From: Bello Olamide Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:49:33 GMT Subject: Re: [Outrechy][RFC] Request for final application guides Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 at 08:41, Usman Akinyemi wrote: > > > Hello, I hope you all are doing well. > > I'd like to appreciate everyone including Christian, Junio, > > Usman and Kristoffer for the guides and assistance during > > this contribution phase. > > The deadline for the final application is in exactly a week's time. > > I'd like to know if there is any new information on how to submit > > the final application as the Outreachy page requires us to record > > a contribution by submitting a link to the contribution and also > > submit a final application to the project. > > > > While going through the mailing list for previous final applications, > > I came across this thread > > https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPSxiM-kf8U=vzp5MoD3tUuOtnNjcCgPhLdriyeQo5CGf=EhyQ@mail.gmail.com/ > Good you found this link. > > where the main points regarding my questions were answered as follows. > > 1. We should use the link to the microprojects for the patch reviews as the > > contribution link. > > 2. We should specify the current status of the patch, 'master' or 'next' > > 3. Send the final application to the mailing list for review which should > > include an explanation of the project we want to tackle, links to the > > microprojects and a rough estimate of the project timeline. > Yeah, correct. > > > > Is there any other information we should know of or is this good enough? > There is no further thing to do apart from the above. > > Importantly, ensure you record your contribution on the Outreachy page. > > Also, you can check this thread to understand the format for writing a > proposal to the mailing list. > > https://public-inbox.org/git/CAPSxiM-YAAMwOvH8KYO+qKahCBHgw-NDb-eHJKNCZyk8xtpeGQ@mail.gmail.com/t/#u > Thank you very much for this information Usman. It is indeed a well written proposal :) Bello