[Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019 - Welcome to Sugar Labs

[ANIKET MATHUR]

Thank you, James.
I got a clarification from your reply. I don't think that a meeting is
required now. I will surely ask for a meeting if I am stuck anywhere. ;-)


On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 10:54 AM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> Thanks for asking.
>
> I've removed CCs, as these people are all on sugar-devel@, and replies
> do trigger limit on addressee count reported by Mailman software.
>
> I don't think a meeting is needed, but I can attend one if you call
> it.  Please choose a time that both Rahul and I can be available.
>
> What to do and how to start is summarised by our GitHub project "Port
> to Python 3 via Six";
>
>         https://github.com/orgs/sugarlabs/projects/1
>
> It is a big job, but completing any part of it brings the finish
> closer.  Rahul did good work on it last year.
>
> Each step will bring new errors and seemingly impossible problems that
> have to be solved.  We don't necessarily have the solutions until we
> can consider the problems in detail.  It isn't a class exercise.  ;-)
>
> In general the sequence is;
>
> - port, test, and package the toolkit,
>   https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3
>   https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/issues/382
>
> - port, test, and bundle the Hello World sample activity,
>
> - port, test, and bundle all the other activities in the core set,
>
> - port, test, and package the shell,
>   https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar
>   https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/issues/787
>
> - port, test, and package any dependencies,
>   (Xapian has been mentioned by our Fedora people),
>
> - port, test, and package the datastore,
>   https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-datastore
>   https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-datastore/issues/7
>
> - port, test, and release any of our own dependencies used by
>   activities, such as collabwrapper, or gwebsockets,
>   https://github.com/sugarlabs/collabwrapper/issues/11
>
> - port from Telepathy to TelepathyGLib,
>   https://github.com/orgs/sugarlabs/projects/4
>
> - port, test, and bundle as many non-core activities as we can.
>
> Do ask questions to clarify, but with changed subject line.  I suggest
> a subject prefix of "Port to Python 3".
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 10:28:25AM +0530, ANIKET MATHUR wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > Looking forward to have a meeting for discussing how to start with
> project Port
> > to Python 3.
> > It would be good to discuss, how and from where to start. ;-)
> > Mentors - Rahul and James.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 11:39 PM Rahul Bothra <[1]rrbothra at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >     Greetings everyone,
> >
> >     Congratulations to the 9 students selected for GSoC 2019 with Sugar
> Labs.
> >     We
> >     hope that you are as excited as we are. We had some great proposals
> to go
> >     through and yours' really stood out.
> >
> >     Here are a few things to get you onboard,
> >     1. Please subscribe to sugar-devel if you haven't already,
> >     See [2]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >
> >     2. Contact your project mentors to get started. Decide a weekly
> meeting
> >     time
> >     which suits you and your mentors. Regular communication is an
> integral part
> >     of
> >     working on a project of this scale.
> >     It can be tempting to communicate in private, but please use public
> forums
> >     like
> >     #sugar, #sugar-meeting, or @sugar-devel while communicating, so that
> other
> >     community members can also join in.
> >
> >     3. You are required to write weekly blog posts about your GSoC
> progress.
> >     You
> >     can start off by setting a blog up if you haven't already. Reply to
> this
> >     thread with
> >     the link to your blog.
> >
> >     4. We'll be having a weekly group meeting on #sugar-meeting, where
> all
> >     mentors and students will discuss their progress. Since we have
> people from
> >     Australia, France, India, Nigeria, and the US (pardon me if I've
> missed
> >     anyone),
> >     it'll be difficult to find a time suitable for everyone. Reply to
> this
> >     thread with your
> >     preference of time. Here are a few suggested options,
> >     * Monday 4:30 PM UTC / 10:00 PM IST
> >     * Monday 6:30 PM UTC / 12:00 PM IST
> >
> >     5. If you have any issues with your mentor, or otherwise during the
> GSoC
> >     project, please feel free to get in touch with the GSoC Org Admins.
> They
> >     are
> >     James <[3]quozl at laptop.org>, Rahul <[4]rrbothra at gmail.com>, and
> Walter
> >     <[5]walter.bender at gmail.com>.
> >
> >     Welcome to Sugar Labs.
> >     Looking forward to a productive summer with you guys
> >
> >     Regards,
> >     Rahul Bothra
> >     _______________________________________________
> >     Sugar-devel mailing list
> >     [6]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     [7]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] mailto:rrbothra at gmail.com
> > [2] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [3] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [4] mailto:rrbothra at gmail.com
> > [5] mailto:walter.bender at gmail.com
> > [6] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [7] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>
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