GSoC RTC projects blog

I've written a blog today with a brief summary of each RTC-related project: http://danielpocock.com/webrtc-sip-xmpp-projects-gsoc-2016

GSoC participants (past and present) at MiniDebConf Vienna, group photo?

There are several mentors and students here at Linuxwochen / MiniDebConf. One of our previous students from 2013 is a Vienna local too. Would anybody like to try and meet at some time for a group photo? I just arrived today and I'm currently in the Debian room on the 4th floor Regards,

Re: GSoC, Outreachy and other time commitments (other jobs, etc)

On 27/04/16 05:35, harsh daftary wrote: > Faq > : > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq#how_much_time_does_gsoc_participation_take > > What I want to know is 40 hours per week of work does not mean 40 hours > of coding right ? > Can it be documenting / designing architecture or

Re: GSoC, Outreachy and other time commitments (other jobs, etc)

On 26/04/16 23:54, Olly Betts wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 02:18:43PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> There have been different statements about this from different mentors >> and Google themselves each year. > > What Google's FAQ says *this year* is clear: > >

GSoC, Outreachy and other time commitments (other jobs, etc)

Hi all, >From my understanding, GSoC is not a job, it is a student program that pays a stipend to every student who passes. That means a performance-based payment for completing a project, much like a freelance photographer receives some payment when they hand over a completed wedding album.

[GSoC] where are the students?

I started making a table listing the locations of the students on RTC projects[1] It looks like two students, Udit and Pranav, are somewhere around Delhi and Keerthana and Balram are both at the same campus, Govt. Model Engineering College, Kerala, India. If you are able to meet up with each

Re: [GSoC] more details on wiki pages

On 09/05/16 06:24, 殷啟聰 wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Are we supposed to create a page under StudentWikiPages catagory? or > are we creating a page at the root? I don't see other students' pages > showing up anywhere :( > Hi Kai-Chung, These are only suggestions for the page you already created as

Re: [GSoC] important: weekly reports

On 19/07/16 08:11, 殷啟聰 wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Do you mean we need to report about our activities during DebConf16 as well? > The exact things you need to include depends on what your mentor expects If you did anything like giving a talk at DebConf or working collaboratively with any other

GSoC mentor summit?

Hi all, Has there been any communication about selecting mentors to represent Debian at Google's mentor summit? I couldn't find it in the list archive, I don't know if it has been raised elsewhere. We have a number of new mentors this year who may not be familiar with the summit, it would be

Re: GSoC mentor summit? (Google funded travel)

On 17/08/16 14:26, Sylvestre Ledru wrote: > Hello, > > Le 17/08/2016 à 14:23, Daniel Pocock a écrit : >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Has there been any communication about selecting mentors to represent >> Debian at Google's mentor summit? I couldn't

Re: Calling for projects in the December 2016 - March 2017 round of Outreachy

On 16/09/16 09:58, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > * Nicolas Dandrimont [2016-09-14 18:40:42 > +0200]: > >> Debian will be able to fund two outstanding candidates out of the >> project funds, so we will make sure that the projects selected >> will have an impact on Debian

Re: FOSDEM Sponsorship from Debian or Google?

On 15/12/16 09:59, 殷啟聰 wrote: > Hi, > > Will there be travel sponsorship to FOSDEM provided by Debian or > Google Summer of Code, like we had in FOSDEM 2016? > I was responsible for coordinating a lot of that for 2016 but unfortunately I am not able to volunteer the time to do that again for

Re: FOSDEM Sponsorship from Debian or Google?

On 05/01/17 15:07, sourav mondal wrote: > hi, > happy new year every one > can a new comer like me participate in FOSDEM ? > FOSDEM is a free and open public event and anybody is welcome to attend, propose a talk or volunteer: https://fosdem.org Participating and volunteering at events

Outreachy - weekly report emails?

