Hi Sarthak, Sarthak Shah <shahsarth...@gmail.com> skribis:
> Hello! I'm interested in contributing to the GNU Guix project through the > Google Summer of Code program. > My programming expertise mainly lies with Scheme, Common Lisp, Clojure and > C/C++, but I can also write code in other languages when needed. > Additionally, I have some experience as a system administrator of my > university's HPC system. > I am also the president of my college's equivalent of a GNU/Linux advocacy > group, through which I have organized and facilitated GNU/Linux > installation workshops to introduce my classmates and juniors to free > software. Nice, welcome! > - Continued Rewrite of the Build Daemon in Guile > <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2018#Continue_rewrite_build_daemon_in_Guile_Scheme> > (Mentors > mentioned: Ludovic (+ David, +...?)) > (If I understand correctly, this will be a continuation of reepca's work > in 2017 > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00267.html>) I didn’t copy this project over to the GSoC-2023 page because at this stage I’m no longer sure whether GSoC is the right way for the project to make further progress on this. I think developers in the community already experienced with Guix internals and with Fibers will have to dive in. [...] > Apart from the listed projects, I'm also interested in having parameterized > packages > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-11/msg00312.html> in > Guix. That’s a good idea. If you can become familiar with the details, I can co-mentor it—which means we’d need to find a co-mentor. :-) > It's tradition for potential GSoC participants to help resolve issues > before applying in preparation for the actual task, so I would appreciate > suggestions on problems I could help with. I would suggest “poking around” generally speaking, which means first installing it. A good first contribution is often a package: one that you’re missing, that needs an update, etc. Then I’d encourage you to look more closely at the area you’re interest in, for instance package transformations: there are a couple of open issues at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org> that you might want to read, or perhaps you’ll have ideas of new transformations to add? Thanks for reaching out! Ludo’.