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<p>Hi all,</p>
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<p>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).</p>
<p>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!</p>
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<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>Sergios<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/1/23 20:10, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:andre@andreldm.com">andre@andreldm.com</a>
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<div>Hi Alex,<br>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks for all organizing GSoC once more, lots of
work but it does help Xfce immensely.<br>
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<div dir="auto">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).</div>
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<div dir="auto">I'm sorry for not stepping up this time, but I can
definitely help with reviews, permissions, etc :)<br>
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<div>Cheers,<br>
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<div>Andre Miranda<br>
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<div>Jan 10, 2023, 11:11 by <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:acs82@gmx.de">acs82@gmx.de</a>:<br>
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<div>Hi all,<br>
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<div>this year I plan to do a break from GSOC mentoring .. time
to tidy up<br>
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<div>leftovers of the last two GSoC years and get some private
projects done.<br>
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<div>However I would be willing to be a Xfce org admin again,
doing all the<br>
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<div>administrative stuff.<br>
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<div>I as well would be fine with being a backup mentor, if some
other mentor<br>
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<div>should be sick or something.<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>My plan would be to register Xfce for GSoC 2023 on end of
January [1] ..<br>
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<div>though of course that only makes sense if we have people
which want to<br>
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<div>mentor for Xfce.<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>For GSoC 2022 the project-time-frame and project-size was
very flexible.<br>
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<div>I suppose mentoring took me an average of ~2hours a week
from May till<br>
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<div>November.<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>While some mentors do regular video calls with the
contributors, I<br>
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<div>preferred to just chat with them via IRC and on gitlab
issues/MR's or<br>
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<div>via email, which as well worked fine.<br>
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<div>Generally I can say that GSoC mentoring is a nice way for
getting things<br>
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<div>done, and to lure people into Xfce-development :) Though
it for sure<br>
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<div>will eat some of your time.<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>If you are interested, you will need to define some
possible projects<br>
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<div>from which GSoC applicants can pick from. See [2] as an
example.<br>
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<div>Xfce mentors will receive $500 per participant as "mentor
stipend".<br>
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<div>So if you are interested in mentoring for Xfce, please let
me know !<br>
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<div>Best regards,<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>Alex(xcons)<br>
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<div>[1]: Timeline for GSoC 2023:<br>
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<div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline?hl=en">https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline?hl=en</a><br>
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<div>[2] Xfce GSoC 2022 project list:<br>
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<div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.xfce.org/projects/gsoc/start#project_ideas">https://wiki.xfce.org/projects/gsoc/start#project_ideas</a><br>
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