During GSoC we ask the students to submit weekly email reports on this mailing list. Do the admins have similar expectations for the Outreachy interns? Marina sent an email on the Outreachy list asking for a blog post every two weeks. Regards, Daniel

Fwd: deadline imminent / DebCon17 registration is now open

Hi all, If any past GSoC or Outreachy participants want to experience the excitement of DebConf, now is the time to apply for travel funding. The deadline is 10 May but I would encourage you to apply this week to give the organizers plenty of time to look at the funding situation. Regards,

Re: Intro: candidate to help with events calendar

On 25/09/17 21:18, Renata D'Avila wrote: > Hello, everyone! > > I am from Brazil. Currently, I teach History for high schoolers, but > I've been working towards a career change since last year. I took a > three-semester vocational/tech course in IT and web development, > offered by a public school

Re: Contribution to calendar database of social events and conferences

On 16/09/17 20:38, Kiran Shahdadpuri wrote: > Greetings! > > I am interested in contributing to calendar database of social events > and conferences .Please let me know how can I start and make my > initial contribution , and I will get on it. > Are you still interested in applying to this

Re: Outreachy participation (Calendar)

On 21/09/17 17:40, Esteban Monge wrote: > Hello: > > I have skills on PHP, I want help on this project: > https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects/SocialEventAndConferenceCalendars > > I have a little github page: > https://github.com/estebanmonge > Are you still interested in applying

Re: Introduction Mail (Outreachy / Calendar)

On 06/09/17 16:21, Dhara Vihol wrote: > Hello,  > > I am Dhara Vihol. I'm a student of 4th-year computer student from > India. I want to participate in the outreachy Round 15. > > *About my skills:* Till now, I have worked with WordPress and > developed some websites. I've developed my skills in

Re: Outreachy Round 15 (Calendar)

On 10/09/17 13:21, Shaily Sangwan wrote: > Hi everyone! I'm Shaily, a political science graduate from University > of Delhi, India. > I am interested in working on developing a relevant calendar database > of social events and conferences. > I've sent an email to the mentor associated with that

Re: Outreachy participation (Calendar)

On 04/10/17 14:29, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote: > Hi, > > - Mensagem original - >> De: "Daniel Pocock" <dan...@pocock.pro> >> >> Is anybody else interested in being part of the mentoring team for this >> project? > As a DM, I

Re: Fwd: Outreachy 2017, OpenPGP Clean Room

On 25/09/17 08:01, Aarti Kashyap wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: *Aarti Kashyap* > > Date: Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 3:16 PM > Subject: Outreachy 2017, OpenPGP > To: pki-clean-room-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org >

Re: Project PKI-Clean-Room

On 01/09/17 19:59, swechha jha wrote: > Hey > > I am Swechha , a 3rd year computer science and engineering student.I > have worked with python for some simple projects and this project > interests me a lot. I want to work on this and learn as much as possible > on the way, shall I get started

Re: Resigning as a Debian GSoC and Outreachy coordinator

On 29/08/17 16:44, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > [Cc: leader so you can call for help, and in the end update the outreach team > delegation] > > Dearest all, > > I'm hereby letting everyone know that I won't be coordinating GSoC or > Outreachy participation for Debian in the next rounds. > >

Calendar and Event project status update

Hi everybody, For those who are applying for the event calendar project, I've put more detail on a new wiki page[1] and I've also written a blog[2] about the project. Please look at the new wiki page, especially the work items section near the bottom.  Each task listed there is a potential

Re: Regarding outreachy - calendar database project

On 22/10/17 19:59, varsha sharma wrote: > Hi ! > > I am Varsha Sharma, a recent graduate in computer science engineering. I > am interested in the Calender Database project under Debian organization. > I am familiar with basic web development stack(HTML, CSS, jQuery, > Javascript, Bootstrap,

evaluating Redmine / redmine_agile Kanban for mentoring

Hi, If anybody wants to try the redmine_agile module instead of Wekan or Kanboard, I have an instance running here: https://outreach-lab.debian.net/redmine/account/register You can see an example of the Kanban / scrum board here:

evaluating Kanboard for mentoring

Hi all, Does anybody want to evaluate Kanboard for their project? If you want it but don't have access to any existing Kanboard I am happy to install it on outreach-lab.debian.net for you but somebody else will have to volunteer to administer it. Regards, Daniel

Bug#898259: RFP: vscode -- Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-de...@lists.debian.org,debian-outreach@lists.debian.org Visual Studio Code regularly comes up in discussions.  Several GSoC students have asked about using it for Python projects. Upstream releases[1] the source code under an MIT license on

Re: evaluating Kanboard for mentoring

On 05/05/18 15:56, Thomas Levine wrote: > You did make it sound very appealing in comparison with those I tried > that are available in Sandstorm. Please install it, and I will at least > try it out. > > It might save me enough time to be worth the effort to administrate it, > though I would

