Re: [Sugar-devel] Unable to use shared clipboard in sugar live vm.

[Vipul Gupta]

Hey Shivam,

Your question is about VirtualBox and Linux in general, not Sugar.
> The article below shows some of the complexity of what you are asking
> about.
>
> https://superuser.com/questions/1318231/why-doesnt-clipboard-sharing-work-with-ubuntu-18-04-lts-inside-virtualbox-5-1-2
>

Was reading through the email list, and saw this. James is indeed correct,
it seems more about VB and Linux with clipboard sharing being definitely a
problem some folks face when working with VB. It didn't work the last time
I tried it with VB + Ubuntu Server. I instead jumped on to having Shared
folders between my host and virtual system using VB's shared folders guest
additions approach. Not sure how much this helps you, but I documented how
it worked out for me. Here you go,

https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/2020/05/14/solved-virtualbox-shared-folders-guest-additions-not-working-linux/

It's a bit raw, I scribbled the blog out when I was able to solve the
problem but hope it helps.

Best,
Vipul | @vipulgupta2048 



On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 1:31 PM James Cameron  wrote:

> It's not really something I do.  It is easier to set up an SSH server
> and use an SSH client to copy any text from the system, using the
> script(1) command, a shared screen(1), or log files.
>
> I don't know what you did wrong, sorry.  Unless you've kept detailed
> notes, there's no way to guess.
>
> However, you haven't shown that you have installed the VirtualBox
> X11 guest utilities package on the Debian Sugar Live Build VM.
>
> Sugar Live Build does not have VirtualBox packages preloaded.
>
> You could install the Sugar Live Build to a virtual disk, then
> install the Debian package virtualbox-guest-x11, then restart Sugar.
>
> Or, you could install the Debian package
> virtualbox-guest-additions-iso build-essential dkms and your kernel
> headers, and then build the kernel module provided on the ISO.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> On Sun, May 09, 2021 at 10:32:42AM +0530, Shivam Rai wrote:
> > I have installed virtualbox extension pack on virtual box and i
> confirmed it on
> > my vm by checking it in extensions option.
> > Is there anything I am supposed to do?
> > Or I did something wrong while setting the vm?
> >
> > On Tue, May 4, 2021, 3:06 PM James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote:
> >
> > I agree.
> >
> > On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 12:19:42PM +0300, [2]
> srevins...@sugarlabs.org
> > wrote:
> > > Its likely that you haven't installed Virtual Box Extension pack
> on the
> > Debian
> > > Sugar Live Build.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:51:30 AM +03 Shivam Rai wrote:
> > > > Even after enabling bidirectional clipboard it doesnt work in
> > > > sugarlivebuild vm.
> > > > Have tried some change in settings but it didnt work.
> > > > Although with the same settings there is no copy paste issue in
> other
> > vm's
> > > > i am using.
> > > > I think its something from my side.
> > > > What can be done to sort this out?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ___
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> > > [3]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
> > > [4]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >
> > --
> > James Cameron
> > [5]https://quozl.linux.org.au/
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> > [7]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] mailto:qu...@laptop.org
> > [2] mailto:srevins...@sugarlabs.org
> > [3] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [4] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [5] https://quozl.linux.org.au/
> > [6] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [7] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>
>
>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] happy birthday Sugar Labs

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On Fri 15 May, 2020, 6:07 PM Walter Bender,  wrote:

> :)
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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Re: [Sugar-devel] New logo for Sugar Labs

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
Thanks Peace for the push behind designing a new brand image for Sugar
Labs. I too like Option 3 with the flexibility it provides.
I see a lot of potential with that, thanks!


On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 10:31 PM Peace Ojemeh 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
> I mentioned this earlier a few weeks ago.
>
>
> In the last couple weeks, I’ve been working with a small group of design
> volunteers(all cc'ed) to come up with a couple of new logo options for
> Sugar Labs given the fact that there wasn’t really a good design output
> from the last Google Code-In.
>
>
> We conducted a design sprint in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and we came up with
> 3 options after several iterations, at this point I would want to share
> with the community what we've done so the community can decide what logo
> we should go on with.
>
>
>
> Regard.
> --
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> <http://peaceojemeh.com>
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[Sugar-devel] Poll Results Oversight Election 2019-21

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
The election for the Sugar Labs Oversight Board 2019-21 ended on 31st
January 2020. There were 3 Oversight Board slots to be elected for the
2019-2021 period. The winning candidates are listed as follows.

1. Claudia Urrea
2. Ibiam Chihurumnaya
3. Rahul Bothra

Heartiest congratulations to all, hope to see new and amazing initiatives
come up from the board in the upcoming years. As the election
administrator, I would like to thank the people who participated, voted and
helped out to make this process convenient & accessible to all. I hope to
make it better next year. As always, happy to take up any
questions/feedback on the conclusion of this election.

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[Sugar-devel] Last few days to vote for the Sugar Labs Oversight Board Elections!

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
This is the last reminder to vote for the Sugar Labs Oversight Board
Elections 2019-21. The election closes on the 31st of January 2019. The
results will be declared soon after that. If you are still waiting to vote
and then the time is now. Better hustle because every vote counts!

Looking forward to everyone's participation in the election!
As always, reach out if you have any questions. Thanks,

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[Sugar-devel] [Reminder #2] Sugar Labs Oversight Board Elections 2019-21

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
Just checking in again with a polite reminder for folks who are yet to vote
in the ongoing Sugar Labs Oversight Board (SLOB) 2019-2021 elections. The
election closes on 31st January 2020. You can find more information on the
candidates here
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2019-2021-candidates

If you are a member of Sugar Labs, you must have received a unique link to
vote from CIVS or c...@cs.cornell.edu with the options to poll for the
candidates. If you know of someone who didn't get the email and is a member
of Sugar Labs. Please do let us know, I would be happy to help you out.

Looking forward to all your hearty participation in the ongoing election.
Thanks,

Best,
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] Oversight Board Elections 2019-21 has begun!

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
Good to see everyone can vote and the election is going fine. We did have
technical difficulty at the start but I am working on resolving that.
We did have a number of email addresses of the members bounce as their
alias didn't exist (About 30+). I would request if you do know of any past
or present members of Sugar Labs and didn't receive the election link. Then
please do come forward to update your email address, so we can send you
links to the election as well. The voter turnout is at 8% and I think we
can do better!

Thanks Ibiam for covering that bit, if anyone would like to be a member of
Sugar Labs they can apply here -
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members

James, do you have access to memb...@sugarlabs.org alias? If you do can you
remove the candidates that are up for election? In the meantime, I will add
SLOB to the results. That's a good idea. Thanks,

Best,
Vipul

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[Sugar-devel] Oversight Board Elections 2019-21 has begun!

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
The Oversight Board election 2019-21 is upon us. In your inboxes, you would
have received a unique email from CIVS or c...@cs.cornell.edu with the
options to poll for the candidates.

The poll is open from 15th January 2020 to 31st January 2020. You can find
more information on the candidates here
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2019-2021-candidates.

Please check your spam folders or promotions if you can't find it. Add the
email address to your contact list and mark as not spam when you find it.
As always, looking forward to hearing any questions you all would have. Do
cast your vote!

Best,
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Important Update on the Slob Elections 2019-2021

[Vipul Gupta]

Thanks Walter for the clarification and James for the assist 
Ibiam is helping set the system and I think, we are all set for the
upcoming elections.
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[Sugar-devel] Important Update on the Slob Elections 2019-2021

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello everyone,
Over the past couple of days, there have been some important updates
regarding the upcoming SLOB elections. These are as follows,

1. The Sugar Labs oversight board has unanimously agreed to the motion of
changing the name of the election to *2019-21*, the decision is
underlined below.

Agreed Motion 2020-02; this late election to be renamed 2019-2021, and
> that the seats to vacate be either three or four, per our governance
> rule "positions on the board will be on a two-year staggered basis".


You can find the information regarding the election and the candidates
here, https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2019-2021-candidates
(We are still migrating information of candidates and will finish that up
soon)

2. In regards to the same, the seats to be vacated has to be either three
or four for the election to take place. There is one (1) additional slot
available after the resignation of Walter Bender from the oversight board.
Walter will still be closely associated with all activities of Sugar Labs.

3.  After a discussion with the election committee, I have decided the
election will take place from *15th January to 31st January 2020*. Results
will be declared soon after that.

That would be all for the moment. Hoping to see you all vote for the
upcoming elections! Expecting a bigger turnout. As always, do reach out if
you have any questions.

Thanks,
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Announcing Candidates for the Upcoming SLOB Elections!

[Vipul Gupta]

Thanks Ibiam for the clarification!

1. James, I take the blame for the misunderstanding caused due to point 1,
should have cross-checked the facts. I hope this clears it up.

2. I feel the elections should be for 2020-2022 as well, keeping in mind
the fact that we are not cutting anyone's term short by taking this action
and doing right by everyone. This could be a fresh start as well. the
election committee can make sure to have election every year so this
scenario doesn't happen again. Looking forward to other views as well.

