Hii shourya, iam also new to sympy,can we learn together . On Wed, 14 Jan 2026, 23:52 Oscar Benjamin, <[email protected]> wrote:
> The instructions don't say to post to the mailing list but they do say > """ > If posting for the first time to the mailing list please use an > informative first email so that we can get to know you. > """ > I guess that gives the impression that you should send an email to the > mailing list. The problem though is that these emails don't really > serve that purpose i.e. no one is getting to know anyone. There are > too many introduction emails to follow and no one replies to them. > > What would be better would be something like "join the mailing list so > that you can see discussions there" and "if you have a question about > contributing then you might want to use the mailing list but first see > the FAQ/guidelines". > > A lot of questions are along the lines of "what is a good way to get > started contributing" but it isn't really possible to give that > anything more than a generic answer that could in a FAQ. If there is a > *specific* question then it would be useful to use the mailing list > and actually discuss it. > > -- > Oscar > > On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 at 17:18, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We could remove these instructions. The mailing list introductions > > made sense 15 years ago when there weren't very many people doing GSoC > > and most people who introduced themselves went on to actually > > contribute and apply. Nowadays the list is kind of just spammed with > > them and it doesn't add any value. But it's also been this way for a > > good while. > > > > Aaron Meurer > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM Jason Moore <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > We also have these specific GSoC instructions: > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-Student-Instructions That has > some specific instructions on a first email. I suspect that GSoC probably > tells students to do this somewhere too. > > > > > > In general, I think we do want to encourage any new contributor to > introduce themselves and explain what they want to work on, etc. But the > nature of GSoC creates a flood of "new contributors" that do not actually > end up contributing or only contribute during the application period. > > > > > > Of course, any new contributor may not understand they are emailing > hundred (or maybe a thousand) people in this forum. > > > > > > Jason > > > moorepants.info > > > +01 530-601-9791 > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 1:52 AM Oscar Benjamin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 at 00:19, Oldřich Klimánek > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > But, Oscar, these emails pop out here every day, sometime several > times a day: all from India or Bangladesh (I doubt that guys from India > need AI to translate for them). Were they from Netherlands, South Africa > and then Saudi Arabia, to say, I would not say a word. But these msg are > the same every day, apparently from the sam source. It is kinda tiring to > read these. > > >> > > >> I agree. I think the problem is that there is something somewhere that > > >> tells people to do this e.g.: > > >> > https://docs.sympy.org/latest/contributing/introduction-to-contributing.html#join-our-mailing-list > > >> > > >> I think there might be something more explicit somewhere else (in the > > >> GSOC instructions?). There are too many people who are interested in > > >> contributing to SymPy for GSOC for it to be reasonable that they all > > >> send an email to the mailing list though because it makes the mailing > > >> list a waste of time for anything else. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Oscar > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAHVvXxRyLumSA63KisRtfc0U9k_5YbNJMwAWePC5dxM3aN1XBg%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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AggHVFM085fj%3DmidTCDynk-dWXdmB0bnaOV4T-EOyctNw%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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAKgW%3D6KP4824nyCGebW%3DhCEev15q7Xo8N0Uia8RcV0XL_4nX%3Dw%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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAHVvXxSLJe4_FL16D6uyNUOZTgeNR2jm3g3dLkhP5A5CVXunzA%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. 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