From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code 2012 Student Application Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:48:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87398i65e7.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45382) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFgTL-0002Cn-Pu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:47:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFgTJ-0005fV-PX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:47:07 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:65392) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFgTJ-0005bj-Ft for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:47:05 -0400 Received: by werj55 with SMTP id j55so814327wer.0 for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:47:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Andrew Young's message of "Thu, 5 Apr 2012 00:25:34 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andrew Young Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Carsten Dominik Hi Andrew, Andrew Young writes: > My name is Andrew Young, and I would like to participate in an Org-Mode > project for GSoC 2012. My application for the project 'Git merge tool for > Org files' can be found > here. Great! > I would appreciate as much feedback and criticism as possible. First of all, make sure someone can co-mentor this project. I'm willing to mentor this (as the current maintainer it makes sense, especially for people judging the project from the outside), but having Carsten as a co-mentor would be a great win. Make sure Carsten (cc'ed) is okay. Carsten, being a co-mentor involves mainly three things: 1. registering on google-melange.com 2. from there, requesting to be a mentor for the GNU project 3. during the project, help the student and have IRC/phone meetings, at least when I'm not here (I expect to be off for 2-3 weeks this summer, I will tell when ASAP) > I used the generic GNU Project student application template, which can be > found here . 1. First things thing: you should rewrite the "summary" section to remove the "I believe" and other informal writing from Carsten's prose. Make it yours, make it a real summary. 2. Refer to org-element.el when you mention the Data representation. org-element.el will be key in representing data and diffs between data (at any level.) 3. Add a documentation section, explaining what doc you will write and how you you will write/host it (worg is fine.) > I have some specific questions: > 1. There is no implementation details or decisions in my application, just > a basic plan of what needs to be done. Should I start researching > implementation details for my application? You can look at org-element.el for the data representation. > 2. I would like to post my application on the community site Worg. If > this is appropriate, what is the proper channel to request GIT access? Send me your public key. > If this mailing list is not the appropriate place to discuss my > application, please let me know and then feel free to email me directly. I > will also be spending as much time as possible on freenode #org-mode as > Pwyl. This mailing list *is* the appropriate place, no worry. Thanks again for your proposal, this would be a great plus for Org! Best, -- Bastien