3.  Looking ahead to see what turns up and proceed accordingly.

We have also finalized the dates of the election. Will announce them once
we finalize this.
Thanks,


On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 1:54 PM Chihurumnaya Ibiam 
wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> 1. Taken care of.
>
> 2. I names the elections that as there was supposed to be an election last
> year but they wasn't due to various reasons and the persons who seat were
> up for reelection served a time they weren't supposed to that's the reason
> for the name change, I might be wrong about that and I'd like the opinion
> of others on it.
>
> 3. Yes you're right and I'm currently looking at who's seat is supposed to
> be up for reelection. At the last elections Devin took Ignacio's seat due
> to his resignation and I'm wondering if he's to complete Ignacio's term as
> he still had a year on the board at the time or he started a different term.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 10:48 PM James Cameron  wrote:
>
>> G'day Vipul,
>>
>> Thanks for taking over responsibility for running the election.
>>
>> There's three problems with the Wiki page you link to;
>>
>> 1.  there was no "resignation of James Cameron"; please remove that,
>>
>> 2.  this election to be named 2019-2021, not 2020-2022; let me
>> know if you need help moving the page,
>>
>> 3.  there should be at least three seats vacating to comply with our
>> governance rule "positions on the board will be on a two-year
>> staggered basis".
>>
>> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2020-2022-candidates
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 05, 2020 at 10:04:08PM +0530, Vipul Gupta wrote:
>> > Hello folks,
>> > I will be taking over the election of the open seats for the oversight
>> board
>> > (SLOB) as an independent administrator. Ibiam being a candidate in the
>> upcoming
>> > elections, will be stepping down as the administrator. Thanks to Walter
>> and
>> > Ibiam's help and guidance, I will be looking over the election's
>> proceedings,
>> > announcements and make sure everything runs smoothly and that the
>> integrity of
>> > the election is maintained.
>> >
>> > The deadline for the call of candidates is now over. There are five(5)
>> > candidates for the three(3) seats on the oversight board (SLOB). The
>> candidates
>> > are as follows:
>> > 1. Claudia Urrea
>> > 2. Ibiam Chihurumnaya
>> > 3. Peace Ojemeh
>> > 4. Rahul Bothra
>> > 5. Samson Goddy
>> >
>> > More details about the candidates and their vision is available
>> here [1]https:/
>> > /wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2020-2022-candidates
>> > I will be announcing the dates of the election soon and will be happy
>> to answer
>> > all queries and questions you have. Looking forward to a fair election
>> and good
>> > luck to all the candidates.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Vipul Gupta
>> > [2]Wiki | [3]Github
>> >
>> > References:
>> >
>> > [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2020-2022-candidates
>> > [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Vipulgupta2048
>> > [3] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
>>
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[Sugar-devel] Announcing Candidates for the Upcoming SLOB Elections!

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
I will be taking over the election of the open seats for the oversight
board (SLOB) as an independent administrator. Ibiam being a candidate in
the upcoming elections, will be stepping down as the administrator. Thanks
to Walter and Ibiam's help and guidance, I will be looking over the
election's proceedings, announcements and make sure everything runs
smoothly and that the integrity of the election is maintained.

The deadline for the call of candidates is now over. There are five(5)
candidates for the three(3) seats on the oversight board (SLOB). The
candidates are as follows:
1. Claudia Urrea
2. Ibiam Chihurumnaya
3. Peace Ojemeh
4. Rahul Bothra
5. Samson Goddy

More details about the candidates and their vision is available here
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2020-2022-candidates
I will be announcing the dates of the election soon and will be happy to
answer all queries and questions you have. Looking forward to a fair
election and good luck to all the candidates.

Best,
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Regarding Stand at FOSDEM [1-2 February]

[Vipul Gupta]

Thanks Devin, for the vote of confidence. I will get started right on that.
I think planning is needed and as we enter this new decade. It would surely
help out a lot.

Some Updates regarding FOSDEM,
I have forwarded emails containing information about stands received from
FOSDEM to @Alex Perez  and @Samson Goddy
 as they are both confirmed to go. We also have
tentatively @Peace Ojemeh . I am not sure if I can
make it as I am still looking for a way to reach there. Maybe next year.
Folks for updated information, you can also check this
https://fosdem.org/2020/stands/. Currently, our stand location has been
updated. So, check that out as well. Let me know how I can help more. I
would have forwarded the message from FOSDEM to the list, but its really
long so didn't.

Thanks! Looking forward to helping out!

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:29 PM Devin Ulibarri 
wrote:

> Hi Vipul,
>
> Thanks for all this.
>
> On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 19:18 +0530, Vipul Gupta wrote:
> > Thanks, James, I went through the logs. I concur with the views put
> > forward by MrBIOS and Samson. I think conferences help.
>
> They most certainly can.
>
> As a new org, with a new set of responsibilities, what we need is the
> following:
> 1. Strategic Planning
>   * Where do we see ourselves in 3, 5, and 10 years
>   * Marketing Strategy (which can include conferences, etc.)
>   * Business Model (what are our revenue sources and how we get them,
> what are the inputs and outputs for our resources--time included)
> 2. A Budget
>   * Given our current situation, what can we afford
>   * Based on different assumptions, what might we be able to afford if
> we meet our goals.
>
> This is a top-down approach. A bottom-up approach is "I found an
> awesome opportunity, let's go for it." I have found, through my
> experience, that both are important.
>
> > Regarding funding, that I would leave the SLOB to decide on case by
> > case basis. It would really help out if people can suggest other
> > conferences as well and move forward in a planned manner.
>
> We should come up with a budget and allocate resources for things like
> conferences, which I think we all agree are important. However, I
> advocate strongly that it be in the context of a larger plan.
>
> Whoever wants to help us with these tasks, I am all for hearing your
> input.
>
> Best,
> Devin
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Regarding Stand at FOSDEM [1-2 February]

[Vipul Gupta]

Thanks, James, I went through the logs. I concur with the views put forward
by MrBIOS and Samson. I think conferences help. Not all of them. But, they
do matter. Conferences put Sugar Labs out there in front of the world,
leads to interesting discussions and new collaborations. As Walter also
mentioned,

Music Blocks in Japan is from a conference interaction


I think, this is important and we shoud be more encouraging in doing it. I
am the one who has been proposing and applying to conferences for about
most part this year. I have been informing on the list once the proposal is
accepted or finalised. I understand I should be informing whenever I apply
proactively. I will start doing that. PyCon US was a good initiative. I am
happy that active contributors and board members were there (I couldn't
make it) and represented Sugar Labs. Regarding funding, that I would leave
the SLOB to decide on case by case basis. It would really help out if
people can suggest other conferences as well and move forward in a planned
manner.

Looking forward to helping out in the preperations for FOSDEM!

Best,
Vipul Gupta

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 2:45 AM James Cameron  wrote:

> We have just finished our meeting for this month, please see the
> discussion we had.
>
> http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2019-12-04
>
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 01:25:14AM +0530, Vipul Gupta wrote:
> > Thanks for showing interest, folks. I will get right on that!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:27 AM James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Great!  Someone please prepare for meeting with total funding, what
> we
> > expect to be the benefit, and what sort of coordination is required
> by
> > the oversight board?
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 12:29:43AM +0100, Samson Goddy wrote:
> > > Yes, James there is a need to get some funding and also
> coordination.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 12:26 AM James Cameron <[1][2]
> qu...@laptop.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > What for?  Is funding or coordination needed?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:47:53PM -0500, Walter Bender wrote:
> > > > We should bring this up at the SLOB meeting.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 3:50 PM Vipul Gupta <[1][2]
> > > [3]vipulgupta2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello Samson,
> > > > That's awesome. Looking forward to catching up if I can
> make
> > it.
> > > > Still figuring out a feasible way to reach FOSDEM. I
> have been
> > > consistently
> > > > missing out on events.
> > > > Let me know if you can help out with the stands.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 2:02 AM Samson Goddy <[2][3]
> > > [4]samsongo...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello Vipul,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the update, I am sure, I might be in
> Belgium for
> > > Sustain
> > > > Summit and hopefully be around for FOSSDEM, I am not
> sure
> > if
> > > anyone
> > > > from the community will be coming, but it will be
> great to
> > have
> > > > something from Sugar Lab there.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:26 PM Vipul Gupta <[3][4]
> > > [5]vipulgupta2...@gmail.com
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello folks,
> > > > Loving the energy of Google Code-In!
> > > > FOSDEM [0] is one of the biggest conferences for
> > open-source
> > > > software developers with over 600+ lectures, 80+
> > projects and
> > > > thousands of people that participate in it. It's
> taking
> > place
> > > in
> > > > Brussels / 1 & 2 February 2020. There are many
> > projects,
> > > > organizations, and companies that are a part of
> it
> > every
> > > year. I am
> > > > very happy to anno

Re: [Sugar-devel] Regarding Stand at FOSDEM [1-2 February]

[Vipul Gupta]

Thanks for showing interest, folks. I will get right on that!


On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:27 AM James Cameron  wrote:

> Great!  Someone please prepare for meeting with total funding, what we
> expect to be the benefit, and what sort of coordination is required by
> the oversight board?
>
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 12:29:43AM +0100, Samson Goddy wrote:
> > Yes, James there is a need to get some funding and also coordination.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 12:26 AM James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote:
> >
> > What for?  Is funding or coordination needed?
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:47:53PM -0500, Walter Bender wrote:
> > > We should bring this up at the SLOB meeting.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 3:50 PM Vipul Gupta <[1][2]
> > vipulgupta2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Samson,
> > > That's awesome. Looking forward to catching up if I can make
> it.
> > > Still figuring out a feasible way to reach FOSDEM. I have been
> > consistently
> > > missing out on events.
> > > Let me know if you can help out with the stands.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 2:02 AM Samson Goddy <[2][3]
> > samsongo...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Vipul,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the update, I am sure, I might be in Belgium for
> > Sustain
> > > Summit and hopefully be around for FOSSDEM, I am not sure
> if
> > anyone
> > > from the community will be coming, but it will be great to
> have
> > > something from Sugar Lab there.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:26 PM Vipul Gupta <[3][4]
> > vipulgupta2...@gmail.com
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello folks,
> > > Loving the energy of Google Code-In!
> > > FOSDEM [0] is one of the biggest conferences for
> open-source
> > > software developers with over 600+ lectures, 80+
> projects and
> > > thousands of people that participate in it. It's
> taking place
> > in
> > > Brussels / 1 & 2 February 2020. There are many
> projects,
> > > organizations, and companies that are a part of it
> every
> > year. I am
> > > very happy to announce that Sugar Labs has been
> selected for
> > the
> > > Stands event at FOSDEM [4][1] Very much like, what we
> had at
> > PyCon
> > > US but larger. FOSDEM is one of the few conferences
> that I
> > think
> > > will be a great opportunity for us to be representing
> Sugar
> > Labs on
> > > a global platform with some of the biggest FOSS
> projects on
> > > display.
> > >
> > > Let me know what you all think, and yeah! let's do work
> > towards
> > > making it a big success!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Vipul Gupta
> >     > @vipulgupta2048
> > >
> > > [0] - [5][5]https://fosdem.org/
> > > [1] - [6][6]https://fosdem.org/2020/news/
> > 2019-11-19-accepted-stands/
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >   Samson Goddy
> > >
> > >   Twitter: [7][7]https://twitter.com/samson_goddy
> > >   Email: [8][8]samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
> > >   [9][9]samsongo...@gmail.com
> > >
> > >   Website: [10][10]https://samsongoddy.me/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best,
> > > Vipul Gupta
> > > [11]Mixster | [12]Github
> > >
> > > ___
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> > >
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> > > [16]
> > >

