<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hi Farakh<div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">We haven't started preparing for GSOC yet, please take a look at our <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/">github organization</a> for issues that you can fix. </div><div dir="auto">Here's a list by James that you should look at too.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">New to Sugar Labs? Unlock these achievements. Work from top to bottom. 1. Use Sugar or Sugarizer, <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md</a> * by using Sugar or Sugarizer you will learn how it works, and what can be improved. * mandatory, 2. Read our Code of Conduct, <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md</a> * mandatory, 3. Join the developer mailing list, <a href="https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> * for asking questions and helping others, * subscribe before posting, * don't use digest mode if you plan to post messages or replies, as it breaks threads, and please try to keep discussions public, * mandatory, 4. Get a GitHub account, <a href="https://github.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://github.com/</a> * for reporting issues, and fixing problems in source code, * recommended, 5. Join the Sugar Labs GitHub organisation, <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs</a> * for regular source code contributors, and reviewers, by invitation, contact one of the existing members, * helpful for mail notification of GitHub activity, * optional, 6. Join as a Member of Sugar Labs, <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members</a> * requires some contribution; code, documentation, translations, maintenance, running a Sugar deployment, or any other non-trivial activities which benefit Sugar Labs, * reviewed by committee, * optional, 7. Get a <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">wiki.sugarlabs.org</a> account, <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/</a> * needed for maintaining Wiki content, * needed as part of moving Wiki content to GitHub, * for subscribing to edit notifications. * optional, 8. Get an <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">activities.sugarlabs.org</a> account, <a href="https://activities.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://activities.sugarlabs.org/</a> * needed for releasing new versions of Sugar activities, * optional, 9. Get a <a href="http://shell.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">shell.sugarlabs.org</a> account, <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account</a> * requires a justification, * also provides a @<a href="http://sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">sugarlabs.org</a> mail alias, * for releasing new versions of Sugar components, test builds, or large data sets, * for limited experimentation with non-root network services, such as bots or IRC proxies, * optional, 10. Get a <a href="http://translate.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">translate.sugarlabs.org</a> account, <a href="https://translate.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://translate.sugarlabs.org/</a> * if you are bi- or multi-lingual, use your skills, * especially if you can test Sugar activities and components, as this will inform your translations, * optional, 11. Get a <a href="http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">bugs.sugarlabs.org</a> account, <a href="https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/</a> * only if you must maintain old bug reports, * new issues may be reported via GitHub, * optional, 12. Join Sugar on Fedora live system mailing list, <a href="https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a> * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package, * share your experience with others who focus on this distribution, * optional, 13. Join Sugar on Debian mailing lists, <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging</a> * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package, * share your experience with others who focus on this distribution, * optional, 14. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar irc://<a href="http://irc.freenode.net/#sugar" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net/#sugar</a> * for synchronous chat with others, * requires registration with <a href="http://freenode.net/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">freenode.net</a>, * optional, 15. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar-meeting irc://<a href="http://irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting</a> <a href="http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/</a> * for meetings, but keep your own transcripts and minutes, * requires registration with <a href="http://freenode.net/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">freenode.net</a>, * optional, 16. Maintain an Activity <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer</a> * many learner focused activities (apps) need simple maintenance, * adopt an activity you like as your focus. Hope that helps! See also "How to ask for directions", <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-October/055788.html" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-October/055788.html</a></div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Looking forward to your contributions.</div></div></div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 1:55 PM Farakh Raja <<a href="mailto:farakhraja72@gmail.com" target="_blank">farakhraja72@gmail.com</a> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi developers,<div>My name is Farakh. I'm a first year undergrad from Air University, Pakistan.</div><div>I've been coding for 1 years now and I'm just starting to explore the world of open source. Came to know about Sugar Labs from GSOC Archives and I loved the mission. I have some experience with C++ and I'm a big time python and web development enthusiast. I want to start contributing right away and I would really appreciate your help! I want to participate in Google Summer of code 2019 on a Sugar labs project. Can you also guide me in this regard to GSOC 2019? </div></div><div> </div><div>Best Regards,</div><div>Farakh</div></div> _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> </blockquote></div>