Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

[Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 09:20:23AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:
>
>> >> Thanks. I think sooner is better for this (for you or anybody else who's
>> >> interested in mentoring). The application period opens on September
>> >> 10th, but I think the (still growing) list of projects is already being
>> >> looked at by potential candidates.
>>
>> Do you know where is this list? On
>> https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/ they say
>> "Information about projects are unavailable until applications open".
>
> This was the list I was looking at (scroll down below the timeline):
>
>   https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

Ok, so it's the list of "communities" not "projects" in Outreachy terms.

> But yeah, most of the "current projects" lists just say "not available
> yet", so I think we're actually OK until the 10th.

Yeah, I think so too.

>> > So here is a landing page for the next Outreachy round:
>> >
>> > https://git.github.io/Outreachy-17/
>> >
>> > about the microprojects I am not sure which page I should create or improve.
>>
>> Any idea about this? Also any idea about new microprojects would be nice.
>
> I think #leftoverbits is your best bet for micro-projects. Last year I
> think we had interns actually hunt for them via the list archive. That's
> a little unfriendly for total newcomers, I think, but it also does give
> a chance to demonstrate some skills. Perhaps it would be help to create
> a curated list of such bits.

Ok, I will see if I have time to create such a list.