Re: Kanboards

On 10/05/18 17:55, Thomas Levine wrote: > All of the normal kanboards look annoying to manage for me, and > I actually think we don't particularly benefit from the web interfaces > because each student is working independently. So, I suggest that > people (especially my students) do something like

urgent: DebConf18 travel bursary announcements

Hi everybody, Please check your spam folder and if you use a service like gmail that hides messages in other tabs, please check there to see if you received any reply about a DebConf bursary. The DebConf team sent announcements last week. If you can't find an email, please try and log in to

Re: Call For Mentors | PyDelhi Dev Sprint | 23rd June 2018

On 12/06/18 15:09, Raju Devidas wrote: > Reply Inline > > > On मंगलवार 12 जून 2018 05:54 अपराह्न, Shashank Kumar wrote: >> >> Hello folks, >> >> We at PyDelhi[0], are a volunteer-driven organization and we conduct >> bi-weekly meet-ups, Dev-Sprint, seminars, workshops on different >> topics

Fwd: DebConf - Deadline for eCode for VISA is Jun 13

Even if you didn't receive a reply about funding yet, please send the information for the visa ASAP Please also make sure you subscribe to receive important notices like this about DebConf as we won't always be able to copy them to the debian-outreach list:

events/funds for those not going to DebConf

Hi all, I'd like to remind everybody (both mentors and students) that even if you were not selected for DebConf, Debian is still willing to consider any requests you have: - funds for travel to an event, anywhere - funds for organizing your own local event - it doesn't have to be on the

mentors: drafting welcome email and policy page on wiki

Hi, I've noticed some interns are not posting reports and I've had feedback that some interns may not be subscribed to the debian-outreach list. Therefore, I'd like to send a private email to every intern, I've put a draft into Salsa:

weekly reports: this list, into Git, or elsewhere?

Hi all, Do people feel good about receiving 25 report emails each week on this list? Would anybody prefer to see any of the following alternatives: - we create a new list, just for reports? - students put the reports in a shared Git repository, maybe using Markdown so it can be rendered with

Re: weekly reports: this list, into Git, or elsewhere?

On 31/05/18 08:29, Bruno Magalhães wrote: > Hi, > > The wiki sounds like a sensible solution to have everything > centralised in one place, and for future reference. The emails work > better, IMO, because they are very visible and a student knows that if > they miss the report it will be noticed.

automating the weekly reports, send us your blogs

blog to the Planet configuration by adding an entry like this to the configuration file: # Daniel Pocock, GSoC 2018 mentor [https://danielpocock.com/tags/debian/feed] name = Daniel Pocock Notice the URL returns RSS and it only returns posts that I tagged "debian" because that is in the

urgent: accept your DebConf bursary today

Hi all, For those of you who received a DebConf bursary, please remember you MUST log in to the DebConf system and click the button to confirm you want to accept the bursary. If you didn't receive any email, please log in to the DebConf18 site to check your status. The deadline is 24 June,

Re: Need help from debian mentors

On 26/06/18 09:17, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > Hi, > > For the project Virtual LTSP we have a task for creating packages > `debian-edu-preschool`, `debian-edu-primary`, `debian-edu-secondary` > and `debian-edu-terciary`, similar to their counterparts of `ubuntu-edu-*` > See: 

Re: Mumble server for mentoring

On 24/04/18 18:25, Thomas Levine wrote: > I have set up a Mumble server for my mentees, and I am happy to make > it available to other Debian GSoC projects. Please contact me if you are > interested in using it. > > You can read about Mumble here. > https://wiki.mumble.info/ > Thanks for the

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

On 09/01/18 21:58, Jacob Adams wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 1:21 PM, Molly de Blanc > wrote: > > We just started discussing it at outreach@. > > The deadline for organization applications is January 23rd. I spoke > with Josh

mailing list for Renata's project (Calendar)?

Hi, Can anybody make any suggestion about an existing mailing list that would be suitable for discussion about the Calendar project Renata[1] is working on? This project will also be promoted in GSoC so it would be good to start building up an archive of discussions in a single place. Regards,

co-mentoring some of my projects?

