Re: [sympy] Proposal to have a separate mailing list for GSoC applicants

2021-02-01 Thread Faisal Riyaz
I found the link to the previous thread where this was last discussed. I like the idea of having a separate channel in Gitter for GSoC. But students should be encouraged to discuss their proposal on the mailing list itself. The Gitte

Re: [sympy] Proposal to have a separate mailing list for GSoC applicants

2021-02-01 Thread Aaron Meurer
I actually think we should remove the requirement that students introduce themselves on the mailing list. It tends to lead more to spam than anything. A better way would be for students to introduce themselves in a few sentences alongside their first PR. For students who are looking for help, they

Re: [sympy] Proposal to have a separate mailing list for GSoC applicants

2021-02-01 Thread David Bailey
On 01/02/2021 14:53, Faisal Riyaz wrote: Hi all, SymPy mailing list receives many introductory emails from prospective GSoC applicants. This makes important discussions related to projects difficult to follow. This has been a problem for a long time. I think this has been discussed before but

[sympy] Proposal to have a separate mailing list for GSoC applicants

2021-02-01 Thread Faisal Riyaz
Hi all, SymPy mailing list receives many introductory emails from prospective GSoC applicants. This makes important discussions related to projects difficult to follow. This has been a problem for a long time. I think this has been discussed before but I cannot find the link to the thread. Can we

[sympy] GSoC Intro for Participation

2021-02-01 Thread cheshta babbar
Hello developers , I am Cheshta Babbar, fourth year UG at BITS, Pilani , India. I have been contributing to sympy since December and I have quite a good understanding of the codebase and have worked on some issues, created new ones and also created some pull requests and discussed with other