Re: [Sugar-devel] Regarding Stand at FOSDEM [1-2 February]

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello Samson,
That's awesome. Looking forward to catching up if I can make it.
Still figuring out a feasible way to reach FOSDEM. I have been consistently
missing out on events.
Let me know if you can help out with the stands.

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 2:02 AM Samson Goddy  wrote:

> Hello Vipul,
>
> Thanks for the update, I am sure, I might be in Belgium for Sustain Summit
> and hopefully be around for FOSSDEM, I am not sure if anyone from the
> community will be coming, but it will be great to have something from Sugar
> Lab there.
>
>
> Regards
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:26 PM Vipul Gupta 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello folks,
>> Loving the energy of Google Code-In!
>> FOSDEM [0] is one of the biggest conferences for open-source software
>> developers with over 600+ lectures, 80+ projects and thousands of people
>> that participate in it. It's taking place in Brussels / 1 & 2 February
>> 2020. There are many projects, organizations, and companies that are a part
>> of it every year. I am very happy to announce that *Sugar Labs* has been
>> selected for the *Stands event* at FOSDEM [1]
>> <https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-11-19-accepted-stands/> Very much
>> like, what we had at PyCon US but larger. FOSDEM is one of the few
>> conferences that I think will be a great opportunity for us to be
>> representing Sugar Labs on a global platform with some of the biggest FOSS
>> projects on display.
>>
>> Let me know what you all think, and yeah! let's do work towards making it
>> a big success!
>>
>> Best,
>> Vipul Gupta
>> @vipulgupta2048
>>
>> [0] - https://fosdem.org/
>> [1] - https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-11-19-accepted-stands/
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Samson Goddy
>
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/samson_goddy
> Email: samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
> samsongo...@gmail.com
>
> Website: https://samsongoddy.me/  <https://www.sugarlabs.org/>
>
>

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[Sugar-devel] Fwd: Regarding Stand at FOSDEM [1-2 February]

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
Loving the energy of Google Code-In!
FOSDEM [0] is one of the biggest conferences for open-source software
developers with over 600+ lectures, 80+ projects and thousands of people
that participate in it. It's taking place in Brussels / 1 & 2 February
2020. There are many projects, organizations, and companies that are a part
of it every year. I am very happy to announce that *Sugar Labs* has been
selected for the *Stands event* at FOSDEM [1]
<https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-11-19-accepted-stands/> Very much like,
what we had at PyCon US but larger. FOSDEM is one of the few conferences
that I think will be a great opportunity for us to be representing Sugar
Labs on a global platform with some of the biggest FOSS projects on
display.

Let me know what you all think, and yeah! let's do work towards making it a
big success!

Best,
Vipul Gupta
@vipulgupta2048

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Re: [Sugar-devel] GCI summit

[Vipul Gupta]

Good going, Walter. Hope you and Austin and Freddie had a great time!

Cordially,
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 12:35 PM Samson Goddy  wrote:

> Great one.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 3:05 AM Walter Bender 
> wrote:
>
>> Just got back from the GCI summit where I had the pleasure of meeting our
>> grand-prize winners, Austin and Freddie (See attached image). Lots of great
>> talks at Google, and continued enthusiasm  for Sugar and Sugar Labs.
>>
>> I did discuss with the Google Open Source team that Sugar Labs is
>> spinning out of the SFC. They didn't see any issues regarding our continued
>> participation in GCI, GSoC and other Google-sponsored programs.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> --
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[Sugar-devel] PyCon Singapore Education Summit 2019

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,

PyCon Singapore reached out recently for my proposal to host a remote talk
about Sugar Labs at their Education Summit. I think it would be a great new
initiative to talk about Sugar Labs and how we are working towards
reforming the education scenario. The Education Summit will be taking place
at Google on Tuesday 25 June 2019. It would be a gathering of educators
focused on bringing computational thinking and coding literacy, through
Python, to the classroom and the community. We invite passionate educators
to join the discussion, share insights, learn things and build networks!

Which I think is perfect! To improve our impact over the APAC region as
well as spreading awareness and more contributors joining. As PyCon and my
fate have it, I would probably not be able to be in a network zone as I am
out for vacation. Hence, I would love if someone would like to join in for
the talk. I was thinking of some new faces, who haven't got the chance can
come up and so that we can work together on this. Any suggestions would be
deeply appreciated. Thanks,

Cordially,
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Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019 - Welcome to Sugar Labs

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello everyone,

Congratulations to all mentors and student who got selected and welcome to
Sugar Labs!!
Looking forward to working with you all over the course of the next few
months.

Cordially,
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On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 8:38 PM Swarup N  wrote:

> I might have provided the wrong link to the blog.
>
> I have provided the correct link below.
> https://nswarup14.github.io/
>
> I apologise for the inconvenience.
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 7:37 PM Swarup N  wrote:
>
>> Greetings mentors and fellow students,
>>
>> I have created a github.io blog at
>> https://github.com/nswarup14/nswarup14.github.io. It is empty at the
>> moment. However I plan to customise it soon and start adding content
>> regularly.
>> Regarding the weekly meet timings, I am alright with either of the above
>> mentioned options, and willing to discuss it further, in case people have
>> other preferences as well.
>>
>> I thank my mentors and the rest of the Sugar community for selecting me
>> as a GSoC student. I am excited to begin and am looking forward to
>> interacting with all of you over the next few months.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Swarup N.
>>
>> On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 5:04 PM Ifeanyi Ekperi  wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations Students and Mentors!
>>>
>>> What happened to the Assistant Mentors thingy?
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 7, 2019, 12:17 Samson Goddy  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations to all the students and mentors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>>>
>>>> Samson
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 6, 2019, 9:36 PM Rahul Bothra  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here is the list of selected projects for GSoC' 19,
>>>>>
>>>>> * Improve Sugarizer Server Dashboard;
>>>>>   Student: Nikhil Mehra
>>>>>   Mentors: Lionel Laské, Tarun Kumar Singhal
>>>>>
>>>>> * Create a Sugar Dashboard
>>>>>   Student: Hrishi Patel
>>>>>   Mentors: Rahul Bothra, Peace Ojemeh, Chihurumnaya Ibiam
>>>>>
>>>>> * Performance in MusicBlocks
>>>>>   Student: Favour Kelvin
>>>>>   Mentors: Sumit Srivastava, Devin Ulibarri, Walter Bender
>>>>>
>>>>> * Create Write Activity for Sugarizer
>>>>>   Student: Ashish Aggarwal
>>>>>   Mentors: Michaël Ohayon, Tarun Kumar Singhal
>>>>>
>>>>> * Improve and Maintain 25 Sugar Activities
>>>>>   Student: Swarup N
>>>>>   Mentors: Rahul Bothra, Chihurumnaya Ibiam, James Cameron
>>>>>
>>>>> * Expand Sugarizer’s Exerciser Activity
>>>>>   Student: Avinash Agarwal
>>>>>   Mentors: Michaël Ohayon, Lionel Laské
>>>>>
>>>>> * Reconciling rhythm with pitch in Music Blocks widgets
>>>>>   Student: Sparsh Agarwal
>>>>>   Mentors: Sumit Srivastava, Devin Ulibarri, Walter Bender
>>>>>
>>>>> * Performance in Music Blocks
>>>>>   Student: Ankur Bambharoliya
>>>>>   Mentors: Sumit Srivastava, Devin Ulibarri, Walter Bender
>>>>>
>>>>> * Port Sugar to Python 3
>>>>>   Student: Aniket Mahur
>>>>>   Mentors: Rahul Bothra, James Cameron
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Rahul Bothra
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 11:32 PM Rahul Bothra 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Congratulations to the 9 students selected for GSoC 2019 with Sugar
>>>>>> Labs. We
>>>>>> hope that you are as excited as we are. We had some great proposals
>>>>>> to go
>>>>>> through and yours' really stood out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are a few things to get you onboard,
>>>>>> 1. Please subscribe to sugar-devel if you haven't already,
>>>>>> See http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Contact your project mentors to get started. Decide a weekly
>>>>>> meeting time
>>>>>> which suits you and your mentors. Regular communication is an
>>>>>> integral part of
>>>>>> 

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

[Vipul Gupta]

Hey Tony,

All Things Open is an awesome conf (i just discovered it today, Thanks),
I liked several of the points you made regarding the representation of
Sugar Labs at conferences such as PyCon's. That's exactly what I was hoping
for while focusing on the Education Summit of PyCon Cleveland. These
conferences are a great opportunity to represent the work Sugar Labs have
done, and attract new supporters and contributors. I hope Samson, Ibiam and
everyone else heading out there takes full benefit of the unlimited
potential that PyCon has to offer.

