From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E5F1F46C for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729491AbgAWWvW (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:51:22 -0500 Received: from mail-ed1-f51.google.com ([209.85.208.51]:37224 "EHLO mail-ed1-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729259AbgAWWvW (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:51:22 -0500 Received: by mail-ed1-f51.google.com with SMTP id cy15so223422edb.4 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:51:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=IBY59U9X84oTN8hOQ+16Z8/F4EsjhuqgAbr3E0HGhXU=; b=rGflTnkFeMEWFnhOH0EQOtF45KQfCoufTAfQnl5urY1Y+MNasLVMLC8BvcNu7jqPPL 6mIhhigN6KZhu5qEwWnOy/iBUK+7MCa/mGQY5eq69/oc8/FBv9fP5DSY0WiL+8KheovS eCbhodHxJdEsLJw6ACN9Dz6/YmAGRSJAhYh+Tx7B5Jwi/hCU6lK37BAu7rojGW9P6Qxc NTQ5/z4ed7ik9UF/C9ved44XOgqpZVD5BvRYRFgZZIGTRl+JuJgIJI9yRqTWRlEwCML3 aLFDwxe4v58Zn2TMydENC263RWtELm0JtmLpkaTMoBILTgRIsAJD46vn4curaXN2ASb5 d4cA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IBY59U9X84oTN8hOQ+16Z8/F4EsjhuqgAbr3E0HGhXU=; b=Rwqdh3uj0RvooJlKg6A1tbQ6rxRJqLjqQSvQ1njOjbK8JhrRtef24UH2+D57Wr1LsP b7NX6zVrO38N9A5JEQ9tz6Dv513NYQnDZrwGvaHfj6BJAQKM8km/Q2/RKiQ51Dclo66y lckZ1E317psUIYNK9AV2/PJnTFkCcpxdrWjAFJfJZEMo3gTsWtKAH3vVM7e7vWBRgYN7 EhxmW0eRU/M6QDgRbTyHFkRL6teaUNuutyjgzFr5vlFx1Opj9iP+cPpZ7U8GWRk8zFti x/xlCXbqttiWLP9oQAzd1aOx1c5ORKSWQNk3XpJhQXX7pAk5tSi0MRdDQj3PFGkFjnaF qJjA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWgKS+E4FGJLC0/qRPyzq29KGH6oKMHtWKwggmNUQz8xRoSLZGH p/XaSY9OOa6M/NezPHT3SbZlHodc64tO3oQz/xA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxmNb6xYpjAqGWxJOFe8fYid5M2ml0OEDcq0peHaplZSGlKYn+ykv4Zl3LxbZpiAV4NlL1/A8C9UEVZ+cIinag= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:17a4:: with SMTP id j4mr128911edy.362.1579819880149; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:51:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200123180421.16720-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200123180421.16720-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> From: Christian Couder Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 23:51:08 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [GSoC] Introduction To: Shourya Shukla Cc: git , Junio C Hamano , Johannes Schindelin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 7:04 PM Shourya Shukla wrote: > Thank you for your advice! Apologies for not tagging my patch with [GSoC], > I didn't realise it before. Is it okay if I try solving a couple of issues > and then focus on the GSoC project(following from what you advised)? Yeah, it is okay, but we ask for "Only ONE quality focused microproject per student". So solving other issues might not help much your GSoC application. > Also, I wanted to ask whether or not one can try attempting the projects mentioned > last year[1] this year as well? You should probably ask the persons mentioned as "possible mentors" > I observed that only one idea[2] was picked out of > the aforementioned project list. > > [2]: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2019/projects/5390155215536128/ Yeah, because one GSoC student suggested a project idea on his own. Best, Christian.