: [Ops] CI server maintenance Jan 18 16:00 UTC

[Antoine Musso]

On 17/01/2022 19:21, Antoine Musso wrote:

Hello,

The continuous integration server contint2001 will be restarted for a 
hardware maintenance on Tuesday January 18th at 16:00 UTC. During the 
maintenance, the CI systems will be unavailable:


- Jenkins
- Zuul
- https://integration.wikimedia.org/

The out-of-band management system requires an update to address 
intermittent loss of connectivity.  We have to restart the server.



Time conversions:

PST  8:00
CT  10:00
UTC 16:00
CET 17:00

The task is:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T283582


Hello,

The maintenance is complete.

If you have send patches in Gerrit you can have add them back to CI by 
commenting on the change: "recheck".


Some patches would require a second Code-Review +2 in order to have them 
processed since the queue got lost as the system got restarted.


--
Antoine "hashar" Musso
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