Also, please do collaborate or discuss on the mailing list any conference
or summit that would help further our cause and outreach goals. I would be
more than happy to help draft proposals or even try to get a booth in Open
Spaces so as to represent Sugar Labs and all its offerings to a wider
audience especially educators and students. I am already in the process to
create a google form on seeking speakers in our community who would like to
help out with this and be present at future conferences for Sugar Labs. I
think some good would surely come out this if we all work together.

Cordially,
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:12 AM Tony Anderson  wrote:

> Hi, Samson
>
> At the time I will be in Germany. I expect to attend Europython in Basel
> July 8-14. I also plan to attend All Things Open in Raleigh NC October 13-15
>
> Tony
> On 4/15/19 5:02 PM, Samson Goddy wrote:
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> I agree with you. Are you coming to Pycon?
>
>
> Regards
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 9:55 AM Tony Anderson  wrote:
>
>> What Sugar Labs needs to survive is users. If our count of active users
>> reaches zero, there will be no need for developers (or Sugar Labs).
>>
>> A Conference like PyCon is an opportunity to show that Sugar is a viable
>> educational platform. So marketing does not need to be concerned about
>> $, it needs to be concerned about the characteristics of Sugar that make
>> it an attractive option for educators. At such a conference it is
>> possible to make presentations - ofen there is an educational track.
>> More importantly there is an opportunity to have an exhibit (booth).
>> This booth can provide many examples of Sugar running on platforms other
>> than the XO (make sure there some XO pictures visible since this
>> attracts interest to a booth.) Sugarizer can demonstrate that Sugar is
>> available for smartphones, tablets and other devices. Sugar can show its
>> capabilities on Ubuntu, Raspbian. Windows is a special case since
>> Miccrosoft has been able to lock educators into Windows. Showing that
>> Sugar is viable in a Windows-based deployment may be beyond our current
>> cabability.
>>
>> Our goal should be to attract new contributors and to find new
>> deployment opportunities.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> On 4/15/19 2:28 PM, James Cameron wrote:
>> > You've all had an interesting discussion.  I'll add my points now; in
>> > the form of questions and answers.
>> >
>> >
>> > Q: are there funds available for marketing?
>> >
>> > A: in motion 2019-01 on 4th January, the Oversight Board preserved the
>> > GSoC 2018 mentor stipends for marketing,
>> >
>> >
>> > Q: are there any other funds available for marketing?
>> >
>> > A: yes, the Oversight Board could spend up to about $90k, but such a
>> > spend would have to have compelling justification.  Swag isn't
>> > compelling.
>> >
>> >
>> > Q: have funds been spent on marketing?
>> >
>> > A: yes, the Oversight Board agreed to spend money on travel for two
>> > members to PyCon 2019.
>> >
>> >
>> > Q: how will the rest of the funds be spent?
>> >
>> > A: apart from reserving funds for marketing expenses relating to
>> > SCaLE, and not yet applied for, the Oversight Board has made no other
>> > decision.
>> >
>> > However, the board has received some marketing plans, has asked for
>> > changes, and will hear any proposals.
>> >
>> >
>> > Q: will a proposal or marketing plan have greater merit if it comes
>> > from a team who call themselves marketing?
>> >
>> > A: no, because;
>> >
>> > - the Oversight Board has not formed a marketing team,
>> >
>> > - our original marketing team, who had people qualified in marketing,
>> >left long ago,
>> >
>> > - the Oversight Board consist of developers or other subject matter
>> >

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Season of Docs-2019

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello Shivanshu,

Yes, that it has been. Firstly, welcome to Sugar Labs. While we are very
excited about participating in Google Season of Docs this year, I would
like to inform you that the planning for the same is underway. You can
follow the conversation on the mailing list or watch for changes on the
GSoD repository [1]. Till the time organisations are announced as per the
GSoD timeline, I highly suggest you to start contributing to Sugar Labs
wherever you see fit. We are always here to help. Hope that fulfills your
request.

Cordially,
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[1] - https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoD

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 2:21 PM shivanshu raj shrivastava <
shivanshu1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Well, it's been a hectic weekend for both Sugar Labs and GSoC aspirants.
> I am new to the community and interested in Google Season of Docs with
> Sugar, I request Sugar Labs to tell me about prerequisites and their plans
> for GSoD-2019, So that I can prepare well for it.
> Thank You!
>
> Shivanshu Raj Shrivastava
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> Electronics and Communication Department
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

[Vipul Gupta]

Sounds like a plan! Thank you for your support, Jasikrat. I see you are
planning to go for Open Source Summit, would you mind to be our
spokesperson there.
Maybe some opportunity comes from the Linux Foundation as well. I also
wanted to start a discussion on the use of funds allocated for Sugar Labs's
merchandise at the end of Google Summer of Code using the designs made in
Google Code-In.

Cordially,
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On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 10:46 AM Jaskirat Singh 
wrote:

> Hi Vipul,
>
> This sounds really good. I really appreciate you both for representing
> Sugar labs at PyCon.
>
> Well, I proposed somewhat same thing like Organising Sugar Summits in
> various countries, I am still in the middle of it to draft my proposal for
> the same. So once its done I will share here.
> And I think this is a good opportunity as well for us to represent Sugar
> Labs at such a great platform.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 10:32 am Vipul Gupta 
>> Hello folks,
>> At the end of 2018, we started the Outreach works for Sugar Labs. At
>> first, we thought of sharing several accomplishments throughout Google
>> Code-In to keep the people in the loop on various social media platforms,
>> as well as sharing experiences of Google Summer of Code students and their
>> projects held in 2018 for a positive impact.
>>
>> We thought we can go bigger and with that thought in mind represent Sugar
>> Labs on larger platforms in front of communities. I proposed PyCon to be a
>> great choice for the same. Considering OLPC represented XO laptops being
>> part of PyCon 2008 (An article by Tony
>> <http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/technology/pycon_2008_and_olpc.html>)
>> Hence, we submitted a proposal for talks about Sugar Labs in the Education
>> Summit of PyCon Cleveland 2019, and I am very happy to inform that we have
>> in fact been selected. It's a great accomplishment for us all.
>>
>> Samson would be representing our community at PyCon Cleveland. I,
>> unfortunately, due to my university exams won't be able to go. As much as I
>> loved drafting the proposal with Samson and be would like to meet and talk
>> about Sugar Labs, I am happy that Samson has a chance to be at PyCon and
>> will do great. We are still raw in your efforts and have lots to improve.
>> Would love to have more suggestions on things we should be doing, and also
>> planning to hold workshops regarding Sugar in many countries in the near
>> future.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cordially,
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[Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,
At the end of 2018, we started the Outreach works for Sugar Labs. At first,
we thought of sharing several accomplishments throughout Google Code-In to
keep the people in the loop on various social media platforms, as well as
sharing experiences of Google Summer of Code students and their projects
held in 2018 for a positive impact.

We thought we can go bigger and with that thought in mind represent Sugar
Labs on larger platforms in front of communities. I proposed PyCon to be a
great choice for the same. Considering OLPC represented XO laptops being
part of PyCon 2008 (An article by Tony
<http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/technology/pycon_2008_and_olpc.html>)
Hence, we submitted a proposal for talks about Sugar Labs in the Education
Summit of PyCon Cleveland 2019, and I am very happy to inform that we have
in fact been selected. It's a great accomplishment for us all.

Samson would be representing our community at PyCon Cleveland. I,
unfortunately, due to my university exams won't be able to go. As much as I
loved drafting the proposal with Samson and be would like to meet and talk
about Sugar Labs, I am happy that Samson has a chance to be at PyCon and
will do great. We are still raw in your efforts and have lots to improve.
Would love to have more suggestions on things we should be doing, and also
planning to hold workshops regarding Sugar in many countries in the near
future.

Thanks,

Cordially,
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Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC proposal( port to python 3).

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello Aniket,

The proposal is well structured and defined properly. In the timeline
section, do include what you plan to accomplish in the community bonding
period.

Thanks,

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On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 1:49 AM aniket mathur 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I am Aniket Mathur, attached is a draft of my proposal after making the
> suggested changes. Please review and suggest if any other changes are
> needed.
> @quozl and @pro-panda thanks for the valuable suggestions.
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Going Through Proposals

[Vipul Gupta]

The GSoC GitHub page could keep good track of proposal links. Each
contributor can open an issue with a link to their proposal, so everyone in
the community can check it out.

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On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 8:59 PM Sumit Srivastava 
wrote:

> I propose we should make a wiki.
>
> We had it in the past, we should do it again.
>
> On Mon, 1 Apr 2019, 7:36 pm Vaibhav Aren,  wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to check the proposals on the project wise basis?
>> When I Go through mailing list it is very difficult to keep a track and
>> reply to the applicant or is going through sugar-devel archives the only
>> way?
>>
>> Vaibhav Aren
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Sl.org Down?

[Vipul Gupta]

Just tried on Chrome, can't seem to access it.

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 4:17 PM Samson Goddy  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is it just me or is https://www.sugarlabs.org down?
>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Suggestion on moving from IRC to Gitter

[Vipul Gupta]

I do agree with Rahul over the change on communication mediums. This
discussion rose a bit at the start of GSoC 2018 as well, with many fellow
contributors who wanted to apply to Sugar Labs didn't because they could
get a response. And yes, its absolutely okay for a time to have no people
in the room to help. But with Gitter's ability to hold conversations, have
plugins for GitHub and make rooms. We should definitely give it a shot to
see how it pays off in the long run.

The learning curve with IRC does instill a thing of learning or two among
all of us. I for one asked my questions on IRC after thoroughly searching
the web and all the resources I have. Since I always knew the importance
of  "Software is free. Time is not." Things taking time to figure out, is
good. But not when its spent on communication mediums by prospective
contributors. They just want to start contributing. And fast. I think
Gitter can help here.