Hi all, I've resurrected a few project ideas on the wiki[1] for GSoC 2018 If anybody doesn't have time to post their own project but would like to co-mentor please feel free to add your name. Regards, Daniel 1. https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

On 12/01/18 16:32, Molly de Blanc wrote: > A few quick notes, but I'll dig into this after work (UTC -5) tonight. > > The proposed projects will also be serving as the Outreachy projects for > Round 16 (this summer). If anyone objects to their project being > included in both lists, please say

Re: Newcomer in debian-outreach mailing list

On 02/02/18 14:48, frem wrote: > Hello, > > I’m Fred and I’m subscribe to this mailing list to talk about the > Social event and conference calendars project. > > I'm FLOSS enthusiast, commons contributor and Privacy activist. > I'm also professional developer. > > I take the opportunity of this

Re: wizard for onboarding interns/applicants

On 24/01/18 09:16, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 24/01/18 05:24, mollydb wrote: >> >>> While I've personally proposed more than one idea, there are several >>> co-mentors I'm speaking to for each of them. As long as each one has >>> sufficient co-me

Fwd: DebConf 18: Call for Proposals

Hi all, The DebConf18 call for proposals was released this week. Any mentors, current or past interns are welcome to propose a talk, workshop or any other session within the conference. You don't have to propose a session on the same topic as your internship: it can be about anything you feel

new mentors invited to join call with one of our current interns

Hi all, Renata is one of the current interns in Outreachy We are having at least one call per week with Jitsi Meet Renata is happy for other potential mentors to join one of her weekly calls to see how we use Jitsi Meet, the wiki and Kanboard together. Big thanks to Bruno and Paulo for

Kanboard and alternatives for mentoring

Hi, The DebConf team is running kanban.debian.net We weren't sure if that is open to Outreachy and GSoC so Paulo kindly set up an instance at kanban.softwarelivre.org for Renata's project:

Re: response to student applications

On 16/02/18 19:22, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > I'd like to thank everybody who applied to one of my project ideas > already and also those who responded to some of them on IRC. > Attention all students who contacted me using my personal email address: please now look at the wiki[1]

GSoC 2018: Telify replacement

Hi all, I'm starting this thread to track contact from potential interns and mentors for this project in GSoC and Outreachy. If you are interested as a student or mentor please feel free to reply on this thread. Projects won't go ahead without sufficient mentors so if you or anybody you know

GSoC 2018: Broadcast data from GPredict

Hi all, I'm starting this thread to track contact from potential interns and mentors for this project in GSoC and Outreachy. If you are interested as a student or mentor please feel free to reply on this thread. Projects won't go ahead without sufficient mentors so if you or anybody you know

GSoC 2018: Kanban Board for Debian Bug Tracker

Hi all, I'm starting this thread to track contact from potential interns and mentors for this project in GSoC and Outreachy. If you are interested as a student or mentor please feel free to reply on this thread. Projects won't go ahead without sufficient mentors so if you or anybody you know

GSoC 2018: Calendar database of social events

Hi all, I'm starting this thread to track contact from potential interns and mentors for this project in GSoC and Outreachy. If you are interested as a student or mentor please feel free to reply on this thread. Projects won't go ahead without sufficient mentors so if you or anybody you know

Re: Suggestion on social event and conference calendars project

On 14/02/18 05:23, frem wrote: > On 02/02/18 14:54, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 02/02/18 14:48, frem wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I’m Fred and I’m subscribe to this mailing list to talk about the >> > Social event and conference calendars p

Re: Kanboard and alternatives for mentoring

(please reply on debian-devel unless your reply is very specific to one of the other teams) Hi all, I wanted to share this discussion with the wider community as Kanboard has appeared in two different teams (DebConf and Outreach) and it also relates to (or potentially duplicates) the

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On 20/02/18 07:49, Molly de Blanc wrote: > More admins are -definitely- needed all around--for Outreachy and GSoC. > Great, as you may be the last man standing in the existing delegation it is really helpful to have you confirm that > I am personally disinclined to add more tools to process

updating the project ideas list

Hi all, I understand there have been a few discussions about the project ideas list and the variety of projects, some of which are very much core Debian activities and others being about the wider free software eco-system. I don't want to start the full discussion about that just yet: this

putting verbose mailto URIs in the projects page

Hi, I like the idea of using a list (either this one or another dedicated list, e.g. debian-outreach-applications) to handle the first contact from each applicant so we can welcome them even if the mentor isn't always available. In my own listings, I added a tag "+mentor" to my email address so

selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

Hi all, Google has announced the mentor summit will be held on 12-14 October 2018 Debian can choose two mentors who will be fully funded to attend.  Officially, Google allocated USD 2,200 for Debian to pay their flights and visas but if the cost is more than that mentors can request top-up

