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GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name

Subject: GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name

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3 messages between Apr 5, 2012 and Apr 6, 2012.

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Suhail Sherif· Apr 5, 2012, 23:22 UTC · lore

In short, this proposal is aimed at having a better way to view the status of a project by having issues, todos and dependencies mapped as a graph.

My main motive behind this is that a newcomer to an open source project can look at the graph and immediately see where he can pitch in. Having to go through tons of issues and changelogs is generally not so alluring.

Here is the project proposal in full: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/suhailsherif/1

There are 10-14 days for the mentors to finalize project details with students. I request interested mentors to point out what needs to be changed. Looking forward to discussing this with you. :)

Thanking you, Suhail Sherif

(I apologize for the late submission. I have been caught up in college work.)

Junio C Hamano· Apr 6, 2012, 01:00 UTC · re: Suhail Sherif · lore

Re: GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name

Suhail Sherif <suhail.sherif@gmail.com> writes:

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> In short, this proposal is aimed at having a better way to view the
> status of a project by having issues, todos and dependencies mapped as
> a graph.
>
> My main motive behind this is that a newcomer to an open source
> project can look at the graph and immediately see where he can pitch
> in. Having to go through tons of issues and changelogs is generally
> not so alluring.
>
> Here is the project proposal in full:
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/suhailsherif/1

Hrm, while the project may be interesting, I personally do not see how this is related to the Git project...

Andrew Sayers· Apr 6, 2012, 08:32 UTC · re: Suhail Sherif · lore

Re: GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name

Making projects more accessible to new people is always a good idea, but how would you extract the information? Many projects have a hard time just getting programmers to document their code, so anything like this would have to be very low maintenance if you want to help projects that are currently bad at accessibility.

I think a solid plan for that part of the problem would make it more obvious which organisation would be best suited to you.