Hello James, On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 03:00, James Dailey <jamespdai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maxim - > > Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It deserves more discussion. > > I've provided context here on list and suggested an approach (which has > not been objected to) --> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/1g8fhlbono3skvf3mb1m4ccormrh1rx8 > > We don't have anyone stepping forward (*yet*) to be a GSOC mentor at > APACHE FINERACT. We do not have any GSOC tasks in our JIRA for 2023. We > are not currently accepting GSOC volunteers unless/until we have identified > tasks and fineract mentors. > I've added dev@fineract due to the question asked, and I wasn't the right person to answer I guess by context and forward it to dev@fineract ML :) This is definitely internal Fineract buisness - to invite Ahmad to be committer or not - to participate GSoC this year or not :) > Mifos has proposed working on Fineract in their GSOC application, but I've > tried to make it clear that we *cannot have an expectation that Fineract > volunteers will help bring the code onto the platform unless we have such > volunteers*, and that such volunteers are well versed in our quality > checks, testing requirements, code standards, etc. Adding to our code debt > is simply not an option, and solving our code debt and literally hundreds > of open tickets is usually well beyond the scope of a GSOC volunteer or > mentor. > > So, that argues for bringing the GSOC projects into an "experimental > branch" and/or for such tasks as: better diagnosis of existing tickets, > testing scripts, comprehensive manual testing, documentation, api tooling, > other tasks that avoid adding to the "spaghetti" at the core. This is not > "flashy" work but rather the necessary work in a project of this > complexity/maturity. > > Longer term of course we need to have a better engagement approach, and > I'm curious how other projects at our stage deal with this. > > James Dailey > PMC Chair > > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:30 AM Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: > >> Ahmad, >> >> I'm glad that you're now connected with Rajan and he's helping go through >> the PRs. I will discuss with the PMC granting committership so you can play >> a more direct role in helping to maintain the apps. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ed >> >> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:09 PM Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Ahmad Jawid Muhammadi, >>> >>> I believe the most proper way is to contact Fineract dev@ mailing list >>> (in CC) >>> I hope you'll help from Fineract devs ASAP :))) >>> >>> On Fri, 3 Mar 2023 at 02:25, Ahmad Jawid Muhammadi >>> <ahmadjawidmuhamm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hello, dear Sanyam, >>> > >>> > I hope you are doing well. At GSoC 2020 I worked on a project called >>> Fineract CN Mobile, and then I mentored that project in GSoC 2021. All >>> efforts from 2020 and 2021 are pending, and none of the PRs has been >>> merged. Rajan Mayura is the only one who I know has access to merge Pull >>> Request but we never succeed to get in touch with him despite many emails >>> and DM messages in Slack and other mediums. >>> > >>> > This year, Ed Cable invited me to be a mentor for that project and I >>> would love to help contributors but due to the pending Pull Requests, we >>> are completely blocked and can't go forward. I would like to know the >>> process of being an Apache Committer and how can I get access to that >>> project so that I can start reviewing those PRs and merge them. I do >>> appreciate your guidance and assistance on this matter. >>> > >>> > Best regards, >>> > Ahmad Jawid Muhammadi >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Maxim >>> >> >> >> -- >> *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> >> >> -- Best regards, Maxim