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On 07/08/18 23:47, Olly Betts wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 09:09:54PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> I didn't see anybody else comment on the selection algorithm publicly so >> I'd like to throw in a couple of suggestions, so if there are more than >> 2 people who want

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On 02/08/18 22:52, Daniel Pocock wrote: > In the past, Debian has given priority to mentors who never attended the > summit before.  If anybody (including students) would like to make > suggestions about alternatives or enhancements to this algorithm, please > do so, the existi

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On 08/08/18 10:50, Pranav Jain wrote: > I agree to the point that we need to consider the past contributions > to Debian. These contributions might not directly be technical but > other sort too (volunteering for events, hosting mini Deb conf etc). > > I agree that quantifying these things is

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On 07/08/18 21:40, Lucas Kanashiro wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > I agree with the points presented to be part of the selection algorithm > (maybe not in the order that you listed) but I would add something to > measure the candidate's contributions to Debian Project, since the > selected mentors

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On 11/08/18 09:32, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:03 PM Manas Kashyap > mailto:manaskashyapt...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I agree with this point , and sorry , is there a criteria like only > girls admin can go for it . > > > In my opinion, any selection criteria

Re: final upload to Google: trial run

On 16/07/18 10:35, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > In August, every student needs to make an upload of code to Google. > This is a mandatory requirement to pass GSoC. > > I would propose that we do a trial run next week as described below. If > anybody wants t

final upload to Google: trial run

Hi everybody, In August, every student needs to make an upload of code to Google. This is a mandatory requirement to pass GSoC. I would propose that we do a trial run next week as described below. If anybody wants to propose an alternative way to do this or if you saw other communities doing

evaluation deadline and coding progress

Hi everybody, Mentors and admins need to submit feedback to Google by the end of next week. As well as your mentors, admins look over the code committed by each of you to make sure minimum requirements are satisfied for everybody who passes the evaluation. For us to look at any code you are

updating admin / coordinators team for 2019 and beyond

Hi everybody, We have not pushed ahead with formalizing the GSoC admin / coordinators delegation so far. Are there any other mentors who would potentially want to be involved as admins in 2019 and beyond? Notice that you don't have to be both a mentor and admin at the same time. You can do

check that your Salsa profile and repositories are all publicly visible

Hi everybody, It is important for GSoC that all code is publicly visible to users who are not logged in to Salsa or any other hosting service you use.  Other team members and people at Google may want to look at things. Please check the profile and repository security settings Please try to

wizard for onboarding interns/applicants

Hi all, I've proposed a project for GSoC 2018 / Outreachy round 16 for an intern to create a "wizard" that helps onboard[1] new interns in future. Does anybody want to suggest specific requirements? Please feel free to edit them into the wiki page. If anybody would like to co-mentor you

Re: threading applications on debian-outreach list (was: Regarding Google Summer of Code 2018)

On 21/02/18 00:11, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 20/02/18 07:58, Molly de Blanc wrote: >> Related comments from the Outreachy mentors list: >> >> On 02/19/2018 03:39 PM, Outreachy Organizers wrote: >>> Other mentors who have applicants contacting t

Re: response to student applications

On 21/02/18 00:26, Daniel Pocock wrote: > Please also note that we are still having discussions about the > structure of the GSoC admin team in Debian and so it may be a few more > days before we prioritize our list of projects. It is possible that > some of the projects without m

Re: Making decisions for GSoC and Outreachy

On 10/03/18 18:15, Molly de Blanc wrote: > As we come up on decision time (well, it's a few weeks away), I'm > looking for two to three other people to help make final decisions on > who we'll be accepting for the two programs. It would be better if these > people were not mentors who are

Re: updating the project ideas list

On 10/03/18 17:52, Molly de Blanc wrote: > But is Debian an umbrella organization? :P I agree there is a difference between whether Google sees us that way and whether we see ourselves that way. There was a big debate on debian-devel recently[1] about Debian's relevance because of the problems

Re: DebConf bursary deadline for GSoC/Outreachy?

