Re: [gentoo-dev] Google Code-In: 13-18 year olds in open source
On 10:02 Tue 02 Nov , Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Thanks to your help, we got enough ideas just in time to apply. We > should hear Friday whether we're in. Unfortunately we weren't accepted. This was a highly selective set compared to GSoC -- only 20 organizations instead of 150. Perhaps next time around... -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com pgpNEzJFU1UYa.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Google Code-In: 13-18 year olds in open source
On 09:11 Fri 29 Oct , Donnie Berkholz wrote: > We now have 2 ideas. It's not even worth applying unless we can get > closer to 10. If nobody puts up more ideas in the next ~6 hours, we > won't be participating this year. Thanks to your help, we got enough ideas just in time to apply. We should hear Friday whether we're in. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com pgpDAjyX90yxV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Google Code-In: 13-18 year olds in open source
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29-10-2010 20:46, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: > As you can see in the link for the current proposals, I've proposed a > general task of providing translations of our documentation for Portuguese. > I have a very strong suspicion that most if not all of our non-english > docs could either benefit from a review or are in need of major work. > Are there any developers from non english speaking countries that are > willing to serve as contacts for candidates wanting to translate any of > the docs on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ to your locale? As said on IRC I'd love to help Turkish translation if any student volunteers. - -- Sincerely, Serkan KABA Gentoo Developer -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzLE0cACgkQRh6X64ivZaK7ywCeP5VROErro7b8ZwrVPpG5L1tA pu4AmwXRL2GBxZlI99mfZrprdC/WeGtn =uP9w -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-dev] Google Code-In: 13-18 year olds in open source
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26-10-2010 04:19, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Hi all, > We're looking for tasks that would take a student 13-18 years old > roughly 1-3 days to complete. Ideas might include writing man pages, > translating a few webpages, perhaps some relatively straightforward > bugfixes, etc. More general ideas are on our ideas page and the GCI > homepage. Because tasks are so short, mentoring will not be a major > burden, so don't let that hold you back. > > I look forward to seeing all your cool ideas! > > 3. http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Google_Code_In_2010_ideas As you can see in the link for the current proposals, I've proposed a general task of providing translations of our documentation for Portuguese. I have a very strong suspicion that most if not all of our non-english docs could either benefit from a review or are in need of major work. Are there any developers from non english speaking countries that are willing to serve as contacts for candidates wanting to translate any of the docs on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ to your locale? - -- Regards, Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJMywiFAAoJEC8ZTXQF1qEPfRwP/jtNV68kpZQ14/ezQ6Bu3v5N 6DP/ETzwSe/la3KYPjKKQESiW+X2qjIPicFo8LXLOn/zlxYt0vaXmKTTHjhcdpSf kQMdfc7DnJP0ZTnfMzQXomgrf4foBvWhh0MFkdcliZgzam4eusikr5geQu3zNTgD 6PhJYzoKR+hJVhDa02kSqo4/rhRcVEu4pp7Q4tb+3pRdvrLovIZtvmPCSc+S/vLA T9MUw0YMjaladelB2bLQL4Fy7xsG2+aEkx7lK9e6u0gaXsF/pE2bcNPL9ROOkBjb 2yHS7XrOlP0x9LI/0DjB0yVdtElasJC/s9Ukrd0qVh8kjsjsnNiMUprQBRUr4BEC a7jiqQpJwp7v+tyJJNYlyydfZ15KvEGmnvP5anMQU8xGyZE3duQMZxnYhseKWRnv E7dq3qGaTLLzxQ/HxmpBh/8GwbiEoDz/Ik3YArnLkw9uepVsfwB9Up8+K5HoEW1O Z7S/yZ+vuYZfRHa9NjeK3DRDYVk0/Xov0LMlyj/vZPRYWyKnOXxmsdeiLf32TJGe xy+jfpg2ff3p/CE0W5f1zsPyZF0xjlJZc3ojEa6L2HGdV1tqKfMa2b9lhl58UJgo D6sIl+mKPMGLw7sQTEDewBip68gtJife2i860pQeDB3+LVvZ365cZ7iKy45BHOJS 3OG/tMxPtNKc7lNhmO2I =kmdt -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-dev] Google Code-In: 13-18 year olds in open source
On 23:19 Mon 25 Oct , Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Based on our participation in the Summer of Code, Google invited us to > apply for their revived program for 13-18 year olds called Google > Code-In [1-2]. The basic idea is that students will complete a series of > small tasks rather than one huge project, and the tasks don't even have > to be related (or even involve programming!). > > One really neat feature about GCI is that projects can be anything -- > documentation, translation, coding, research, whatever. If you've been > feeling that your ideas are left out by GSoC, this is your chance. > > After talking with a few devs, there seemed to be a lot of interest in > us getting involved. The application deadline is very soon -- this > Friday! We need a good ideas list by then if we're going to apply. I > created a draft ideas page [3]; please fill it in by the end of the day > on this Thursday. > > We're looking for tasks that would take a student 13-18 years old > roughly 1-3 days to complete. Ideas might include writing man pages, > translating a few webpages, perhaps some relatively straightforward > bugfixes, etc. More general ideas are on our ideas page and the GCI > homepage. Because tasks are so short, mentoring will not be a major > burden, so don't let that hold you back. We now have 2 ideas. It's not even worth applying unless we can get closer to 10. If nobody puts up more ideas in the next ~6 hours, we won't be participating this year. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com pgpHAjBShGZsC.pgp Description: PGP signature
