Call for GSoC 2023 mentors

[Andi Artz]

Hi Alex,

thx I am going to start reading this link and scroll through the gitlab :)

I am going to join the IRC channel :)

Thx for your warm words and advices!

All the best

Andi

Am Mo., 30. Jan. 2023 um 10:15 Uhr schrieb Alex <acs82 at gmx.de>:
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> Hi Andi,
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> great to hear so. After you read this: https://andreldm.com/2018/12/03/xfce-contributor-guide.html,
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> you might want to start with some newcomer issues: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Newcomers&first_page_size=20
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> Or pick whatever annoys you in the Xfce software you use. Best start with fixing bugs /dont go for new features directly.
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> If there are questions, best ask on the IRC channel #xfce-dev
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> Good luck and happy hacking !
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> Alex
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> Am 29.01.23 um 23:24 schrieb Andi Artz:
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> Hey all,
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> just read the mails about GSoC 2023.
> So, in general I want to jump into XFCE dev and try contributing.
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> I have read mostly the required coding language is C?
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> Hope to hear from u soon.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andi
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 11:05 PM Alex <acs82 at gmx.de> wrote:
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>> Hey Sergios and Andre,
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>> yea, I can totally understand ... there is as well that real-life thing :) So looks like Xfce does not need to apply for GSoC this year.
>> Better like this than us, suffering from open source burnout !
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>> So let's try to tidy up leftovers this year. If things go fine, we can reconsider for GSoC 2024.
>>
>> Cheers, Alex
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>> Am 28.01.23 um 08:50 schrieb Sergios - Anestis Kefalidis:
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>> Hi all,
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>> I'm also unable to be a mentor this year. I have way more things to do than I have time and I still haven't touched last year's contributions (which need quite a bit of work to be considered finished).
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>> I guess that this means that Xfce will not take part in GSoC 2023, but that might be for the best. It's time to cleanup what we already have!
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>> Cheers,
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>> Sergios
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>> On 10/1/23 20:10, andre at andreldm.com wrote:
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>> Hi Alex,
>> Thanks for all organizing GSoC once more, lots of work but it does help Xfce immensely.
>>
>> It's also completely understandable you prefer to be "just" an admin. This year I also don't intend to be a mentor, not because it's tiresome or stressful or anything bad, in fact I had a good mentoring experience last year, it's just because I'm trying to better manage my time (not too much on Xfce nor leave the project completely).
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>> I'm sorry for not stepping up this time, but I can definitely help with reviews, permissions, etc :)
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>> Cheers,
>> Andre Miranda
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>> Jan 10, 2023, 11:11 by acs82 at gmx.de:
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>> Hi all,
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>> this year I plan to do a break from GSOC mentoring .. time to tidy up
>> leftovers of the last two GSoC years and get some private projects done.
>>
>> However I would be willing to be a Xfce org admin again, doing all the
>> administrative stuff.
>>
>> I as well would be fine with being a backup mentor, if some other mentor
>> should be sick or something.
>>
>>
>> My plan would be to register Xfce for GSoC 2023 on end of January [1] ..
>> though of course that only makes sense if we have people which want to
>> mentor for Xfce.
>>
>> For GSoC 2022 the project-time-frame and project-size was very flexible.
>> I suppose mentoring took me an average of ~2hours a week from May till
>> November.
>>
>> While some mentors do regular video calls with the contributors, I
>> preferred to just chat with them via IRC and on gitlab issues/MR's or
>> via email, which as well worked fine.
>>
>>
>> Generally I can say that GSoC mentoring is a nice way for getting things
>> done, and to lure people into Xfce-development :)  Though it for sure
>> will eat some of your time.
>>
>> If you are interested, you will need to define some possible projects
>> from which GSoC applicants can pick from. See [2] as an example.
>>
>> Xfce mentors will receive $500 per participant as "mentor stipend".
>>
>>
>> So if you are interested in mentoring for Xfce, please let me know !
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Alex(xcons)
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>>
>> [1]: Timeline for GSoC 2023:
>> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline?hl=en
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>> [2] Xfce GSoC 2022 project list:
>> https://wiki.xfce.org/projects/gsoc/start#project_ideas
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