Re: [GSOC] Call for Mentors

[Paulo Motta <pa...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Benjamin and Joey for signing up these project ideas!

We're approaching the next period of the GSoC timeline from March 7 to
April 3, when mentoring organizations are announced and prospective GSoC
contributors reach out to communities to discuss and refine project ideas
before the GSoC application period starts on April 4.

Myself and Stefan used #cassandra-gsoc last year to discuss the project
with the GSoC contributor and we found it to be a great means to interact
and help with questions/mentoring during the project. I would like to
invite prospective mentors and anyone interested in helping out to join the
#cassandra-gsoc room on ASF Slack.

I'm working with Chris Thornett on a blog post to announce the Cassandra
Project Ideas on March 7 and will ask prospective GSoC contributors to join
#casandra-gsoc to discuss and refine project ideas.

If anyone else is interested in mentoring a GSoC project this year, it's
still possible to sign up a project idea by March 6 by tagging any Casandra
JIRA with the "gsoc2022" label.

Please let me know if you have any questions/comments.

Cheers,

Paulo

Em seg., 14 de fev. de 2022 às 12:53, Joseph Lynch <jo...@gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Hi Paulo!
>
> Thanks for organizing this. I would like to propose CASSANDRA-17381
> [1] which will implement/verify BoundedReadCompactionStrategy for this
> year's GSOC and I can mentor (although I think we may need a
> co-mentor?). Please let me know if there is any further context I need
> to provide or jira tagging I need to do (I labeled it gsoc and
> gsoc2022).
>
> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-17381
>
> -Joey
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 1:54 PM Paulo Motta <pa...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately we didn't, so far.
> >
> > Em sex., 11 de fev. de 2022 às 15:32, Henrik Ingo <
> henrik.ingo@datastax.com> escreveu:
> >>
> >> Hi Paulo
> >>
> >> Just checking, am I using Jira right:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20CASSANDRA%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20gsoc%20and%20statusCategory%20!%3D%20Done%20
> >>
> >> It looks like we ended up with no gsoc projects submitted? Or am I
> querying wrong?
> >>
> >> henrik
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 12:26 AM Paulo Motta <pa...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Henrik,
> >>>
> >>> I am happy to give feedback to project ideas - but they ultimately
> need to be registered by prospective mentors on JIRA with the "gsoc" tag to
> be considered a "subscribed idea".
> >>>
> >>> The project idea JIRA should have a "high level" overview of what the
> project is:
> >>> - What is the problem statement?
> >>> - Rough plan on how to approach the problem.
> >>> - What are the main milestones/deliverables? (ie.
> code/benchmark/framework/blog post etc)
> >>> - What prior knowledge is required to complete the task?
> >>> - What warm-up tasks can the candidate do to ramp up for the project?
> >>>
> >>> The mentor will work with potential participants to refine the high
> level description into smaller subtasks at a later stage (during candidate
> application period).
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Paulo
> >>>
> >>> Em qua., 2 de fev. de 2022 às 19:02, Henrik Ingo <
> henrik.ingo@datastax.com> escreveu:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Paulo
> >>>>
> >>>> I think Shaunak and Aleks V already pinged you on Slack about their
> ideas. When you say we don't have any subscribed ideas, what is missing?
> >>>>
> >>>> henrik
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 4:03 PM Paulo Motta <pa...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We need to tell ASF how many slots we will need for GSoC (if any) by
> February 20. So far we don't have any subscribed project ideas.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you are interested in being a GSoC mentor, just ping me on slack
> and I will be happy to give you feedback on the project idea proposal.
> Please do so by no later than February 10 to allow sufficient time for
> follow-ups.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Paulo
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Em qua., 19 de jan. de 2022 às 10:54, Paulo Motta <pa...@apache.org>
> escreveu:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Following up from the initial GSoC Kick-off thread [1] I would like
> to invite contributors to submit GSoC project ideas. In order to submit a
> project idea, just tag a JIRA ticket with the "gsoc" label and add yourself
> to the "Mentor" field to indicate you're willing to mentor this project.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Existing JIRA tickets can be repurposed as GSoC projects or new
> tickets can be created with new features or improvements specifically for
> GSoC. The best GSoC project ideas are those which are self-contained: have
> a well defined scope, discrete milestones and definition of done. Generally
> the areas which are easier for GSoC contributors to get started are:
> >>>>>> - UX improvements
> >>>>>> - Tools
> >>>>>> - Benchmarking
> >>>>>> - Refactoring and Modularization
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Non-committers are more than welcome to submit project ideas and
> mentor projects, as long as a committer is willing to co-mentor the
> project. As a matter of fact I was a GSoC mentor before becoming a
> committer, so I can say this is a great way to pave your way to
> committership. ;)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Mentor tasks involve having 1 or 2 weekly meetings with the GSoC
> participant to track the project status and give guidance to the
> participant towards the completion of the project, as well as reviewing
> code submissions.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This year, GSoC is open to any participant over 18 years of age, no
> longer focusing solely on university students. GSoC projects can be of ~175
> hour (medium) and 350 hour (large), and can range from 12 to 22 weeks
> starting in July.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We have little less than 2 months until the start of the GSoC
> application period on March 7, but ideally we want to have an "Ideas List"
> ready before that so prospective participants can start engaging with the
> project and working with mentors to refine the project before submitting an
> application.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This year I will not be able to participate as a primary mentor but
> I would be happy to co-mentor other projects as well as help with questions
> and guidance.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Kind regards,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Paulo
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> [1]
> https://lists.apache.org/thread/58v2bvfzwtfgqdx90qmm4tmyoqzsgtn4
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> Henrik Ingo
> >>>>
> >>>> +358 40 569 7354
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Henrik Ingo
> >>
> >> +358 40 569 7354
> >>
> >>
>