On 04/04/18 18:37, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > Sorry for the delay in replying to this. Comments inline. > > * Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> [2018-03-27 22:19:41 +0200]: > >> Hi all, >> >> The deadline to apply for a DebConf travel and

Re: Enrollment proof

On 04/04/18 19:27, Jaminy Prabaharan wrote: > Your project proposal has been received in the GSoC portal as final, > Harshit. > Actually, it is possible for students to appear as "Final" even when Google has not yet validated the replacement documents the student submitted. I'm aware of

Debian mentors: please join "outreach-team" on salsa.debian.org

Hi all, I've created a group here for mentors, admins and other interested developers: https://salsa.debian.org/groups/outreach-team/ This is useful for a few reasons: - helping admins keep track[1] of who is a potential mentor, who needs to receive emails, etc - sharing scripts and tools

Re: GSoC-Community Bonding Period

On 24/04/18 19:36, Alexandre Viau wrote: > On 2018-04-24 12:44 PM, Jaminy Prabaharan wrote: >> Also, create your Debian wiki pages as mentioned in the last mail in the >> mailing list. > > Are you referring to Daniel's email? > > It says: >> For the students I'm involved in mentoring, please

evaluating Kanban / scrum boards for mentoring

Hi everybody, There are several Kanban / scrum boards that can potentially be used for mentoring. These are free software (Trello isn't) and they release all their source code. We have Redmine in Debian and there are various Kanban plugins available for it, one of them has an online demo here:

Re: GSoC-Community Bonding Period

On 25/04/18 05:30, Alexandre Viau wrote: > On 2018-04-24 11:08 PM, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: >> How do the mentors drop a student when they realize he is not serious or >> suitable about the project? Please be careful with comments about students on the public mailing list I realize that in some

Re: GSoC applications download

On 27/03/18 20:37, Pranav Jain wrote: > Hi Thomas, > Please do let me know if you didn't hear from Admin(s) soon.  > > I would be happy to download individual proposals for your project and > send it to you :) I just had a look, the download is a CSV and it only contains the URLs of the

DebConf bursary deadline for GSoC/Outreachy?

Hi all, The deadline to apply for a DebConf travel and accommodation bursary is 13 April That is before the official announcement about who participates in GSoC and Outreachy. Has anybody looked into the procedure for students to apply? Will the bursary team give them an extended deadline?

Re: GSoC 2018: Wizard/GUI helping students get started

Hi all, I'm sending this email to the list and BCC to all those who applied personally or on the list so you all receive the same information. If you are not already subscribed to the list I recommend you subscribe: https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach The other co-mentors and I are still

email to debian-devel-announce?

Hi all, I realized we never sent anything to debian-devel-announce this year. Is there anybody in the team keen to send such an email? As mentioned in my blog[1] today, I feel it would be good for more people to look over all the applicants, including those who proposed their own topics. If

Re: Tools for communication, coordination and project management

On 19/03/18 22:33, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> >> >> On 10/03/18 07:37, Alexander Wirt wrote: >>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2018, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:38

Re: Applications feedback

On 21/03/18 02:32, Daniele Nicolodi wrote: > On 20/03/2018 19:20, Molly de Blanc wrote: >> >> >> On 03/20/2018 02:13 PM, Daniele Nicolodi wrote: >>> feedback: should mentors organize so that all >>> applications get some feedback from mentors before the submission deadline? >> >> This is my

Re: tips for writing your proposal

On 13/03/18 20:12, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Some general ideas for things to put in the proposal. > > Personally, I prefer to see 1 or 2 pages + extra pages for diagrams. > Other mentors may want other things in the plan. > > Not all of these things impact the assessment

Re: [GSOC][Easy-GnuPG] Willing to help out as co-mentor

On 23/03/18 10:29, T K Sourabh wrote: > > I want to help mentoring for porting and distributing EasyGnuPG > project, currently in bash, to python using the GPGME library[5]. I am > quite proficient in python and am well versed with its various > technicalities accompanied with python. >

Re: GSoC 2018: Wizard/GUI helping students get started

Hi all, Latest update on this topic: I'm looking at the proposals in the GSoC portal tomorrow or Thursday and will provide feedback to all of you in an email to the list by Friday morning. You can continue updating your proposal right up to the deadline. Remember to make sure it is in a

Re: tips for writing your proposal - more details (tools)

On 13/03/18 20:12, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > - tools you want to use: > - communication (names of IRC channels, email lists, other tools?) > - project management (will you use Kanboard or something else?) > - your IDE, e.g. Eclipse > - your desktop environment / Linux

Re: evaluating Kanban / scrum boards for mentoring

On 25/04/18 23:44, Shashank Kumar wrote: > Hello, > > > On Tuesday 24 April 2018 09:51 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> There are several Kanban / scrum boards that can potentially be used for >> mentoring. These are free software