I agree with you James Dailey.
Regards, Willie On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 6:04 AM James Dailey <jamespdai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ed - Let’s please keep this clear and separated. > > Mifos is a non profit that can bring GSOC volunteers onboard to its > separate projects. > Mifos UI enhancements > Mifos PaymentHUB > Projects that sit “on top off” Fineract (Machine learning , apps for loan > origination scoring) > > All of those belong w Mifos and only should be discussed here at Fineract > if there are backend changes that possibly would be needed. Jira tickets, > complete tests for any of those backend dependencies. > > At fineract, if we have a dedicated mentor who is a member of the PMC, we > can perhaps work on a GSOC project under Apache. However that mentor must > naturally apply the highest level of quality assurance before such > contributions can come into a Release branch. I’m calling this out because > 100% of our production users have - UNTIL NOW worked on forked versions > (where they correct issues on private repos). > > A helpful approach would be to create a kind of “GSOC- experimental > branch“ that can be used as a demo and source of ideas. > > Then our Dev Branch and our Release Branch will remain stable and > maintainable. > > This allows us to stick with our previously committed Roadmap, quality > processes, and potentially bring on new devs, who, over time can become a > contributor. > > Agreed? > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 3:23 PM Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: > >> Hello Mifos & Fineract communities, >> >> It's that time of year again and the Mifos Initiative is looking to >> participate in Google Summer of Code once more. This would be our eleventh >> year of participation. Our application has been submitted and we're in the >> process of refining our ideas list in case we do get selected. If we are >> selected to participate this year, I want to be deeply cognizant of having >> a committed set of mentors and backup mentors who will be available for the >> duration of the program to mentor their students in an engaged fashion. >> >> Last year, despite having a smaller number of projects than normal (just >> ten) we struggled to provide the ideal mentoring experience for our interns >> and some of our mentors had to take on extra capacity to guide their >> interns. GSOC still represents a great way to attract highly talented >> individuals and begin to pass the torch onto the next generation of >> contributors so it's a great way for our more seasoned community members to >> participate and give back. >> >> We already have a strong set of mentors who have expressed their interest >> and their commitment to mentor this year but we're still seeking more so we >> can have redundancy and ensure we deliver our interns the enriching >> experience and professional and personal growth they deserve. >> >> While Apache Software Foundation is applying separately, under the >> umbrella of the Mifos Initiative, we will focus on our suite of Mifos >> mobile and web apps for staff and customers but also target projects for >> Fineract 1.x with a primary focus on peripheral innovation on the edge or >> making progress on ongoing refactoring, code stability, security >> improvements, testing coverage growth, etc around the back-end. While we >> haven't refined the ideas significantly, we will also target work on the >> Payment Hub, our AI for All strategy, additional modules on top of >> Fineract, Open Banking and 3PPI APIs and G2P related efforts like OpenG2P. >> >> With the project ideas we'll be targeting and focusing on, we'll aim for >> those on the back-end and Fineract to not impact core development or put >> overall quality of the platform at risk. >> >> We'll hear back on the status of our application by Feb 22 and if >> accepted, interns can begin applying March 20. >> >> We'll be adding our mentors and refining our ideas list at: >> https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/spaces/RES/pages/3296690177/Google+Summer+of+Code+2023+Ideas >> >> If you have any questions please contact me or or other org admins @Rahul >> Goel <rahul.usi...@gmail.com> and @Sanyam Goel <sanyam.bvco...@gmail.com> >> >> >> To express interest in mentoring, please fill the form out at >> https://forms.gle/7X5c138tDJnmKTzC9 >> >> If you have ideas you'd like to list, please reach out to me or the other >> org admins and we'll help get them added to the wiki page. >> >> Later on, I will schedule a community-wide Zoom meeting to have a >> discussion on potential ideas and answer questions of prospective mentors >> >> Most of the changes that took place in 2022 have carried over to the 2023 >> program. These major changes are listed below. >> >> (1) Starting in 2022, the program will be *open to all newcomers of open >> source* that are 18 years and older, *no longer focusing solely on >> university students**.* >> (2) GSoC Contributors will be able to choose from multiple size projects >> ~175 hour (medium) and 350 hour (large). >> (3) Google is building increased flexibility around the timing of >> projects - there is an option to extend the standard 12 week coding time >> frame to a maximum of 22 weeks >> >> More on the 2023 program can be found at >> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/downloads/GSoC2023Presentation.pdf >> >> The program starts slightly earlier this year with the coding program >> officially beginning May 29 and for the standard duration projects ending >> on August 8 and for the extended duration projects November 6. >> >> >> -- >> *Ed Cable* >> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> >> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org >> <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> >> -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile >
