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From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWS4A-0005eb-5v for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:00:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 410F5E0455; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:00:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57F6E0455 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from stork.gentoo.org (stork.gentoo.org [64.127.104.133]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50DCD663A8 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from antarus by stork.gentoo.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JWS47-0002xx-2f for gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:59:59 +0000 From: "Alec Warner (antarus)" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, antarus@gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc: applying.xml index.xml mentoring.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: applying.xml index.xml mentoring.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc X-VCS-Committer: antarus X-VCS-Committer-Name: Alec Warner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: Sender: Alec Warner Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:59:59 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ec14bdf1-2549-43eb-b30b-d6bb7f20d01e X-Archives-Hash: 1d6a72abd0759e7ddad4dec23b341851 antarus 08/03/04 07:59:59 Modified: applying.xml index.xml mentoring.xml Log: index.xml to 80 chars, remove badly defined projects, other minor chang= es. Revision Changes Path 1.2 xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc/applying.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/applying.xml?rev=3D1.2&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/applying.xml?rev=3D1.2&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/applying.xml?r1=3D1.1&r2=3D1.2 Index: applying.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc/applying.xml= ,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- applying.xml 2 Mar 2008 10:17:54 -0000 1.1 +++ applying.xml 4 Mar 2008 07:59:58 -0000 1.2 @@ -71,7 +71,10 @@

Biography - The student should talk about themselves: where they a= re from what they like to study, what they do in their free time, etc. Part o= f this contest is to make new friends and learn about each other and this is = an - important part of that goal.

+ important part of that goal. This section should include things like = previous + jobs, internships, and any educational experience an applicant may hav= e. This + section is also intended to promote oneself and convince Gentoo that w= e should + chose a given student over other applicants. 1.21 xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc/index.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/index.xml?rev=3D1.21&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/index.xml?rev=3D1.21&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/index.xml?r1=3D1.20&r2=3D1.21 Index: index.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc/index.xml,v retrieving revision 1.20 retrieving revision 1.21 diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21 --- index.xml 4 Mar 2008 01:39:46 -0000 1.20 +++ index.xml 4 Mar 2008 07:59:58 -0000 1.21 @@ -13,27 +13,22 @@ =20 - Christel Dahlskjaer - - - - Preston Cody - - - Joshua Jackson =20 - The Gentoo Summer of Code subproject oversees Gentoo's participation i= n the annual Google Summer of Code program. + The Gentoo Summer of Code subproject oversees Gentoo's participation i= n the + annual Google Summer of Code program. =20 =20

- For the fourth year running, Google is organising a Summer of Code, - funding students to work on open-source projects over the summer. Appl= ications for mentoring organizations start - soon and Gentoo is hoping to be accepted once again. + For the fourth year running, Google is organising a=20 + Summer of Code, fundin= g + students to work on open-source projects over the summer. Applications= for + mentoring organizations start soon and Gentoo is hoping to be accepted= once + again.

=20 @@ -63,58 +58,59 @@ Sandbox improvements - Since Martin (azarah) has been busy and then was retired, there wa= s nobody working full-time on sandbox, yet it's one - of the core utilities that Gentoo uses; Martin left an experimenta= l branch of sandbox, which has code used for - Gentoo/FreeBSD support in it. At the moment that sandbox fails bad= ly with Linux modules, and is non trivial to fix. - Having someone cleanup sandbox code and ensure that building conti= nues to occur in a safe environment from the running - system is of critical importance. It would also be useful to port = sandbox to other operating systems such as: Darwin, - Solaris, *BSD and more. + Since Martin (azarah) has been busy and then was retired, there wa= s + nobody working full-time on sandbox, yet it's one of the core util= ities + that Gentoo uses; Martin left an experimental branch of sandbox, w= hich + has code used for Gentoo/FreeBSD support in it. At the moment that + sandbox fails badly with Linux modules, and is non trivial to fix. + Having someone cleanup sandbox code and ensure that building conti= nues + to occur in a safe environment from the running system is of criti= cal + importance. It would also be useful to port sandbox to other opera= ting + systems such as: Darwin, Solaris, *BSD and more. Autoepatch - Autoepatch was a project to replace gnuconfig.eclass and elibtooli= ze that you find used in quite a few ebuilds to help - ensure packages build correctly. Its goal is to apply common patch= es and fixes to source code after the unpacking but - before you get to the compile phase. Ensuring that common mistakes= made in source code, such as a broken autotools - issue, is resovled before you have to fix it on an ebuild by ebuil= d basis. + Autoepatch was a project to replace gnuconfig.eclass and elibtooli= ze + that you find used in quite a few ebuilds to help ensure packages = build + correctly. Its goal is to apply common patches and fixes to source= code + after the unpacking but before you get to the compile phase. Ensur= ing + that common mistakes made in source code, such as a broken autotoo= ls + issue, is resovled before you have to fix it on an ebuild by ebuil= d + basis. - Eselect GCC + Eselect modules - Eselect is Gentoo's configuration tool for selecting versions or l= inguas of applications that have multiple instances - that can fulfill a need. A previous attempt at making a selector f= or gcc, caused far more problems then what it was - attempting to resolve. + Eselect is Gentoo's configuration tool for selecting versions or l= inguas + of applications that have multiple instances that can fulfill a ne= ed. + There are many applications such as tar, whois, cpio, sendmail, pa= ckage + managers (portage, paludis, pkgcore), and countless others that ar= e + different versions/implementations of the same application. Eselec= t is + ideal for allowing you to have multiple versions of these applicat= ions + installed but having the default system version be selected via th= e + Eselect framework. Adding more modules will allow users to have be= tter + control over the various packages. - Eselect modules + scanmacho - Eselect is Gentoo's configuration tool for selecting versions or l= inguas of applications that have multiple instances - that can fulfill a need. There are many applications such as tar, = whois, cpio, sendmail, package managers (portage, - paludis, pkgcore), and countless others that are different version= s/implementations of the same application. Eselect - is ideal for allowing you to have multiple versions of these appli= cations installed but having the default system - version be selected via the Eselect framework. Adding more modules= will allow users to have better control over their - various packages. + A program that scans mach-o files and returns information to that + provided by the scanelf tool. - packages.gentoo.org + busybox package rescue applet - The current version of packages.gentoo.org does not allow searchin= g. This is a feature needed to make the website as - useful as the old version was. Another possible feature is to inte= grate tinderbox (binary package repository) with - the web interface of packages.gentoo.org. + An applet for busybox that aids users in fixing a broken system by + merging gentoo binary packages (tbz2 format) to the live filesyste= m. + This applet would be embedded (minimal size) written in C and it s= hould + handle things like atom parsing and dependency calculation. - - baselayout on Prefix - Users of prefixed Portage cannot currently use runscripts as bas= elayout does not work in their environment. - - - scanmacho - The equivalent of scanelf but for Darwin, will be used to replac= e otool - 1.2 xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc/mentoring.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/mentoring.xml?rev=3D1.2&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/mentoring.xml?rev=3D1.2&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/use= rrel/soc/mentoring.xml?r1=3D1.1&r2=3D1.2 Index: mentoring.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/soc/mentoring.xm= l,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- mentoring.xml 2 Mar 2008 10:17:54 -0000 1.1 +++ mentoring.xml 4 Mar 2008 07:59:58 -0000 1.2 @@ -19,23 +19,23 @@ Attributes

Willing - A mentor should be willing to mentor. Mentoring is not = a +
Willing - A mentor should be willing to mentor. Mentoring = is not a forced activity and it is not required. A mentor should not mentor half-heartedly. The Summer of Code experience is a great experience f= or students and part of that experience is having some help along the way= . It is also a great opportunity to recruit new people into a project and t= his opportunity should not be squandered. Of course mentoring also offers= a great opportunity for friendship.
Informed - A mentor should know what they are signing up for; gene= rally +
Informed - A mentor should know what they are signing up fo= r; generally by reading this document. A mentor should be aware of the time requir= ements and any mentor who knows they cannot devote the time required should p= robably take a back-seat role; perhaps as a secondary or backup mentor.
Capable - A mentor should be capable of mentoring for the given ta= sk. +
Capable - A mentor should be capable of mentoring for the g= iven task. Knowledge of the language the student is using is important as is know= ledge of the problem domain. The student will (hopefully) be asking questio= ns about the project and their implementation (and as a mentor you should arguably be questioning their implementation as you review it.)
Sociable - A mentor should try to foster a relationship with the s= tudent. +
Sociable - A mentor should try to foster a relationship wit= h the student. It is important to critique the students work in a professional manner= . Complaints about rudeness and abuse should be filed to the GSoc team l= ead and/or the Google Summer of Code staff.

Helping the Student: +

Helping the Student: The mentor should assist the student with common questions about the dom= ain area, implementation and language specifics. As a mentor you should not= write the code for the student; however using unrelated examples that can comm= unicate your point to the student are a good tool.

Critiquing the student: +

Critiquing the student: As a mentor you should review the student's work on a regular basis. A recommendation that has worked in the past is every week; however you ca= n the student should discuss meeting times, number of meetings, and meeting du= ration. --=20 gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org mailing list