Re: Project idea for GSoC

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 5:29 PM Frans Spiesschaert < frans.spiesscha...@yucom.be> wrote: > > I think this is a wonderful proposal. By joining forces and avoiding > duplicate efforts, a completely free IT solution tailored to schools could > only gain in quality and attractiveness. > The Debian

Project idea for GSoC

Hi, I would like to propose a project idea that is related to DebianEdu and FUSS. FUSS is a debian based system that is being used in about 80 schools in the province of Bolzano in Italy: - https://fuss.bz.it/ -

Re: GSoC

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 4:47 PM Deepanshu97 wrote: > Sorry everyone for being this persistent. But want to lay out some > pointers to you all. > I see that you will not even speak to me. And you are going a bit far to justify yourself. 1.In addition to you will not survive 2 evaluation. He

Re: GSoC

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:18 AM Deepanshu97 wrote: > > > On Sunday, 9 September 2018 23:00, Vagrant Cascadian > wrote: > > > > My limited understanding was that GSoC is mostly about learning and > > exploring, and not necessarily about delivering "perfect" working code, > > though obviously

[project idea] Virtual DRBL/Clonezilla Server

Hi, Now that GSoC is over I would like to share a few project ideas that might be used on future GSoC terms. Sharing and discussing project ideas never hurts, even if I am not able to mentor next year. If I don't publish them somewhere it is quite possible that I will forget about them. DRBL and

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 5:10 PM Manas Kashyap wrote: > How is random fair ? I am not getting it , plus if contributions are not > only measurement , then i already asked everyone to show their atleaset > some work ? , and many of the mentors dont have even one contribution , so > i am not getting

[project idea] Improve Virtual-LTSP

Hi, Now that GSoC is over I would like to share a few project ideas that might be used on future GSoC terms. Sharing and discussing project ideas never hurts, even if I am not able to mentor next year. If I don't publish them somewhere it is quite possible that I will forget about them.

Re: [project idea] Package in Debian Pencil

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 5:41 PM Alexandre Viau wrote: > On 2018-08-23 08:34 AM, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > While looking for open-source mockup tools I could find only this one: > > https://pencil.evolus.vn/ which does not seem to be packaged in Debian. > > The aim

Re: [project idea] Build GUI apps for pw

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 4:47 PM Kartik Kulkarni wrote: > > Are those project up for takes or designed specifically for some program? > Sorry, I don't quite understand your question. A project idea has no value, is null, unless it is turned into a project. To turn a project idea into a project

[project idea] Build GUI apps for pw

Hi, `pw` is a simple command-line password manager: https://gitlab.com/dashohoxha/pw The goal of this project would be to build a desktop app and an Android app based on it. Regards, Dashamir

[project idea] Improve EasyGnuPG

Some possible improvements: - Finish/improve the GUI: + https://github.com/EasyGnuPG/egpg/blob/gnupg-2.2-gui/docs/gui-description.md + https://github.com/EasyGnuPG/egpg/issues/63 - Nautilus scripts based on EasyGnuPG: +

[project idea] Desktop access over WebVNC

Hi, Since this GSoC term is almost over, I would like to share a few project ideas that might be used on future terms. I am not sure whether I will be able to mentor next year, but I think that sharing and discussing project ideas never hurts. If I don't publish them somewhere it is quite

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 7:02 AM Manas Kashyap wrote: > So the candidates that i think should go are Lucas Kanashiro and Chirayu > Desai , as they have some great contributions that are visible to the > users and contributors . > Thee reason is quite clear that their contributions are visible

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:03 PM Manas Kashyap wrote: > I agree with this point , and sorry , is there a criteria like only girls > admin can go for it . > In my opinion, any selection criteria that can be defined now, can be valid (if decided) only for the next GSoC. Because it seems not fair

Re: GSoC weekly report of Distro Tracker Improvements (Week 12)

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 5:50 PM Arthur Del Esposte wrote: > Hi, > > Last week I was attending DebConf18 in Taiwan. I presented my GSoC > project during the GSoC > section. The presentation video is available at this link [1]. > > As I was involved in the activities of the event, I did not have

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:15 AM Manas Kashyap wrote: > Sorry , for interruption between the mentors , > But can i know except rolling the dice , > What are the things that a mentor should know and after how many > contribution ,they can go for this prestigious Summit > To my understanding, the

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 7:57 AM Molly de Blanc wrote: > I think it would be good for us to send one mentor and one admin. Jaminy > (who has been a great admin) expressed interest. Are there any objections? > > Unless anyone else has strong feelings, I'm inclined to literally roll > the dice and

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:59 AM Daniel Pocock wrote: > [ . . . . . ] > Can anybody add anything else? > I did not look at the list, but the GSoC rules are clear that it is the admin(s) who decide about the participants. If you want to make the process super democratic this is fine, but in the

Re: About the final report

On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, 07:25 Ulrike Uhlig, wrote: > Hi! > > > No matter where you publish your final report, send a copy of the report > to > > this list as well. > > > > I don't think that Google can scrutinize the work done by each student. I > > don't think they can do it. Maybe they will select