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 1:48 PM Rahul Bothra  wrote:

> I am proposing a change in the communication medium from IRC to Gitter.
> I've made a Gitter Community at https://gitter.im/Sugar-Labs, for people
> to try it out. In case people don't like the change, we can shut it down
> and stick to IRC.
>
> Following are my reasons for the change;
>
> New users can't see the past conversations, which is useful at times
>
> Many active contributors don't run an all time online instance,
> and can't read unresolved doubts asked when they were offline
>
> If a new user doesn't get a response for some time, he tends to
> quit IRC (observation) and it's difficult to look him up and resolve
> his query. This *might *lead to contributors thinking that the org is i
> nactive
>
> Since we are diverse, we can use different channels for each;
> Sugar, Sugarizer, Music Blocks, Design, Website.
> This will make discussions more organised and easy to look up
> Implementing this on IRC could increase problems of inactivity
> even more.
>
> D. Joe gave a reason[1] against the switch that every other chat
> systems has their own advantages.
> I don't mind using any chat system which can curb these issues.
>
> I am now comfortable in using IRC because:
>  - I *somewhat* understood how it works, but it took time to figure out
>  - I now know at what time might a contributor come online,
>but it took time to figure out
>  - I now know which contributor works on what, so I can ask via mail,
>if IRC doesn't help, but it took time to figure out
>
> There are obvious workarounds for all these, but then it's better if new
> contributors devote 'time to figure out' code instead ;-)
>
> [1]:
> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-February/055064.html
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Re: [Sugar-devel] welcoming the new Sugar Labs oversight board members

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Thank you for the update, Walter and congratulations to all SLOB members.
It sure is looking up to be a great next year for Sugar Labs.
I will be helping Samson and others in outreach and promotion of Sugar Labs
through workshops and conferences. Looking forward to awesome
contributions.

Happy Holidays everyone.

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 7:03 PM Jaskirat Singh 
wrote:

> Thabks and congratulations to all the new slob.
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2018, 6:55 pm Walter Bender, 
> wrote:
>
>> I hope everyone is well. We are in a seasonal transition -- winter has
>> begun in the north and summer in the south. I wanted to convey holiday
>> greetings to everyone in the community and also to provide some updates:
>>
>> * We have a new oversight board. Welcome to James Cameron, Alex Perez,
>> and Devin Ulibarri. Lionel Laske and I were reelected to our seats. Claudia
>> Urrea and Samson Goddy will be completing their two-year terms in 2019. I
>> think we have a very strong group, with demonstrable dedication to Sugar
>> Labs and its mission and I look forward to having a very productive (and
>> fun) year.
>>
>> * Many thanks to Adam, Sameer, and Ignacio, all three of whom have
>> dedicated many years of effort to the project and the community. Your
>> contributions are appreciated.
>>
>> * James will be taking over for me as chair of the oversight board
>> meetings -- he runs a much better meeting than I do and I think it will be
>> a change for the better in terms of making us a more efficient
>> organization, able to make more thoughtful decisions more quickly.
>>
>> * James will also be replacing Adam as the Sugar Labs liaison to the
>> Software Freedom Conservancy. I know he will offer a level of
>> professionalism that will hopefully lead to clear and timely communication
>> between our organizations.
>>
>> A few heads up:
>>
>> * Devin and I head to Japan to run some Music Blocks workshops in early
>> January as part of an ongoing effort to reach elementary schools throughout
>> the country. It has been going really well so far and I have high hopes
>> that this little bit of Sugar will be used and enjoyed widely.
>>
>> * Rahul Bothra is helping to organize a new set of landing pages for
>> Google Summer of Code. I anticipate that Sugar Labs will be applying again
>> this year and we are striving to be more organized than in years past.
>>
>> * The winners of the Google Code-in contest will be announce in two weeks
>> by Google. We had some fantastic contributions this year. Thank you for all
>> the help with organizing (Ibiam), mentoring, and participation.
>>
>> Make sure to spend some time with family over these short (or long) days.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Trip Report during visit to GSOC Summit

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Absolutely loved it. I hope the experience was as cherishing as it was a
delight to me when I read it.
Keep up the good work.

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wrote:

> Greetings of the Day !
>
> Well here is my Trip during my visit to GSOC meetups and Summit , USA
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YNr93-4bztKPG1SDopP6FT9Xvrv1iZYiKO-masN6haU/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Code in (Reviewing process)

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Hi,
Aryan, can you point towards a particular issue where you facing such an
issue?

On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 3:17 PM Aryan Sharma  wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> I would like to highlight the issue that the reviewing process of the
> Google code in task is taking longer than it should.Task is being reviewed
> by 4-5 mentors and due to time difference everyone suggests their changes
> at different times. I want to utilise my holidays. So,It would be greatful
> if a non-coding task can be reviewed by only one person to remove the
> conflicts and save time.
> Thanks.
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Re: [Sugar-devel] GCI task ideas

[Vipul Gupta]

Very excited for the coming weeks of GCI, created about 10 tasks on GCI
interface, complete with problem case and references to avoid confusion.
Please review.

On Thu 11 Oct, 2018, 6:33 AM Walter Bender,  wrote:

> We have another two weeks before the contest begins. While we can add
> tasks at any point, it would be great to get a few more tasks published
> sooner than later. If you have task ideas (or open issues you think would
> make good tasks), please share them here.
>
> regards.
>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] Jaskirat travel

[Vipul Gupta]

+1 from me as well.

Ps. Have a good one !!

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 3:29 AM Walter Bender 
wrote:

> +1 from me.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 5:35 PM Samson Goddy  wrote:
>
>> Seconded
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018, 7:41 PM Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> As per the discussion with Brett [sfconservancy.org #1917], Jaskirat
>>> has asked for a travel advance for his trip to Google, where he will be
>>> representing Sugar Labs at both the GSOC Meetup and the Mentor Summit. The
>>> details of his trip can be found here [1].
>>>
>>> Jaskirat has worked hard to accommodate the concerns raised by several
>>> of us regarding his proposed budget. I think it is with scope and compliant
>>> with SFC rules.
>>>
>>> MOTION: Approve Jaskarit's attendance of the GSoC Meetup while he is
>>> traveling for the GSoC Mentor Summit and a travel advance of US $712.
>>>
>>> This is somewhat timely, so please try to respond ASAP.
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y-W8kR2-zmy2XRskBzRIEjASiMWTbcviK9uDf3V0GJQ/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Code-In Mentorship

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Hello Dipansh,

Thanks for reaching out and showing your interest. Can you list exactly
which projects you contributed to or are interested in Sugar Labs? Going
through your GitHub profile, since you are experienced in JS, you can fit
in with the Sugarizer team.

Being a mentor for this years GCI requires that you're a contributor to
sugarlabs, take a look at the list below - by James Cameron -
Looking forward to your contributions. Thanks.

New to Sugar Labs?  Unlock these achievements in any order;

1.  Use Sugar or Sugarizer,

https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar
-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md

* by using Sugar or Sugarizer you will learn how it works, and
  what can be improved.

* mandatory,

2.  Read our Code of Conduct,

https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar
-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

* mandatory,

3.  Join the developer mailing list,

https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

* for asking questions and helping others,

* don't use digest mode if you plan to post messages or replies,
  as it breaks threads, and please try to keep discussions public,

* mandatory,

4.  Get a GitHub account,

https://github.com/

* for reporting issues, and fixing problems in source code,

* recommended,

5.  Join the Sugar Labs GitHub organisation,

https://github.com/sugarlabs

* for regular source code contributors, and reviewers, by
  invitation, contact one of the existing members,

* helpful for mail notification of GitHub activity,

* optional,

6.  Join as a Member of Sugar Labs,

https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members

* requires some contribution; code, documentation, translations,
  maintenance, running a Sugar deployment, or any other
  non-trivial activities which benefit Sugar Labs,

* reviewed by committee,

* optional,

7.  Get a wiki.sugarlabs.org account,

https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/

* needed for maintaining Wiki content,

* needed as part of moving Wiki content to GitHub,

* for subscribing to edit notifications.

* optional,

8.  Get an activities.sugarlabs.org account,

https://activities.sugarlabs.org/

* needed for releasing new versions of Sugar activities,

* optional,

9.  Get a shell.sugarlabs.org account,

https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account

* requires a justification,

* may also provide @sugarlabs.org mail address,

* for releasing new versions of Sugar components, test builds,
  large data sets, or public git hosting,

* for limited experimentation with non-root network services, such
  as bots or IRC proxies,

* optional,

10. Get a translate.sugarlabs.org account,

https://translate.sugarlabs.org/

* if you are bi- or multi-lingual, use your skills,

* especially if you can test Sugar activities and components, as
  this will inform your translations,

* optional,

11. Get a bugs.sugarlabs.org account,

https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/

* only if you must maintain old bug reports,

* new issues may be reported via GitHub,

* optional,

12. Join Sugar on Fedora live system mailing list,

https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas

* download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package,

* share your experience with others who focus on this
  distribution,

* optional,

13. Join Sugar on Debian mailing lists,

https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging

* download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package,

* share your experience with others who focus on this distribution,

* optional,

14. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar

irc://irc.freenode.net/#sugar

* for synchronous chat with others,

* requires registration with freenode.net,

* optional,

15. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar-meeting

irc://irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting
http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/

* for meetings, but keep your own transcripts and minutes,

* requires registration with freenode.net,

* optional,

16. Maintain an Activity

https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar
-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer

* many learner-focused activities (apps) need simple maintenance,

* adopt an activity you like as your focus.

