Request to help potential GSOC students

[Jackson Isaac]

Hi Mojca,

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 3:55 AM Mojca Miklavec <mojca at macports.org> wrote:
>
> Dear MacPorts users & developers,
>
> You probably noticed a slightly increased traffic on this mailing list recently.
>

Really appreciate your emails and response to the GSoC students :).

> GSOC is an amazing opportunity for the students to learn something
> new, and for the MacPorts community to greatly benefit from their
> work. Last year we had almost no applications, while this year we seem
> to be "bombarded" compared to the number of workforce available.
>
> I would be really grateful to get some helping hands reviewing student
> proposals and answering their questions. While not everyone of us is
> heavily skilled in every aspect of the code, some of the proposals are
> pretty generic, easy to understand and could greatly benefit from your
> feedback.

I have added my feedback to the proposals which I had access to.

>
> The deadline for the final submission is the 9th of April.
>
> Proposals that we received so far:
>
> === MacPorts Base
>
> * Speed up trace mode by Mihir Luthra
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qH5VMtrQ3tvd5gFPf51lmJtd6dYfUuEmO1AvXmU_4qM
>

Mihir,

The proposal is view-only. You might need to give comment-access for
us to leave feedback on the draft.

> === Web / Buildbot projects
>
> * Custom Views Plugin for Buildbot by Rajdeep Bharati
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wRjA8sOWNOuApHZ_fm0n1aIPLVPt9Xm2yGiMwiK3AI
>
> * Web app for port info, build and installation stats by Arjun Salyan
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/198Ivygxb2NJQz_sqzDrbDPVEYZ5Ye5Yw0LV6Bt2QmG4
>

-- 
Jackson Isaac