From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS54825 147.75.48.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Received: from sy.mirrors.kernel.org (sy.mirrors.kernel.org [147.75.48.161]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F9311F44D for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:59:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.subspace.kernel.org (wormhole.subspace.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sy.mirrors.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 582EAB22FD5 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:59:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4AC128826; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:59:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qv1-f52.google.com (mail-qv1-f52.google.com [209.85.219.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 34D19128387 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:59:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.219.52 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711421969; cv=none; b=TLNSXe7RbNkvOVMUkocMRiW4N9/TIDkkXl6dF/dxMLetxhgpCS2X9/bF331RzyN1UY+1LfYdJ2DDYp6Ikt+2389NOsx1rS39lVRIt1HRK1WFjCC2+HoNizekwMafrM4ZjJ4IHkzAJ2O+dyYABDYzQTocD/R4bGE/fLM4nKq3m8U= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711421969; c=relaxed/simple; bh=QCgteMDE1EgDVxstEvFdM7b1QLG9wqFPf0FUVSaooio=; h=MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject: To:Cc:Content-Type; b=rs58LgVsq143IyMrkvlvCFnt3gRJR2NDXwlv5+mu4gq2Ht8YWkLmLmDAEx4b06cJJS0qYezTHrBywhoXTLVmEm9teGAwppeIPdUe72HtNywGoVSkEogrlNe/B3oc/GMl3sIdZMGq++VwJvuBkSSc869DIE43+qoqzw8Z43IbYgc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sunshineco.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.219.52 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sunshineco.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-qv1-f52.google.com with SMTP id 6a1803df08f44-69107859bedso33366536d6.2 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:59:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1711421966; x=1712026766; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=PpkhaUIkmGfX9QU2lecfOyaEDQRNqpZ5vKu2L2cazLg=; b=s3kfLSzuSvmCfqEAUJeTqye+1sB3u/aUMRXXmmP63zuyVdwKrV8Iab0j+76TMkSQs+ L+rYwGhKfhf7lVhTWlPW1A6buiLTlybCqeE42pdWvHt/iYVtd5ra7+XOPUcdkm1uGsio JO7uO7ycKyxLKrQs2fl/nkIiB1AucK2jfWE3v1Lg4l4qXdkiUnAZXjcA8btf8fbkQgYb wz4j/SPwd0PBeA9flNDYoOYY2EVhhASgjcAtvbFwNEiM4Pl7andz9uTjFiwZXOaAV5B7 vvbIpDtohL+LIvah17C0KomMVzAFXte77fLYHg1IzOf/LIZSdu87QJo9QeEPoSesHwcC f+9Q== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCV8ZRNpnwlh3ddGq+DUjB279cdzmz9oF23ZFYPr38GJttGX83b8GRgTp/bX+7oTE/ieWj/wqhRlEfOmbPIq/7VoH33m X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyJcCCPY7g+6jdQEQ2krcHrPj5JOqVDvPMMy/S8sm2038NZAzx+ FGpsWW13dUr6Wus0t99wrFAVa3TzSpmCE2rxMgeut9iBomqcPEadKTVidL7qPZdy+qe9qvcYDF0 d9z5y9afEfpBUPze1RF9Ui4D2I+0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFs7litGi7QDGXvlrvbi8KB1qml7anqBapWsJWECUfCBspz4Hwf6z16f6xU7ojz/NqmhBQq7bxe4qT0nQsDkg4= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:9c01:0:b0:696:9cef:4d51 with SMTP id v1-20020a0c9c01000000b006969cef4d51mr397387qve.33.1711421966100; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:59:26 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <51647635a10e31e800f87e8bd4a2e62c@vkabc.me> In-Reply-To: From: Eric Sunshine Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:59:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [GSoC] Microproject help To: Junio C Hamano Cc: vk , git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 5:58=E2=80=AFPM Junio C Hamano = wrote: > During today's discussion, we came up another interesting one. > > Follow one of our three tutorial documents to the letter to see > if they need adjusting, and come up with a set of patches to > adjust them. > > This kills a few birds with a stone. > > - The student has to be familiar with the codebase and MyFirst > tutorials are meant as a gentle "dip your toes in the water" > introduction. Following the examples and copy-pasting code > snippet and trying to build would be useful exercise for GSoC > candidates by itself. > > - These tutorials, unfortunately, haven't been maintained as well > as they should have been, and some do not compile any longer due > to API changes, header shuffling, etc. Identifying such breakages > and reporting them as bugs is already useful by itself, even if > the student does not manage to fix them. > > - But if the GSoC student can learn to address such a bug (which > requires use of "git log" and "git blame" to spelunk where the > breakage happened, after which it would be obvious what the right > fix would be), that is valuable exercise by itself, even if it > does not reach the "patch submission" stage. > > - And of course, the result of such a work can go through the usual > patch review cycle, which would serve as a microproject. > > Hmm? That sounds like a reasonable project, as well.