Re: [OUTREACHY] Links to Microprojects
On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 10:37 AM Naomi Ibe <naomi.ibeh69@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes I've checked the available links on Git internship on the
> Outreachy dashboard but I could only find a link for the 2021-2022
> winter round (https://git.github.io/Outreachy-23-Microprojects/) and
> the patches on the mailing list look more advanced and not beginner
> friendly too.
It looks like you are responding to a previous email, but your email doesn't contain any "In-Reply-To:" header to link it to other previous emails which is confusing.
In this reply to Junio's reply to your previous email:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD1cd5YZqAxYbYUMNkAYJLLGjBpNe_NK5nVq3eLxxSDzEQ@mail.gmail.com/
I discuss why there is no specific page for this Outreachy round and why we might not set up specific pages for Outreachy or GSoC rounds anymore.
Anyway I think https://git.github.io/Outreachy-23-Microprojects/ still contains good microproject ideas like:
- Add more builtin patterns for userdiff
- Avoid pipes in git related commands in test scripts
- Modernize a test script
I am not sure if the other ideas are still relevant, but they could be.
> This link (https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)
> has "good-first-issues" from 2019-2022, considering the time when they
> were recorded, are we allowed to pick an issue from there?
Yes, you are allowed to pick ideas from anywhere, but for old issues or ideas it's better to make sure that they are still relevant and not too complex. It depends on the issue how you can make sure of that. For a bug for example you can try to reproduce it to see if it's still relevant. Searching the mailing list can often help as you can perhaps find if others have already worked on it or similar issues.
Naomi Ibe