<div dir="ltr"><div>From what you said above, there seems to be an assumption that you need the mentors to</div><div>select activities to include in your proposal but that's not the case as once accepted as a student, <br></div><div>then you can have a discussion with your mentors and your mentors would be sure to let you know</div><div>when you're overreaching or the possible roadblocks you'll face with your selection.</div><div><br></div><div>Also the activity list above and plans for them are supposed to be included in your proposal, also <br></div><div>don't forget to upload your proposal from your GSoC dashboard.<br></div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(46,52,54);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">-- <br></span></pre><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span></span><span></span>Ibiam Chihurumnaya</span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><a href="mailto:ibiam@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">ibiam@sugarlabs.org</a><br></span></div><br></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 7:13 AM A RAHUL <<a href="mailto:f20191312@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in">f20191312@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"> Thanks for the feedback..<div>It is good to know that the activities selected could be changed during the program, thanks for this flexibility.<br><div>According to my findings in the last 2 weeks, I have taken a look at these 7 activities which I look upon to work:</div><div>1. collabedit: undo, redo, copy and paste keys not working properly. Also a detailed README.md file can be provided.</div><div>2. activityerikos: sounds are interrupted often</div><div>3. JAMath: after pressing the stop button, we could display the score and highscore</div><div>4. infoslicer: requires porting to python3</div><div>5. finance: update README.md and update list after changing time period</div><div>6. fossrit: UI improvement and ASLO release required</div><div>7. arithmetic: create README.md and port to gtk+3 </div><div>Some activities like cardsort, JAMath, turtlepond, classifycats, iqactivity are successfully ported but lack few basic functionalities like time constraints, score display, difficulty levels, I wish to select my further 8 activities belonging to this category.</div><div>These 8 activities could be added after discussion with my mentors as some functionalities I like to add may not be feasible sometimes.</div><div><br></div><div>If there are any activities which require improvement and maintenance and are good fit to be added in the sugarizer after improvement. Kindly let me know so that I could add them in my project as going through the 250+ activities is not possible and I may have missed out checking on a few activities.</div><div>Also please let me know if there are any further suggestions based on your experience.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, coming to the chart of 15 activities, the keys I added were just a sample of the way I would be updating my mentor as mentioned in my draft proposal (those keys are not the actual ones). I added the keys randomly just to show a sample chart of how the chart would look when the work is in progress.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>A RAHUL</div><div><br></div><div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Sugar-devel mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 5:32 AM Chihurumnaya Ibiam <<a href="mailto:ibiam@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">ibiam@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Rahul, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your proposal, mentioning the activities you plan to work on in your proposal <br></div><div>tells us you've taken the time to look at some of these activities and you understand the issues with</div><div>the activity or have a vague understanding of the issues with the activities.</div><div>From your proposal I understand that you also didn't select any activities because the issue might have <br></div><div>been fixed when you want to work on it, your timeline isn't absolute and the activities selected can change</div><div>at any point, we understand this as an organization.</div><div><br></div><div>The plans you've listed in your proposal seem more like a copy-paste of a note someone you had a discussion with</div><div>gave to you and as stated clearly by your first statements in each plan that they're steps to doing those things and <br></div><div>not plans.</div><div>You also added a chart listing the things the fifteen activities you plan to work on will need and keys for it but the problem</div><div>is, how do you know what the activity needs when you haven't selected the activity?<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(46,52,54);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">-- <br></span></pre><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span></span><span></span>Ibiam Chihurumnaya</span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><a href="mailto:ibiam@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">ibiam@sugarlabs.org</a><br></span></div><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 10:14 PM A RAHUL <<a href="mailto:f20191312@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in" target="_blank">f20191312@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello Everyone..<div>I have attached my draft proposal for the project "Improve and Maintain 15 Sugar Activities" in the mail..</div><div>Feedbacks and suggestions are appreciated..</div><div>I have not mentioned the names of the activities I would be working on as I prefer selecting them after discussion with mentors as different activities require different amounts of time and the priority also varies..</div><div>Please mention if it is compulsory to mention the activities I am interested to work on, if so, I will add them in my proposal..</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>A RAHUL</div><div><br></div></div>
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