On 02/17/2015 04:03 AM, Terri Oda wrote:
Hi all,
In my role as org admin for Python, I'm trying to make sure we have more beginner-friendly ideas on the GSoC pages, and Mailman's among the groups that doesn't have any. How embarrassing for me as a Mailman developer. ;) It's also a problem for Mailman if we're applying as a separate organization, as Google seldom allows orgs unless they have a reasonable number of ideas suitable for open source newbies.
(The idea behind this is that many students are very new to Open Source and we want them to at least get something out of the application process, learn how to set up their environments and learn about what it takes to get hired as a GSoC student. Even if they don't make it in their first year, they'll be much more ready for later years!)
I'd love some help brainstorming some actual beginner-friendly ideas, though, because I'm currently all idea'd out. Anyone want to suggest some simpler things they'd like to see in Mailman that we could maybe put on the list?
Suggesting and idea does not mean you have to volunteer to mentor them, although I'm always looking for new mentors too!
Terri
I don't know whether these are beginner-friendly enough, but here are some thoughts:
- Per https://twitter.com/gvwilson/status/535279362871144448 -- a tool that will take a thread from a Mailman mailing list and turn it into a thread on a GitHub issue. Or any kind of GitHub API integration tool (e.g., to automatically mail a Mailman list when a repo gets a new GitHub pull request)
- A shared bookmarking tool that listens to a Mailman list, pulls out URLs that people mention, and adds them to an OPML file or Pinboard
- Add new skins/themes to HyperKitty and/or Postorius (per https://fedorahosted.org/hyperkitty/ticket/83 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/postorius/+bug/1196608 )
- Expose new REST API features in Postorius https://bugs.launchpad.net/postorius/+bug/1062925
- HyperKitty: RSS feed generation https://fedorahosted.org/hyperkitty/ticket/84
- HyperKitty: Present all messages in a thread at once, and offer plaintext download of the whole thread https://fedorahosted.org/hyperkitty/ticket/88
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