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Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] motion regarding GSoC mentor travel

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi,
I am not sure, if it's my place to speak here. But as part of community, I
am hoping to weigh in my point.

buying a one-way ticket on one airline for the first direction and a
>> one-way ticket on another for the return can often save money.
>>
>
> Not true for international long-haul flights, where it dramatically
> increases the price in most all cases.
>
> This is a common misunderstanding :/
>

+1 to that, I just traveled to and fro Boston for HackMIT 2018 and tired
doing that. But found the tickets to be much expensive then regular round
trips. Turns out organizers of HackMIT even refused to compensate people
who used such ways and claimed more money.
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] GCI 2018

[Vipul Gupta]

As stated already, count me in as well. Would be my first Googe Code-In

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 3:54 PM Sumit Srivastava 
wrote:

> Hi, can I please be a mentor? I'm a musician-coder-teacher.
> I've been following sugar labs code base, specifically music blocks
> religiously.
>
> I've also been following the mailing list for every advancement in the
> community.
>
> Can I please be a mentor. I haven't contributed to the codebase a lot,
> like other GSoC students since I haven't applied for any of these but I
> believe I can bring some unique expertise regarding music and it's
> intricacies since I had engaged in few fruitful discussions on issues
> related to my expertise.
>
> Can I please be a mentor for music blocks, alongside others?
>
> Regards,
> Sumit Srivastava
>
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, 2:12 am Walter Bender, 
> wrote:
>
>> We seem to have sufficient interest from the community to apply to Google
>> Code-in again this year. Lots of returning mentors and some students who
>> have morphed into mentors as well. But I will not apply w/o SLOB approval.
>>
>> Motion: Sugar Labs will apply to participate in Google Code-in 2018.
>> Walter will be the primary administrator.
>>
>> Time in of the essence as the schedule this year has applications
>> starting this week, so please respond ASAP.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Development Team Meeting, 4th September 10PM UTC

[Vipul Gupta]

I would also like to chip in as I wouldn't be able to join the meeting.


> - what we have been working on,
>

Working on the fixing frontend issues in ASLOv3
Completing the issue of adding the boot image to Sugar.


> - ideas for GCI tasks, should Sugar Labs be accepted.
>

I am also in favor of Sugar Labs being accepted. Along with the points put
forward by Rahul.
Another addition would be to add maintainence tasks such as
updation/archival of old wiki pages and making the starter's guide more
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[Sugar-devel] Deployment of ASLOv3

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Hello folks,

Jatin and I had a discussion on finishing up the long-awaited, constantly
developing and quite an important issue. That is the deployment of ASLOv3.
The source code has already been written and present [1] by Jatin in GSoC
2017, there were little problems that were holding back its deployment that
I took charge of solving most of them in GSoC 2018. We came to the
conclusion of working as we go along to get the activities online on the
new server.

We would like the community to put forward their views on the same. Also,
guide us on how to go on about it. Looking forward to getting this done as
quickly as we can. The mentors of our projects can put forward their
helpful insights as they know about the project(s) better.

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Re: [Sugar-devel] Fwd: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students

[Vipul Gupta]

Would love to be involved in it.

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 2:40 AM Walter Bender 
wrote:

>
> Note that everything is pushed ahead by 1 month.
> Any interest in participating this year?
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Google Code-in Mentors 
> Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 3:34 PM
> Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 -
> contest begins October 23rd for students
> To: Google Code-in Mentors 
>
>
> Hello GCI mentors,
>
> We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 <http://g.co/gci>,
> the 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages
> 13-17. Please be aware GCI will start about a month earlier this year
> than in previous years - the contest starts for students October 23rd!
>
> The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest
> site <http://g.co/gci>.
>
> Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program please
> start thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and reach
> out to your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors for
> the program. *Organization applications open for GCI orgs *next week on
> Thursday, September 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday,
> September 17th. We will announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th
> giving orgs 5 weeks to create their tasks before the contest begins on
> October 23rd.
>
> The major changes for GCI 2018 are:
>
>-
>
>Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks with
>their org when deciding on finalists and winners
>-
>
>Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5)
>-
>
>We have renamed the User Interface category to Design
>-
>
>Students will have to wait until Google reviews their Parental Consent
>form before they can claim their first task. This will slow things down but
>it is a requirement to be able to continue the program.
>-
>
>No tasks asking for personal information about students will be
>allowed (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce themselves
>with info like what country they are from, or photos of the students, 
> etc.).
>
> We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a record
> number of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s blog post
> <https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-code-in-2018.html>
> .
>
> If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us at
> gci-supp...@google.com
>
> Best,
>
> Stephanie and Mary
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Re: [Sugar-devel] freenode spam measures

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+1 many groups have implemented for the same.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:05 PM Walter Bender  wrote:
>
> Our primary channels on Freenode are now set to + r which means only 
> "registers" users can post. This should take care of the spam issue, but will 
> inconvenience some users.
>
> To register on Freenode,
>
> /msg NickServ REGISTER password yourem...@example.com
>
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>
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[Sugar-devel] Final Report - Project SugarPort - GSoC2018

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi,

Here's my report for Google Summer of Code 2018 -
https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/finalgsoc2018/

Thanks, everyone for all your help in the completion of this project.

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Re: [Sugar-devel] PyDelhi Dev-sprint - Sugar Labs is participating

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi everyone,
Due to certain personal unforeseen factors arising and unable to find
anyone to mentor the Dev-Sprint that was going to take place at PyDelhi
Meetup on the 26th of May.  Henceforth, Sugar Labs wouldn't be able to
participate in the dev sprints. I am very sad and disappointed that it has
come to this. I will make sure, it does participate in the next one surely.

Thank you all for your efforts and support !!

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:47 AM Vipul Gupta <vipulgupta2...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I am a co-organizer for a local Python user group, PyDelhi [1]. It's a
> volunteer-run organization that hosts free bi-weekly meetups related to
> Python in New Delhi, India. I contribute to many of their projects and also
> to PyCon India 2018.
>
> So, PyDelhi is organizing a Dev Sprint on 26th May 2018. For the Dev
> Sprints, 5 organizations and mentors will be helping out participants
> contribute to Open Source Projects. Participating organizations are
> Mozilla, Kivy, Python, PyCon India and *Sugar Labs*. All information
> about the dev-sprint [2]
>
> Yes, after a brief discussion with many people of the community. Sugar
> Labs will also be part of the dev sprints. What help would I need from the
> community?
> 1. *Any* open relatively easy issues that need to be solved. Bugs in
> activities. New features. Documentation reviews. That contributor could
> solve and get involved in open-source. It could be anything, really. List
> them out.
> 2. *Participation* from people living in New Delhi, you can check the
> venue of the sprint here [2]. Please do come, it would be of great help.
> Even if you are not that involved.
> 3. People who could be *available* on the said date remotely, from 10 am
> to 5pm IST. I wouldn't need any commitments but if some quick feedback on
> issues and pull requests could be received. Then it would be a ton of help.
>
> I can't really promise if this would be fruitful or not. But we should
> start somewhere. And I think this could be a good start. More people could
> start knowing about Sugar Labs and would help later on. As always, all
> suggestions are appreciated.
>
> --
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> Vipul Gupta
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> <https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>
>
> [1] - https://pydelhi.org
> [2] - https://www.meetup.com/pydelhi/events/qrltrpyxhbjc/
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[Sugar-devel] PyDelhi Dev-sprint - Sugar Labs is participating

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello folks,

I am a co-organizer for a local Python user group, PyDelhi [1]. It's a
volunteer-run organization that hosts free bi-weekly meetups related to
Python in New Delhi, India. I contribute to many of their projects and also
to PyCon India 2018.

So, PyDelhi is organizing a Dev Sprint on 26th May 2018. For the Dev
Sprints, 5 organizations and mentors will be helping out participants
contribute to Open Source Projects. Participating organizations are
Mozilla, Kivy, Python, PyCon India and *Sugar Labs*. All information about
the dev-sprint [2]

Yes, after a brief discussion with many people of the community. Sugar Labs
will also be part of the dev sprints. What help would I need from the
community?
1. *Any* open relatively easy issues that need to be solved. Bugs in
activities. New features. Documentation reviews. That contributor could
solve and get involved in open-source. It could be anything, really. List
them out.
2. *Participation* from people living in New Delhi, you can check the venue
of the sprint here [2]. Please do come, it would be of great help. Even if
you are not that involved.
3. People who could be *available* on the said date remotely, from 10 am to
5pm IST. I wouldn't need any commitments but if some quick feedback on
issues and pull requests could be received. Then it would be a ton of help.

I can't really promise if this would be fruitful or not. But we should
start somewhere. And I think this could be a good start. More people could
start knowing about Sugar Labs and would help later on. As always, all
suggestions are appreciated.

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Re: [Sugar-devel] Response in Re: you needed Assistance

[Vipul Gupta]

Glad to hear it, Can you send me the script. I always like to read
code written by others.

