I found the link <https://groups.google.com/g/sympy/c/P8wMm3gW2t8/m/QWtnhhzmBwAJ> to the previous thread where this was last discussed.
I like the idea of having a separate channel in Gitter for GSoC. But students should be encouraged to discuss their proposal on the mailing list itself. The Gitter channel should be for asking GSoC related questions and help. Faisal On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 2:45 AM Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually think we should remove the requirement that students > introduce themselves on the mailing list. It tends to lead more to > spam than anything. A better way would be for students to introduce > themselves in a few sentences alongside their first PR. For students > who are looking for help, they should perhaps be directed to the > Gitter channel (or a separate Gitter channel if that gets too noisy). > > In the end, I'm not sure if we can eliminate it entirely unless we do > it at the moderation level. I appreciate that the mailing list is > difficult to use at this time of year, though, so I do think we should > try to do something about it. > > Aaron Meurer > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 8:55 AM David Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 01/02/2021 14:53, Faisal Riyaz wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > SymPy mailing list receives many introductory emails from prospective > GSoC applicants. This makes important discussions related to projects > difficult to follow. This has been a problem for a long time. I think this > has been discussed before but I cannot find the link to the thread. > > > > Can we have a separate mailing list that has only potential mentors for > introductory emails of GSoC? Emails related to proposal discussion can be > sent to the main mailing list so that the rest of the community can provide > feedback too. > > > > I agree, I think that would be really useful! > > > > David > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "sympy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/1fa53196-e3b5-cb7d-8fa9-bd641eaf33ff%40dbailey.co.uk > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAKgW%3D6Ku1QqVQOPdYYqgHvXZoxbrp8gE2uRw%2BBib7hAgGUfB4w%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAEe-xqRkauXbPQPvaGjqqcSMUf-Lz1rMZ-TnQYvaWJ%3Dvc1H4Fg%40mail.gmail.com.
