Re: KDE and Google Summer of Code 2018

[Nate Graham <pointedstick@xxxxxxxx>]

I've submitted an idea for System Settings: Improve handling for 
touchpads and mice with Libinput

https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2018/Ideas#Improve_handling_for_touchpads_and_mice_with_Libinput

This is pretty important going forward since most distros are shipping 
with Libinput now, but our users aren't able to configure their devices 
without resorting to editing xorg config files using a different driver.

Nate


On 01/15/2018 06:13 AM, Dmitry Kazakov wrote:
> Hi, Valorie!
>
> I have just edited the list of Krita ideas, now we have 8 ideas, 4 of 
> which are low-hanging fruits with localized optimizations of the code. I 
> hope that will help people who do not want to learn all half-million 
> lines of Krita code.
>
> Speaking truly, I think I understand why there is so little effort from 
> people with the ideas. Since the last year Google forbids students to 
> apply more than 2 times, it means that most of the applicants will be 
> newcomers and, most probably, they will not be able to prepare some 
> extensive proposal/design for a project. It is just too difficult to 
> prepare a good proposal for a project so big in size. So it might be 
> that the quality of last year proposals discouraged people from doing 
> this work again.
>
> The only way how we can solve the issue is to prepare very scope-limited 
> tasks, such that the students would not need to learn all the code (in 
> our case we just added AVX optimizations, which are limited to a scope 
> of a couple of classes). But that is not always possible or makes sense 
> for the some projects.
>
>
> On 15.01.2018 03:39, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
> > I'm very discouraged to see so little movement on this. After skipping 
> > GCi this past fall, are we now also considering skipping GSoC? Or 
> > downsizing the number of students we are mentoring?
> >
> > Without Ideas we will not get students. More important, we must 
> > complete the Org application soon, and the Ideas page is the core of 
> > that application.
> >
> > This is good for your team and your project, in the long run. It 
> > brings in new contributors and fresh ideas.
> >
> > If you need some guidance, please read 
> > https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/defining-a-project-ideas-list.html
> >
> > I should have linked to it for the last email.
> >
> > Valorie
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Valorie Zimmerman 
> > <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Hello GSoC mentors, and teams supporting mentors,
> >
> >     TL;DR: Fill out https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2018/Ideas
> >     <https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2018/Ideas>; read
> >     https://community.kde.org/GSoC. Now.
> >
> >     Every year, we've asked for more time to get ramped up for GSoC,
> >     and so now is the time for organizations to apply[1]. We have
> >     begun to write our application, and  that means that our Ideas
> >     page needs to be filled NOW, because that is the prime
> >     consideration for the GSoC team once the Org Applications deadline
> >     has passed.
> >
> >     The quality of our ideas and the guidance they give our students
> >     are the most important part of our application. Please begin
> >     filling in your ideas now if you have not already, and ensure that
> >     that page is comprehensive, accurate and attractive. Including
> >     screenshots and other images is allowed, if it enriches the idea
> >     for a project. *Please ensure complete information about how to
> >     contact the team*; this is crucial.
> >
> >     Also, take a look at the landing page
> >     https://community.kde.org/GSoC. Experienced mentors agree that:
> >
> >     1. commits must be made before the student proposal is submitted,
> >     and linked on that proposal, and
> >
> >     2. that regular communication from the student must be initiated
> >     by the student at least weekly, and we expect daily or nearly
> >     daily communication with the team in a more informal way.
> >
> >     Be sure to point students to that information, as this should
> >     lower the number of proposals, while raising the quality.
> >
> >     1. https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
> >     <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline>
> >
> >     PS: If your team has an Idea, ensure that you have mentors for it,
> >     and that those mentors are subscribe to KDE-Soc-Mentor list.
> >     Remove any ideas without mentors available, please. Now, before
> >     you forget!
> >
> >     Valorie
> >
> >
> >
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> > http://about.me/valoriez
>
> --
> Dmitry Kazakov