Hi Ludovic, Thank you for your suggestions! I've decided to focus on parameterized packages for my GSoC Application. Owing to mid semester exams, I have not been able to contribute much to Guix up until recently, and as such my only contributions are a simple patch and two packages. I am currently in the process of working on a script similar to NixOS' command-not-found that relies on guix index (which is yet to be merged). I have four questions with regards to my application and I'd appreciate answers from individuals in the mailing list; 1. Are there any specific issues I could work on to develop a better understanding of package transformations and also prove my skills 2. What is expected from a project proposal 3. Is there a soft deadline for submitting the draft proposal 4. Would anyone here be interested in co-mentoring this project
Sincerely, Sarthak (cel7t) On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 2:16 AM Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > 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’. >