Project contest

Hi, What do you think about organising a GSoC project contest? The rules can be like this: - Any mentor or student can nominate 3 projects that he thinks are the best. - The mentor or student should not be affiliated with the projects he nominates. - Evaluation criteria are up to the mentor or

Re: final upload to Google: trial run

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:35 AM Daniel Pocock wrote: > In August, every student needs to make an upload of code to Google. > This is a mandatory requirement to pass GSoC. > In the case of my students, it is easy to track all their work because they have worked on separate repositories (created

Re: Submitting a simple deb package

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 5:38 PM Jacob Adams wrote: > > If possible I would prefer to improve the script so that it generates > > the package in the right format, rather than doing everything manually. > > Debian's standards for packages are quite extensive (see debian policy: >

Re: Submitting a simple deb package

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 4:34 PM Jacob Adams wrote: > On 07/11/2018 10:04 AM, Umang Parmar wrote: > > You should uploading your package on mentors.debian.net > > and ask for sponsorship on debian-mentors > > mailing list to get in contact with more Debian Developers

Submitting a simple deb package

Hi, I am building a deb package for a simple command-line password manager with this script: https://github.com/dashohoxha/pw/blob/master/deb.sh I need some help and guidance about improving it and submitting it to Debian. Is anyone interested about sponsoring it? Thanks, Dashamir

Re: Need some direction with edu packages ported from ubuntu to debian

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 1:24 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > How do you handle the DHCP / PXE boot stuff in a class room that > already has DHCP setup for the site? > These docs answer your question: -

Re: Need some direction with edu packages ported from ubuntu to debian

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 2:13 PM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > > To my understanding it's all about: > (1) the meta-package namespace > (2) the approach how to organize the educational packages into > meta-packages > (3) the list of packages such a meta-package recommends. > > ad 1) I propose to use

Re: Need help from debian mentors

t 12:59 PM Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> >> >> On 26/06/18 09:17, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > For the project Virtual LTSP we have a task for creating packages >> > `debian-edu-preschool`, `debian-edu-primary`, `debian-edu-secondary

Need help from debian mentors

Hi, For the project Virtual LTSP we have a task for creating packages `debian-edu-preschool`, `debian-edu-primary`, `debian-edu-secondary` and `debian-edu-terciary`, similar to their counterparts of `ubuntu-edu-*` See: https://github.com/docker-scripts/dev--LTSP/pull/57 Since I am not familiar

Re: Students - GSoC First Evaluation and weekly reports

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 6:54 PM, Jaminy Prabaharan wrote: > Hi all, > > Hope you all are aware that we have first evaluation on next week (i.e > June 11th-15th) where students could give feedback about your mentors and > mentors could give feedback about your students. > Make sure that you

Re: Evaluation reports

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Thomas Levine <_...@thomaslevine.com> wrote: > I was unclear. Do students have to submit anything to Debian or to the > mentors? (It sounds like no.) > I think that Debian admins can access all the evaluations of students and mentors.

Re: GSoC weekly report of Deepanshu Gajbhiye for week 3

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 8:56 PM, Deepanshu wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Here is what I did last week > >- made ltsp server flexible by added setting.sh configuration file >- updated Vagrantfile to load IP address, network address from >settings.sh >- updated Vagrantfile to

Re: Kanboards

For plain text task management, I think that there is nothing like org-mode of Emacs: https://orgmode.org/ There may be some Vim alternatives as well. I have thought about suggesting it several times, but always people get me wrong when I make some suggestions. On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 5:55 PM,

Communication tools

Hi, Is it allowed to use Google Hangouts or Google Meet for communicating with students? https://meet.google.com/ Thanks, Dashamir

Re: GSoC-Community Bonding Period

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Please contact the coordinators using the private email address > outre...@debian.org before you think about dropping or failing any > student. > The answer from GSoC is that mentors should contact Google

Re: GSoC-Community Bonding Period

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: > > > On 25/04/18 05:30, Alexandre Viau wrote: > > On 2018-04-24 11:08 PM, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > >> How do the mentors drop a student when they realize he is not serious or > >>

Re: GSoC-Community Bonding Period

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 6:44 PM, Jaminy Prabaharan wrote: > > If you face any communication breakdown with your mentors, feel free to > write to admins about it. > How do the mentors drop a student when they realize he is not serious or suitable about the project? We contact

Re: need help for next process of GSoC

On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 7:47 AM, Dashamir Hoxha <dashoho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am the mentor for this project. > By the way, I am the only mentor of this project. This project seems very nice and useful to me. The student is also good and has made a good proposal.

