Joint project with Git for outreachy

>
> Hi wiresharkers,
>
> Outreachy <https://www.outreachy.org/> is a program similar to the
> Google Summer of Code, providing internships to work on open source
> projects.
>
> Emily (cc-ed) and I would be interested in mentoring an outreachy
> intern on adding support for the Git protocol to wireshark.  We think
> this would be helpful for documenting the spec better, for making
> debugging easier for future Git developers, and for helping people
> working on systems involving Git (e.g. CI systems) to understand the
> behavior of the systems they oversee.  We think that a co-mentor
> within wireshark would be helpful for making sure an intern is set up
> for success (helping them find pointers, making sure their approach is
> on the right track, etc).
>
> This would be a project under the Git umbrella
> <https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/git/>.
>
> What do you think?  Does this sound interesting to you?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan

> Hi Jonathan,
> Hi Emily
> 
> Emily, you want to contribute to wireshark? That is awesome. I think I
> speak for everyone to send a HUGE welcome
> your way and hope your experience working on and with wireshark be excellent!

> I think a git dissector would be really awesome.
> We do have a packet-git.c already in wireshark, but looking at it it
> is very barebones (understatement of the year:-)
> but getting a real full blown git protocol implementation would be
> totally awesome.

> On 2020-09-19 at 09:12:53, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
>> Hi Jonathan,
>> Hi Emily
>> 
>> Emily, you want to contribute to wireshark? That is awesome. I think I
>> speak for everyone to send a HUGE welcome
>> your way and hope your experience working on and with wireshark be excellent!
>
> I think there's been a misunderstanding.  I think the proposal was to
> have Emily and Jonathan, who are both significant contributors to Git,
> doing the mentoring from the Git side, along with someone from the
> Wireshark side.  I don't think we know yet if anyone will be interested
> in working on it, but it seems from the response to be a proposal that
> has interest in both projects.
>
> Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.

> 
> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> 
> > On 2020-09-19 at 09:12:53, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> >> Hi Jonathan,
> >> Hi Emily
> >> 
> >> Emily, you want to contribute to wireshark? That is awesome. I think I
> >> speak for everyone to send a HUGE welcome
> >> your way and hope your experience working on and with wireshark be excellent!
> >
> > I think there's been a misunderstanding.  I think the proposal was to
> > have Emily and Jonathan, who are both significant contributors to Git,
> > doing the mentoring from the Git side, along with someone from the
> > Wireshark side.  I don't think we know yet if anyone will be interested
> > in working on it, but it seems from the response to be a proposal that
> > has interest in both projects.
> >
> > Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.
> 
> That matches my understanding.

> > > (
> > > Jonathan, remember that smb2 client I was working on, libamb2?  I got
> > > it to run on PlayStation2 now. It is totally awesome being able to use
> > > SMB3.1.1 and full encryption to copy file between the PS2 memory card
> > > and Azure cloud file server :-)
> > > )

>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 03:36:23PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> >
> > > On 2020-09-19 at 09:12:53, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> > >> Hi Jonathan,
> > >> Hi Emily
> > >>
> > >> Emily, you want to contribute to wireshark? That is awesome. I think I
> > >> speak for everyone to send a HUGE welcome
> > >> your way and hope your experience working on and with wireshark be excellent!
> > >
> > > I think there's been a misunderstanding.  I think the proposal was to
> > > have Emily and Jonathan, who are both significant contributors to Git,
> > > doing the mentoring from the Git side, along with someone from the
> > > Wireshark side.  I don't think we know yet if anyone will be interested
> > > in working on it, but it seems from the response to be a proposal that
> > > has interest in both projects.
> > >
> > > Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.
> >
> > That matches my understanding.
>
> Right - brian and Junio are correct, I'm hoping to co-mentor with
> Jonathan. Ronnie, I'm really pleased to see this warm welcome, which
> makes me optimistic about the kind of experience an intern would have on
> this project. It would be really great if we could get a volunteer to
> serve as point-of-contact if the mentee is not sure about something
> they want to send to the Wireshark list, and possibly to come to an
> introductory real-time chat (video/voice/IM) to provide a little
> overview and nudge in the right direction.
>
> It sounds to me like we have enough enthusiasm to put this project on
> the list, though - if I understood my conversation with Jonathan last
> week he's planning to add that. Feel free to correct me :)
>
> Thanks, Ronnie and Richard!
>
> > > > (
> > > > Jonathan, remember that smb2 client I was working on, libamb2?  I got
> > > > it to run on PlayStation2 now. It is totally awesome being able to use
> > > > SMB3.1.1 and full encryption to copy file between the PS2 memory card
> > > > and Azure cloud file server :-)
> > > > )
>
> (This actually sounds awesome. Got a repo or blog post up somewhere?)
>
>  - Emily

>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 03:36:23PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> >
> > > On 2020-09-19 at 09:12:53, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> > >> Hi Jonathan,
> > >> Hi Emily
> > >>
> > >> Emily, you want to contribute to wireshark? That is awesome. I think I
> > >> speak for everyone to send a HUGE welcome
> > >> your way and hope your experience working on and with wireshark be excellent!
> > >
> > > I think there's been a misunderstanding.  I think the proposal was to
> > > have Emily and Jonathan, who are both significant contributors to Git,
> > > doing the mentoring from the Git side, along with someone from the
> > > Wireshark side.  I don't think we know yet if anyone will be interested
> > > in working on it, but it seems from the response to be a proposal that
> > > has interest in both projects.
> > >
> > > Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.
> >
> > That matches my understanding.
>
> Right - brian and Junio are correct, I'm hoping to co-mentor with
> Jonathan. Ronnie, I'm really pleased to see this warm welcome, which
> makes me optimistic about the kind of experience an intern would have on
> this project. It would be really great if we could get a volunteer to
> serve as point-of-contact if the mentee is not sure about something
> they want to send to the Wireshark list, and possibly to come to an
> introductory real-time chat (video/voice/IM) to provide a little
> overview and nudge in the right direction.

>
> Hi wiresharkers,
>
> Outreachy <https://www.outreachy.org/> is a program similar to the
> Google Summer of Code, providing internships to work on open source
> projects.
>
> Emily (cc-ed) and I would be interested in mentoring an outreachy
> intern on adding support for the Git protocol to wireshark.  We think
> this would be helpful for documenting the spec better, for making
> debugging easier for future Git developers, and for helping people
> working on systems involving Git (e.g. CI systems) to understand the
> behavior of the systems they oversee.  We think that a co-mentor
> within wireshark would be helpful for making sure an intern is set up
> for success (helping them find pointers, making sure their approach is
> on the right track, etc).
>
> This would be a project under the Git umbrella
> <https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/git/>.
>
> What do you think?  Does this sound interesting to you?