Re: [Minios-devel] Preparing for GSoC and Outreachy : getting Outreach Program Projects into good shape

[Simon Kuenzer <simon.kuenzer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

since we are participating the first time to GSoC, we are happy to 
receive any feedback from you regarding our proposed Unikraft projects!
https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_Projects#Unikraft

Thanks,

Simon

On 23.01.2018 10:16, Lars Kurth wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> just a quick note that I submitted the application for GSoC.
>
> The project list is not perfect and I removed a number of projects because I 
> believe they were completed (or at least started by others). A Thank You to 
> Mirage OS and Unikraft folks for adding new projects
>
> If we do get accepted, we will have to have another go at the project list
>
> Best Regards
> Lars
>
> > On 8 Jan 2018, at 15:19, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > it's this time of the year again to prepare for GSoC/Outreachy! The application 
> > deadline for orgs is January 23 - February 11: ideally we will have a good 
> > updated lists of projects by then as Google will look at the quality of the 
> > project list. I will also need co-org admins: @Mindy are you willing to do this 
> > again? Maybe also someone from the Unikraft project. That helps ensure that we 
> > have reps from various subproject that ensure that we don't miss deadlines.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Lars
> >
> > Existing Projects (for people on the CC list)
> > =================
> > If you are CC'ed you have one or several projects listed on 
> > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_Projects ... What I need you 
> > to do is to
> >
> > a) Weed out any projects that have been completed or are not relevant any more
> >    @Mindy: For MirageOS folks, please check and update 
> > https://github.com/mirage/mirage-www/wiki/Pioneer-Projects and do the same
> >
> > b) Decide whether you still want to mentor:
> >    This requires some of your bandwidth from mid-Feb to March 2018 to work on 
> > small projects
> >    The actual work happens from May 14 - Aug 14
> >
> >    If not, please reply and list projects affected
> >    If yes, please also do so and I will update the Verified field accordingly
> >
> > c) Add any new information to existing projects as relevant.
> >
> >
> > New Projects
> > ============
> > Feel free to add new projects to the list, but if you do so please let the list 
> > know. We are not going to be very strict with 
> > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_Projects#Conventions_for_Projects_and_Project_Mentors,
> >  but getting someone else to review your proposal is a good idea.
> >
> > Unikraft
> > --------
> > I created a place-holder for Unikraft at 
> > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_Projects#Unikraft as Unikraft 
> > project members indicated they want to participate.
> > You probably do want to set expectations with regards to start-up tasks and 
> > come up with a set of tasks to act as a filter for applicants (e.g. showing 
> > that they set up the environment, etc.)
> >
> >
> > Specific Improvements to the project documentation
> > ==================================================
> >
> > Hypervisor start-up tasks
> > -------------------------
> > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_Development_Projects contains: "An easy 
> > way to get started (and show that you can set up the Xen Development Environment, fix an 
> > issue, build and test Xen, submit a patch, etc.) is to address a suitable number of 
> > Coverity Scan issues. Ask on xen-devel@ for a set of suitable Coverity issues. Note that 
> > this does not require any access to the Coverity scan results. Open bugs to fix under the 
> > Small Code Contribution Requirement can also be found on bugs.xenproject.org"
> >
> > Do we want to change this? Finding small get started projects is always a 
> > little bit of a problem. Maybe we can prepare a better list somewhere.
> >
> > In-tree vs. Wiki based projects
> > -------------------------------
> > We could also decide to move Hypervisor related ideas in-tree somewhere and 
> > generate a list if that makes things easier. But this is not necessary, in 
> > particular given with everything that is going on. I just wanted to raise this 
> > as an option: I am not particularly wedded to using the wiki.
>
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