Potentially both. I will try to read about it this weekend. Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:55 AM Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Jason. Just to clarify, are you able to help with both the > application (due April 23) and the mentoring? > > I also think we should apply. I read some more on their site. > Apparently as part of their pilot, they are only going to have 50 > slots, with a max of 2 slots per project > (https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/faq#slot-allocation). > I guess this means they will be accepting about 25 orgs, so depending > on how popular this is, we may need to work extra hard to get > accepted. > > Here are the instructions for the application > > https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/organization-application-hints > . > If you want to start thinking of project ideas, that would be helpful. > Feel free to start a page on the wiki for this. We won't know what the > actual application form looks like until it opens on April 2. > > Aaron Meurer > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:18 AM Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Should SymPy apply? > > > > Yes! > > > > I'm willing to help with that (likely). > > > > Jason > > moorepants.info > > +01 530-601-9791 > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:59 PM Arif Ahmed < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> The SymPy docs are quite fine but I feel most of the modules could use > a lot more comments(in-line and block, existing docstrings are already > quite good !) > >> It would make it easier for contributors(especially new ones) to fix > bugs if there were comments explaining the underlying algorithm/math. > >> > >> Here is a good example of what I mean(lines 846 to 1066 have a fairly > decent explanation of the process used). Unfortunately such comments seem > rare to me throughout the library. > >> > >> > >> On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 12:35:31 AM UTC+5:30, Aaron Meurer wrote: > >>> > >>> Google is starting a new program, Google Season of Docs (GSoD). I'd > >>> like to gauge the community's interest in applying. > >>> > >>> Full information about the program is here: > >>> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/ > >>> > >>> The program is very similar to Google Summer of Code, but unlike GSoC, > >>> it focuses on documentation instead of code. Also unlike GSoC, the > >>> program is aimed toward people with technical writing experience > >>> rather than students. The idea is to give open source projects a > >>> chance to have a professional technical writer help them with their > >>> documentation. The technical writers learn more about open source > >>> technologies and get something they can add to their resume. > >>> > >>> Should SymPy apply? 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