From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Git in Outreachy December 2019?
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 13:00:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190909170002.GA30399@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190908145610.3ho2wo5qqiw3u4lz@yadavpratyush.com>
On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 08:26:10PM +0530, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> I'd like to put out a proposal regarding first contributions and micro
> projects.
>
> I have a small list of small isolated features and bug fixes that
> _I think_ git-gui would benefit with. And other people using it can
> probably add their pet peeves and issues as well. My question is, are
> these something new contributors should try to work on as an
> introduction to the community? Since most of these features and fixes
> are small and isolated, they should be pretty easy to work on. And I
> think people generally find UI apps a little easier to work on.
>
> But I'll play the devil's advocate on my proposal and point out some
> problems/flaws:
> - Git-gui is written in Tcl, and git in C (and other languages too, but
> not Tcl). That means while people do get a feel of the community and
> general workflow, they don't necessarily get a feel of the actual git
> internal codebase.
> - Since I don't see a git-gui related project worth being into the
> Outreachy program, it essentially means they will likely not work on
> anything related to their project.
> - Git-gui is essentially a wrapper on top of git, so people won't get
> exposure to the git internals.
>
> I'd like to hear your and the rest of the community's thoughts about
> this proposal, and whether it will be a good idea or not.
Right, I came up with similar devil's advocate arguments. :) I'm not
totally opposed, because part of the point of these microprojects just
getting people familiar with interacting with the community and
submitting a patch. They're not always in the same area the intern
intends to work, just because there's not always a trivial problem to be
solved there.
So we do look at it mostly as a "can you do this basic test" test, and
not necessarily as a prelude to the project.
But it would be nice if it were at least in the same _language_ that the
ultimate project will be done in. Because we're evaluating the
applicant's ability to write code in that language, too.
So I dunno. I am on the fence.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-09 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-27 5:17 Git in Outreachy December 2019? Jeff King
2019-08-31 7:58 ` Christian Couder
2019-08-31 19:44 ` Olga Telezhnaya
2019-09-04 19:41 ` Jeff King
2019-09-05 7:24 ` Christian Couder
2019-09-05 19:39 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-09-06 11:55 ` Carlo Arenas
2019-09-07 6:39 ` Jeff King
2019-09-07 10:13 ` Carlo Arenas
2019-09-07 6:36 ` Jeff King
2019-09-08 14:56 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-09 17:00 ` Jeff King [this message]
2019-09-23 18:07 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-26 9:47 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-26 19:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-26 21:54 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-26 11:42 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-13 20:03 ` Jonathan Tan
2019-09-13 20:51 ` Jeff King
2019-09-16 18:42 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-09-16 21:33 ` Eric Wong
2019-09-16 21:44 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-16 23:13 ` Jonathan Nieder
2019-09-17 0:59 ` Jeff King
2019-09-17 11:23 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-17 12:02 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-23 12:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-23 16:58 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-26 11:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-26 13:28 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-26 19:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-26 21:44 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-09-27 22:18 ` Jeff King
2019-10-09 17:25 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-11 6:34 ` Jeff King
2019-09-23 18:19 ` Jeff King
2019-09-24 14:30 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-17 15:10 ` Christian Couder
2019-09-23 12:50 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-23 19:30 ` Jeff King
2019-09-23 18:07 ` Jeff King
2019-09-24 14:25 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-24 15:33 ` Jeff King
2019-09-28 3:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-24 0:55 ` Eric Wong
2019-09-26 12:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-30 8:55 ` Eric Wong
2019-09-28 4:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-20 17:04 ` Jonathan Tan
2019-09-21 1:47 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-09-23 14:23 ` Christian Couder
2019-09-23 19:40 ` Jeff King
2019-09-23 22:29 ` Philip Oakley
2019-10-22 21:16 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-09-23 11:49 ` Christian Couder
2019-09-23 17:58 ` Jonathan Tan
2019-09-23 19:27 ` Jeff King
2019-09-23 20:48 ` Jonathan Tan
2019-09-23 19:15 ` Jeff King
2019-09-23 20:38 ` Jonathan Tan
2019-09-23 21:28 ` Jeff King
2019-09-24 17:07 ` Jonathan Tan
2019-09-26 7:09 ` Jeff King
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