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:33 AM Pratul Kumar <pratulkumar1...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Vipul,
> Hope you are doing well.
>
> Thanks, Vipul for your initiative for help, yesterday I figured out the
> methodology for my problem.
> I used GitHub API instead using any NPM module or library. I read your
> mail after I had sorted out the problem.
> Once again I would like to thank you for the same.
>
> Regards,
> Pratul Kumar
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:27 AM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote:
>
>> All data from GitHub issues would be useful for a developer dashboard.
>>
>> It's not simple.  Repositories must also include those that are not in
>> the /sugarlabs/ organisation, such as the Help Activity, and many
>> others.
>>
>> Pratul is writing a web application, and likely coding in JavaScript,
>> so the GitHub REST API https://developer.github.com/v3/ should have
>> what is needed.  If Pratul has a problem with the API, ask GitHub Help
>> team or #github IRC channel. The GitHub API is not part of Sugar.
>>
>> I still don't think a developer dashboard will help Sugar Labs at a
>> social level, because we have so few developers, but I've no objection
>> to someone trying it.
>>
>> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 10:44:59AM +0530, Vipul Gupta wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > Over the problem, you were having - You need all issues of a every
>> Repository
>> > in Sugar Labs. I would need some clarification on the same.
>> >
>> > 1. How do you need all the issues (Issue description, just titles, on
>> respect
>> > to what, repo to repo or some other criteria?)
>> > 2. Why Javascript, I couldn't understand this part. Shouldn't you need
>> the
>> > output in a more accessible format like JSON for instance? You can use
>> the
>> > GitHub API for the same (I strongly recommend PyGitHub)
>> >
>> > Cordially,
>> > Vipul Gupta
>> > [1]Mixster | [2]Github
>> > Ps - I did read your messages, that day on IRC. I made the draft at
>> night but
>> > forgot to send it until now and yesterday I was busy with my community
>> meetup.
>> >
>> > References:
>> >
>> > [1] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/
>> > [2] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
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[Sugar-devel] Response in Re: you needed Assistance

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi,
Over the problem, you were having - You need all issues of a every
Repository in Sugar Labs. I would need some clarification on the same.

1. How do you need all the issues (Issue description, just titles, on
respect to what, repo to repo or some other criteria?)
2. Why Javascript, I couldn't understand this part. Shouldn't you need the
output in a more accessible format like JSON for instance? You can use the
GitHub API for the same (I strongly recommend PyGitHub)

Cordially,
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Ps - I did read your messages, that day on IRC. I made the draft at night
but forgot to send it until now and yesterday I was busy with my community
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Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project: Migration of Activities wiki-pages to GitHub

[Vipul Gupta]

>>> >
>>> > [7]Link to the correction
>>> >
>>> > Warm Regards
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Nnachi Isaac Onuwa
>>> > [8]about.me/iamonuwa
>>> > *
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Rudra
>>> Sadhu <[9]
>>> > rdrsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Greetings!
>>> >
>>> > Thank You for the opportunity to work
>>> with
>>> > Sugar Labs under the banner of Google
>>> Summer of
>>> > Code this year.
>>> >
>>> > I recently published an introductory
>>> blog post
>>> > [1], describing my GSoC 2018 journey.
>>> > Hope you'll love giving it a read.
>>> >
>>> > To my mentors (Divyanshu Rawat and
>>> Onuwa Nnachi
>>> > Isaac) :
>>> > Let me know your preferences to set up
>>> a
>>> > regular set of meeting times to
>>> discuss the
>>> > project.
>>> > I would prefer them to be on #sugar so
>>> that
>>> > other community members could possibly
>>> join.
>>> >
>>> > Looking forward to a great summer. :)
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Rudra Sadhu
>>> >
>>> > [1] [10]
>>> https://rdrsadhu.github.io/blog/
>>> > gsoc2018/
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > Divyanshu Rawat / Software Developer
>>> > [11]divyanshu.r46...@gmail.com / +41 779807546 / +91
>>> 8003856439
>>> >
>>> >
>>>  
>>> >
>>> > GSOC Mentor 2018 at Sugalabs, GCI 2017 Mentor at Sugar
>>> Labs
>>> > Stanford Scholar Initiative, Harvard Innovation Labs,
>>> > UnternehmerTUM GmbH
>>> > [12]www.divyanshurawat.me
>>> >
>>> >
>>>  
>>> >
>>> > [13]Twitter [s] [14]LinkedIn [s] [15]Github _ [16]Stack
>>> > Overflow [s] [17]Behance [s]
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > Divyanshu Rawat / Software Developer
>>> > [18]divyanshu.r46...@gmail.com / +41 779807546 / +91
>>> 8003856439
>>> >
>>> > 
>>> >
>>> > GSOC Mentor 2018 at Sugalabs, GCI 2017 Mentor at Sugar Labs
>>> > Stanford Scholar Initiative, Harvard Innovation Labs,
>>> > UnternehmerTUM GmbH
>>> > [19]www.divyanshurawat.me
>>> >
>>> > 
>>> >
>>> > [20]Twitter [s] [21]LinkedIn [s] [22]Github [s] [23]Stack
>>> Overflow
>>> > [s] [24]Behance _
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ___
>>> > Sugar-devel mailing list
>>> > [25]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
>>> > [26]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>>> >
>>> > ___
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>>> > [27]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
>>> > [28]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Walter Bender
>>> > Sugar Labs
>>> > [29]http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> > Sugar-devel mailing list
>>> > [30]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
>>> > [31]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>>> >
>>> > References:
>>> >
>>> > [1] mailto:t...@olenepal.org
>>> > [2]
>>> http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2018-05-04T14:17:25
>>> > [3] mailto:divyanshu.r46...@gmail.com
>>> > [4] mailto:matrix4u2...@gmail.com
>>> > [5] mailto:rdrsa...@gmail.com
>>> > [6] mailto:matrix4u2...@gmail.com
>>> > [7]
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GpTc9JMuCZ6SIZ04Do9i_DAemGOcw8DIqjBUADRRzo/edit?usp=sharing
>>> > [8]
>>> https://about.me/iamonuwa?promo=email_sig_source=product_medium=email_sig_campaign=edit_panel
>>> > [9] mailto:rdrsa...@gmail.com
>>> > [10] https://rdrsadhu.github.io/blog/gsoc2018/
>>> > [11] mailto:divyanshu.r46...@gmail.com
>>> > [12] http://www.divyanshurawat.me/
>>> > [13] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DCV8RZ
>>> > [14] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DKT8C6
>>> > [15] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DH4GT2
>>> > [16] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DEFKRT
>>> > [17] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DKZ3AC
>>> > [18] mailto:divyanshu.r46...@gmail.com
>>> > [19] http://www.divyanshurawat.me/
>>> > [20] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DCV8RZ
>>> > [21] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DKT8C6
>>> > [22] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DH4GT2
>>> > [23] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DEFKRT
>>> > [24] https://htmlsig.com/t/01DKZ3AC
>>> > [25] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
>>> > [26] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>>> > [27] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
>>> > [28] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>>> > [29] http://www.sugarlabs.org/
>>> > [30] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
>>> > [31] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>>>
>>> > ___
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>>> > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
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>>>
>>>
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[Sugar-devel] Meeting #2 of the project Setting up activity server.

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi folks,

We are just done with our second meeting, of the project Setting up the
activity server and WikiPort. Do refer to the logs for the updates, all
comments and suggestions are appreciated. The blog with the updates is
going to be uploaded soon on my blog Mixster.

*Logs are here* -
http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2018-05-06T16:43:50
*Tracker (updated)* -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VdzjA-DnEBh0ntHY17ktXlp7c2pIofq8458gSCTwiSM/edit?usp=sharing

Happy Contributing !!

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Re: [Sugar-devel] Live event of Turtle Blocks organised in India

[Vipul Gupta]

Good Work Jaskirat, Keep it up. Will work towards having something similar,
at my college.
We do have an event in which GSoC mentors speak and present their views on
Google Summer of Code and other programs. How to get started. Sort of nice
experience sharing session with the students. We can have the same this
year if people can from Sugar Labs come too. Last year, folks from Joomla
came. Ping me if someone is interested.

How about you Walter? Swinging by India, anytime?

On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 9:22 PM Jaskirat Singh <juskirat2...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello everyone !
>
> Thanks James ! for suggesting this to write it here.
> Well after great discussion with Walter Bender and Computer Department
> teachers here, I and Walter Bender organised a seminar  in the Sacred Heart
> Convent School, Jagadhri, Haryana, India about Turtle Blocks where he was
> live from USA  through Video Call.
> Though the event was of short duration but we covered most of the things
> and students were quite active in understanding it and in putting up their
> queries.
> Earlier Teachers were not sure that if students will act upon this seminar
> but later they were so attracted that they decided to have some more events
> like this ..! And i was quite happy at that time.
> So special thanks to Walter Bender who spared his sleeping time to talk to
> students.
> Walter Bender now its time to organise a broad base workshop in India
> which will involve everyone to participate and also will keep something for
> senior students.
> Hope he agree to this proposal !
> I have attavhed a link to few photographs of the event
>
> link -
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16I9fzao78DkOxZmKSyTqtHuY6hsQU9oH?usp=sharing
>
> i posted this on Facebook and Twitter but maybe everyone not be using
> these social sites so i have written here.
>
>
> Thanks
>
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[Sugar-devel] Updates of our First GSoC meeting

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi everyone,

This is regarding the project Activity Migration (WikiPort) and deploying
the new Activity Server. In the view of promoting communication and
exchange of ideas. I am glad to inform all of you that, we concluded our
first GSoC meeting for the project on Sunday with attendees being Walter,
Carlos and Glide. We discussed a lot and got introduced to each other.

All details/updates of this and future meetings will be available here in
this *Tracker*. - Click me !
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VdzjA-DnEBh0ntHY17ktXlp7c2pIofq8458gSCTwiSM/edit?usp=sharing>
!
*Please do go through this, and help wherever you seem you can.*

The meetings will be held on every Sunday, 11 pm (IST) on Google Hangouts.
Everyone is requested to join up in the discussions (Link in the document)
and add it to your calendars (Link also in the document). Please do ask all
your suggestions/doubts regarding the same.

Happy Collaborating !!

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Re: [Sugar-devel] Congratulations to all the Students in Gsoc 2018

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Hi,

Yes, on GSoC not being an internship. I have been correcting many people
myself since I became aware of it.