Re: need help for next process of GSoC

On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 6:54 AM, Deepanshu wrote: > Hello Mentors, > > I have submitted a project proposal for the project "Virtual LTSP Server": > https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/VirtualLtspServer > > Already completed the application tasks and few

Re: Not using a proper Subject is part of judgement on a GSoC candidate

2018-03-26 8:21 GMT+02:00 Andrea Trentini : > see Subject > LOL Half of my students (not GSoC students) have only used smartphones and instant messages in their lives. So, when they try to write an email they put everything on the subject and leave the body empty. Of

Re: Confirming mentor status for GSoC and/or Outreachy

others too. > > [1] : https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects#Projects > _ideas_without_confirmed_mentors > [2] : https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/2018/03/msg00070.html > Yes of course you have missed it. It is easy to miss things when you communicate in plain email. --

Re: updating the project ideas list

On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Molly de Blanc wrote: > But is Debian an umbrella organization? :P > I would say it depends on the definition made by GSoC. If you include projects that are not directly related to your organization, then you are an umbrella organization (and

Re: Re: updating the project ideas list

Having a look at GSoC guides, I came across this: https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/org-application.html#a-note-on-umbrella-orgs Google’s program administrators actually look quite fondly on the umbrella organizations that participate each year. It serves a dual purpose: it allows

Re: Tools for communication, coordination and project management

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Jaminy Prabaharan wrote: > > Seperate GitHub for debian-gsoc looks like better idea for the project > management. > I have created an organization on GitHub: https://github.com/debian-gsoc > > If someone would like to give it a try, please

Re: Tools for communication, coordination and project management

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Thu, 08 Mar 2018, Jaminy Prabaharan wrote: > > > What would you suggest then? > I don't care that much about the exact solution. > This does not seem like a constructive attitude. > But I do care about Debian

Re: GSoC 2018

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:42 PM, BHARTI . wrote: > Hi there > This is manoranjan kumar bharti,smvdu,jammu India. > I am trying to install debian on virtual box.but I have been getting @bad > archive mirror error since two says I googled this problem but I won't get > anything

Re: GSoC 2018: OpenAg Food Computer

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Elías Alejandro <eal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:40 AM, Dashamir Hoxha <dashoho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > What are your skills/experience? Where is your GitHub profile? > >

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: > > > On 19/02/18 20:44, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro > > <mailto:dan...@pocock.pro>> wrote: > > > >

Re: optimizing debci as GSoC - Looking for mentor!

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 5:50 PM, Ashkan Taslimi wrote: > Hello Debian community, > > I have a proposal for improving debci (shortening overall ci test time) > and am interested in working on it as part of Google summer of code project. > > I am student and looking for a

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Who would potentially want to be an admin If more admins are needed, I would volunteer to be one. Seeing that people with more experience and contributions than me are reluctant of becoming an admin, probably I don't

Re: Discussing Successor of Debian SSO Service

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:38 PM, Alexander Wirt <formo...@formorer.de> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Feb 2018, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 10:21 PM, Himanshu Shekhar < > > himanshushekhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: Discussing Successor of Debian SSO Service

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 10:21 PM, Himanshu Shekhar < himanshushekhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > After going through the list, Keycloak was > something which impressed me. I shall give it a try sometime. > In my opinion, this should be the objective of your GSoC project:

Re: Discussing Successor of Debian SSO Service

Maybe you should contact the project mentors, in order to get a feedback. Anyway, trying to build a SSO service from scratch, in 3 months, is a huge task even for an expert, let alone a student. I have done it a few years ago (in Drupal7) so I know how difficult it is. The libraries that you

Re: updating the project ideas list

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 9:47 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > > https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/EasyGnuPG > > One of its tasks is to make a Debian package for it. Another thing is that the automated tests have been developed on an Ubuntu environment. They

Mentors of GSoC-2018

Hi, I think that co-mentors should also be invided as mentors on the GSoC platform, isn't it? If so, than please send an invitation to su...@medhas.org, co-mentor of freedombox-container, because it seems that I don't have permission to send invitations. Thanks, Dashamir

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

n much involved with Debian or with GSoC before. In particular, I think that I fail this requirement of the rules: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/rules/ 4.2 (a) (ii) be a contributor to an active and viable open source project run by the Organization Cheers, Dashamir > On 01/16/2018 02:10 PM, Da

Re: Project Proposal Review

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:34 AM, Jacob Adams wrote: > I was asked on IRC to review the current project proposals for GSoC > 2018 and see how robust they are, i.e. how clear and understandable > the requirements are to a prospective student. > Maybe it is a bit early, since

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:00 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > If we are happy to be just as ambitious this year, I will speak to > people at FOSDEM about mentoring because the number of mentors appears > to be the biggest constraint. > I have a lightning talk at FOSDEM about

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Molly de Blanc wrote: > > In order to proceed, we need to have mentors and projects to submit with > our organization application. > > In short, if we want to do this, time to start asking people to mentor. :) > Pinging people who submitted to

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Molly de Blanc wrote: > > In order to proceed, we need to have mentors and projects to submit with > our organization application. > > In short, if we want to do this, time to start asking people to mentor. :) > Pinging people who submitted to

GSoC project idea

of the project is ready to be a moderator too. What do you think about this? What needs to be done to add it on the list of the supported projects? Thanks, Dashamir Hoxha