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From: "Martin Bähr" <mbaehr@email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at>
To: supmua <supmua@googlegroups.com>
Subject: papercuts and google code-in
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:05:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1419701714-sup-6215@email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at> (raw)

hi,

while using sup i am taking notes whenever i notice some small issue or an idea
for an improvement.

some of these may be real bugs, some a matter of taste, and so i didn't take
the time to write them all up as issues.

i have put the list here http://pad.hackerspace.sg/p/sup-ideas
(but that server is down now, so i put a backup here:
https://factor.cc/pad/p/sup-ideas )

now, i am a mentor for FOSSASIA at google code-in, and i put up that list as a
source of tasks for students to work on.

(a sample task is here
https://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2014/6127040658931712 
i have since updated the text a little bit advising students for the need for
writing tests and testing against develop and use-mail branches)

essentially that means that sup is able to participate at google code-in.

so far only one student showed interest, but if well maintained he might become
a sup contributor.

if you are interested to take advantage of this you could help in the following ways:
if you have suggestions for tasks, add them right on that etherpad page. (add
your name and a description of the task)

you could also add your name behind existing tasks if you are interested to
help students with those.

i don't think you need to sign up with google code-in to help. it is probably
enough to communicate with the students through github issues and
pull-requests. and you can help by reviewing and closing pull-requests.

if a pull-request is closed i can immediately close the students task, though i
may close their task if i am satisfied with the work, regardless of the
pull-request status. (since the tasks are my wishlist, it doesn't necessarily
follow that all my wishes should be accepted into sup)

note that google code-in is a contest, and the number of tasks the students
close carries some weight in winning a prize. this causes some students to show
impatience with getting their tasks reviewed. i do hope that this impatience
does not spill over into github discussions, but if it happens, please just
ignore it (and let me know, so i can deal with it)

greetings, martin.

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             reply	other threads:[~2014-12-27 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-27 18:05 Martin Bähr [this message]
2014-12-28 14:14 ` [sup] " Gaute Hope
2014-12-28 16:12   ` Martin Bähr
2014-12-28 17:06     ` Gaute Hope
2014-12-28 17:31       ` Martin Bähr
2014-12-28 18:00         ` Gaute Hope

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