> By the way, are you on instagram? I have a bit of an audience in the
>> coding
>> > space. I would love to post your blog post in a story and link to your
>> account
>> > by mentioning you in the story.
>>
>
Yes, I am on Instagram ( username - *mr.vipulgupta *) and many others
social media channels. All of them are mentioned in the main sidebar of my
blog. Feel free to check out the same.
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Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2018 Proposals

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi

Some for 2018 can be found here -
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:2018_GSoC_applications
Although I agree with James regarding this.

Cordially,
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<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 3:16 AM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote:

> Seems like a lot of work to put the proposals on the Wiki; how will it
> help?  I'm not sure it helped much last year.
>
> Some of the proposals are in the mailing list archives, although some
> links may not work any more.  See https://lists.sugarlabs.org/
>
> If you're interested in any particular proposal, write to the student.
>
> During the work, the proposal is only a guide, and the projects
> undergo new design and planning.  Mentors and student tend to choose
> the tools for that.  GitHub has a Projects feature.  Minimum tool is
> mail.
>
> For previous projects, private mail has led to uninteresting failures,
> due to groupthink of small groups of mentors.  So I'll count as likely
> to succeed any project that uses sugar-devel@ mailing list, and
> presume the other projects that I've heard nothing about have failed.
>
> ;-)
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 07:19:10AM -0400, Rishabh Nambiar wrote:
> > Congrats to everyone who was selected this year!
> >
> > Where can we find the proposals written by the students who were
> selected?
> >
> > If they're not put online yet, when can we expect them to be made public
> on the
> > Sugar Labs Wiki like last year?
> > [1]https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2017
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2017
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Congratulations to all the Students in Gsoc 2018

[Vipul Gupta]

The first blog post is made here [1], please provide your valuable feedback
on the setup and post structure.

[1] - https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/123gsoc/

Cordially,
Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Jaskirat Singh <juskirat2...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Heartiest felicitations to everyone on this big achievement.
> May you be a successful coder throughout this journey !!
> Wish you good luck.
>
> Happy Coding !
>
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[Sugar-devel] My first blog post regarding GSoC 2018

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi everyone,

I recently wrote a blog post [1] on GSoC 2018 and wanting to get some
views/feedback on it from everyone. It revolves around a fun start-up guide
for people looking to take the first step into GSoC and my views overall
about the initial process.

All mentors and students are requested to comment or suggest anything you
feel that I have missed or add more to a particular section. Looking
forward to connecting with you all.

Thank you !!

Cordially,
Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

[1] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/123gsoc/
<https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/123gsoc/>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Congratulations to all the Students in Gsoc 2018

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi Abdul, Carlos

Thank you for the warm welcome, mentors. I am looking forward to working
with the community and learn and collaborate a lot in the process.

*Abdul: *I do have my own blog setup on WordPress.com [1], I can get it
started there if it is fine. For convenience, I can form a
separate category of GSoC 2018 that would help in keeping a distinction if
that's fine. I have been writing a lot, hence have a lot of good ideas for
the introductory post. Will post the same at the earliest and send a link
to the devel list. Works?

Vipul Gupta
[1] - www.mixstersite.wordpress.com

Cordially,
Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Glide <abdulsamadaliy...@gmail.com> wrote:

> A quick reminder, Vipul, you are to create a blog based around your
> project and you're advised to start off with an introductory blog post this
> week.
>
> How will you be doing this?
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Glide <abdulsamadaliy...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Special congratulations to Vipul Gupta, you are welcome to our community,
>> i will be one of your mentors for the next few months.
>>
>> I believe that we will work well together and we will achieve a lot in
>> the next few months.
>>
>> Once again, congratulations.
>>
>> Special Regards.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:59 PM, Carlos mauro <unima...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> In special to Yash Agrawal and Vipul Gupta with two interesting projects:
>>>
>>> Just say no to GTK+ 2
>>> Migration of wiki activity pages to git
>>>
>>> I will support as mentor and community your hard and funny work.
>>>
>>> Congratulations.
>>>
>>> Happy Hacking
>>>
>>> Best Regards
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[Sugar-devel] Adding boot logo to Sugar

[Vipul Gupta]

Hey everyone,

I have been working on adding a boot logo to Sugar in reference to issue on
Github [1]. I have made a draft of how the Plymouth screen would look like,
and needed some opinions on the same. Please check it out, or reply to this
thread as to what I should add/remove.

Thanks

Cordially,
Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

[1] -
https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-live-build/issues/6#issuecomment-378472126
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[Sugar-devel] Regarding GSoC 2018 project "Migration of activity pages to git"

[Vipul Gupta]

Hey everyone,

This mail is regarding all GSoC applicants working under the project stated
above and the mentors, reviewers associated with it. The importance for
collective planning and execution of this project idea as grown
exponentially as mentioned by @quozl here [1].

Therefore, I have created a checklist which contains formats for pull
requests and commit messages and other fine details which will help foster
synchronization. I request everybody involved in this project including the
activity team and wiki team to provide suggestions and valuable insight on
the same.

This list is neither official nor has to be followed by anyone. But a small
initiative to help and collaborate with others by my side. I use this list
to help in end-to-end migration of wiki-pages and quality checking in my
project. Hope it helps you too. You can contribute either to Etherpad [2]
or gist.github.com[3]

Happy Contributing !!

Cordially,
Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

[1] - https://github.com/sugarlabs/i-can-read-activity/pull/4
[2] - https://etherpad.net/p/Sugar_Migration_Checklist
[3] -
https://gist.github.com/vipulgupta2048/29eb0cbb6c9d294d52d9554a30f8f724
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[Sugar-devel] Regarding "permission to collaborate" on issues

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi everyone,

>From the past few days, I am noticing issues popping up in Sugar Labs
repository on Github about *asking permission to work on issues* as also
mentioned by Walter here [1] I wanted to take the time present my thoughts
over it. First up, submitting a pull request is not a race. This is not a
competition and sometimes it seems like everything in this world is a
competition but I realized that here in Open-Source, here in Sugar Labs
that is not true. It's quite the opposite.

We must realize that pull requests are an easy path to improve the
codebase, contribute to the organization and much more. Not just more green
dots on the profile page. We must think and act like contributors, not like
.. contenders. From the last month, I have been working and contributing to
Sugar Labs, I feel I have grown so much.

Quoting @quozl here

> What matters is the pull request. This new practice of asking for
> permission to work on something, perhaps in the hope of being the one who
> will win the task, goes against our Sugar Labs culture
> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs>. If someone else solves the
> problem before you, in a way that is better than your solution, we'll take
> it gladly.


In all honesty, I asked for the permission to work on an issue myself. But
one should learn from their mistakes and from other's mistakes. Hence I
would request all participants to read [2] at least once before hitting the
"Submit pull request" button the next time and work and collaborate.

Happy Contributing !!

-- 
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Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

[1] - https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/pull/148
[2] -
https://github.com/walterbender/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md

Ps.
- I apologize for the rant, but I think it was my duty to put forward my
opinions and help the community grow in more constructive manner.
- Last night, I received a message from someone requesting me to
collaborate on an issue that I was working on. I was taken aback, hence
from then, I thought about to write this mail and make people more aware.
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [Activity-Team] Request to review GSoC Proposal

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Tony Anderson <t...@olenepal.org> wrote:

> As always, the question is the impact on our users. The traditional source
> of information for users is http://www.sugarlabs.org and
> http://www.laptop.org and, especially the wiki pages. The traditional
> source for activities is http://activities.sugarlabs.org (ASLO). So far
> the effect of gitHub has been to reduce the value of these two sources. In
> many cases the activities on ASLO have been superceded by ones on gitHub or
> other git repository but are not available to our users. The documentation
> of activities on ASLO has never been adequate but now no effort will be
> made to improve it. This continues the trend toward Sugar being a
> playground for the technical elite.
>
> Tony


I agree with all points that Tony put forward and especially where GitHub
either directly or indirectly resulted in the reduction of value of the two
sources mentioned. The world is changing, technology at present will become
obsolete at one point of time. The decision of Sugar Labs to keep with the
times, advance, grow, and get new developers associated by migrating its
documentation of activities is a critical for future opportunities and will
help everyone involved.

Like I mentioned in my proposal too that documentation is one of the most
important steps of any project specially if it is open-source. I know that
because of the experience of actually writing and reading it for years
myself. If for users, the documentation is easy to read, easy to edit and
accessible fast. Then I think that helps everybody. Be it users, members
and even developers looking to contribute.

Thanks for your comments, Tony. Will be sure to add them to my proposal. I
really think my project would be beneficial for the community and all its
users involved.

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[Sugar-devel] [PR] Migrated wiki-pages "i-can-read" activity

[Vipul Gupta]

Hi everyone,

I was recently testing my script's beta version for the migration of the
activity pages of the activity "i-can-read"
I had a few hiccups in the migration which I will start improving upon. I
have made a PR on the base repo.

Check it out - https://github.com/sugarlabs/i-can-read-activity/pull/4

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Ps. Feels good to contribute something finally.
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[Sugar-devel] [Activity-Team] Request to review GSoC Proposal

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello,

I have submitted the first draft of my GSoC proposal and shared it with
edit access permission on Google GSoC website with Sugar Labs. Please
review, comment and write a review how my proposal would help the
community. Even if it is just one line.

I would really like to work on this project under the activity team and
contribute further on Sugar Labs for a greater good.

*If you do not have access to the Google GSoC website for Sugar Labs. *Hit
me up on @vipulgupta2048 or reply to this thread. I will promptly reply
with google docs link of my proposal.

Thanking you

Cordially,
Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>
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[Sugar-devel] [Activity-Team] Request to review GSoC Proposal

[Vipul Gupta]

Hello,

I have completed the first draft of my GSoC proposal and shared it with
edit access permission on Google GSoC website with Sugar Labs. Please
review, comment and write a review how my proposal would help the
community. Even if it is just one line. I would really like to work on this
project under the activity team and contribute further on Sugar Labs for a
greater good.

Thanking you
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Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>
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