Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-22 Thread Pratul Kumar
Hello Walter, I went through this link https://publiclab.github.io/community-toolbox/ and thanks for sharing it with me. It looks like its functioning is mainly governed by a bot name plotsbot . Another

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-16 Thread Walter Bender
https://publiclab.github.io/community-toolbox/ is an example of a direction we might want to consider. Especially in light of the fact that we have issues spread across so many different repositories. On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:24 AM, Pratul Kumar wrote: > Hello, >

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-15 Thread Pratul Kumar
Hello, Hope you all are doing well. As we have already discussed my interest in the project - "Making a Beginner Guide" since this project can be highly valuable to our community for future aspects. After reading the conversation regarding the coding and programming touch for GSoC projects, I

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-14 Thread Pratul Kumar
Hi James, .> - use your other students _during_ the project rather than _after_, so that the content can be reviewed and refined by beginners, I also think getting feedback from newcomer from starting will be more beneficial. > So it will be helpful to Sugar Labs if your content can be

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-13 Thread James Cameron
G'day Pratul, Thanks for your answer. The controls you propose for risks seem well thought out, though I'd propose one small change; - use your other students _during_ the project rather than _after_, so that the content can be reviewed and refined by beginners, I'll try to answer your other

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-13 Thread Pratul Kumar
Hi James, Thanks for such well explained response. Risk #1; your beginner guide does not help a beginner. Regarding it, I had thought that bringing all the resources at a single place with proper linking within, it might help to properly navigate. So, instead of having multiple newcomer guides

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-13 Thread James Cameron
Three recent "beginner guides" also include; 1. https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md by GitHub users pipix51, and quozl. 2. https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/desktop-activity.md by GitHub users Pro-Panda, and quozl. 3.

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Project Contribution

2018-02-13 Thread James Cameron
Thanks for your offer. Here are my thoughts. Risk #1; your beginner guide does not help a beginner. Risk #2; your beginner guide conflicts with other information. Risk #3; your beginner guide is abandoned soon after publishing. -- Risk #1; your beginner guide does not help a beginner. We