[pytest-dev] Google Summer of Code

[Bruno Oliveira]

Hi Ana,

Thanks for continuing to pursue this!

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 9:01 PM Ana Ribeiro <aninhacostaribeiro at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I asked them how we could apply as a Python suborg. We have to create an
> idea page until March 7 following this template (
> https://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/OrgIdeasPageTemplate) and send
> it to Python.  gsoc-admins(at)python.org.
>


> So if anyone has an idea for a summer project for any Pytest project, even
> plugins or other smaller projects, I invite you to write to this list.
>

One topic that comes to mind is the long awaited feature to allow
controlling how tests are distributed among workers:
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist/issues/18: it has the benefits
of having a well defined scope and documentation on how it should work.

Cheers,
Bruno.


> Best regards,
> Ana
>
> 2017-01-25 12:00 GMT-03:00 Oliver Bestwalter <oliver at bestwalter.de>:
>
> Hello,
>
> o.k. sounds all good to me then.
>
> I have a topic in mind already that could nicely be tackled which is what
> we started to draft already as part of the sprint:
> https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/blob/master/doc/drafts/extend-envs-and-packagebuilds.md
> - if we find a dedicated individual who wants to get their feet wet with
> this topic, I actually start to get quite enthusiastic about the whole idea
> :)
>
> One caveat though: I am quite a catastrophe when it comes to classical
> admin things like filling out forms and stuff - so if this would be part of
> my work as a mentor, I will have to ask for a mentor myself to learn to
> better tackle these things ;)
>
> Cheers
> Oliver
>
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 at 12:31 Ana Ribeiro <aninhacostaribeiro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Sorry, when I read the email too quickly and I thought of the browser
> (Tor) instead of Tox (shame)... For sure, I have used Tox on my internship.
>
> About bad experiences, they may happen, but good experiences may happen as
> well... In Mozilla Outreachy program, they had a good application process
> in my opinion, we had to solve a small issue together our mentor, so we
> could see if this partnership would work well. In GSoC we can decide how we
> are going to take the application process, so I think it is a good way.
>
> About how to apply as a suborg of python, I may ask them on IRC and come
> here with more information.
>
> Best regards,
> Ana
>
> 2017-01-25 8:04 GMT-03:00 Florian Bruhin <me at the-compiler.org>:
>
> * Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus at gmail.com> [2017-01-25 10:27:09 +0000]:
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 6:47 AM holger krekel <holger at merlinux.eu>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'll leave the question of if/how to apply as org/suborg to others
> > > as i am not bound to mentor myself (see my other post).
> > >
> >
> > Which post do you mean Holger? I didn't receive any other reply from you
> to
> > this thread. Perhaps you sent it only to Ana by accident?
>
> I did, and it's in the archive too:
> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/pytest-dev/2017-January/003985.html
>
> Florian
>
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