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Re: Interest in Participating for GSoC '23
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Josselin Poiret |
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Re: Interest in Participating for GSoC '23 |
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Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:52:31 +0100 |
Hi Sarthak,
Just chiming in on one of your questions.
Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Ludovic,
> Thank you for your suggestions!
> I've decided to focus on parameterized packages for my GSoC Application.
> Owing to mid semester exams, I have not been able to contribute much to
> Guix up until recently, and as such my only contributions are a simple
> patch and two packages. I am currently in the process of working on a
> script similar to NixOS' command-not-found that relies on guix index (which
> is yet to be merged).
> I have four questions with regards to my application and I'd appreciate
> answers from individuals in the mailing list;
> 1. Are there any specific issues I could work on to develop a better
> understanding of package transformations and also prove my skills
I think the issue mentioned in the last message at [1] could be a good
start, though it may require some knowledge of Guix, mostly through its
G-Expressions! You would have to extend the transformation to consider
the case where the source is not a directory.
> 2. What is expected from a project proposal
> 3. Is there a soft deadline for submitting the draft proposal
> 4. Would anyone here be interested in co-mentoring this project
I unfortunately don't think I can co-mentor the project, but I'll always
be happy to answer questions whenever I'm available :)
[1] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/61684#16
Best,
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Josselin Poiret
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