From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (pb-smtp21.pobox.com [173.228.157.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E6516CDA1 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:23:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.53 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711401816; cv=none; b=IEwIBbqYtYw0DVWBXTH/Lll+wl+K36EzLvumWTo/50u3vK9u6IUrSt4Iso6LuOwaey+kNwvdV5F43JY76sok0yOEVNQ87fylj3rwAIyMacw5Yj07ZMWjrvd2KEdvJu3NZcuLuUeOC+jCPSbLraUNi23MK2sb+cZLiaBGqogcoQ8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711401816; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Mgq5lKo6bllFd/mK0e1P72SxIhTP2zmTmXOlDUd2CzE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=gOHx1IIg491syzbh6oepBAFA+A00tKNjBGwHboxp7udqcgpH2oUFTDNkSrKzj210+aqR4Wo5ZRZ4cyRAckredfwVUin79bqMTq55KLgAfu+gM7LYgv7k8lkvQ6PyBpLFLbjq/rTOK5KCzM6NXPEsiJL02BeTosxplLPz81E0THE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=KiDei9NY; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.53 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="KiDei9NY" Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500BA27AAD; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:23:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=Mgq5lKo6bllF d/mK0e1P72SxIhTP2zmTmXOlDUd2CzE=; b=KiDei9NYSba8g9jJbcQjvBt7tRDu E0IrOyfaqLs+D7ggiBr1QP6kU/riTgX3jSR2BGSzlUN1MLimwyfqeMOM3POw2lB7 nUQrRse96BCIeSzehVekWryORuoJ3Qp4KU4fJGBSw9k0a8YKD+D10O5MQ5T+PxMZ GMDAahLBLWJxjXw= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4712C27AAC; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:23:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.139.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CBFA927AA7; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:23:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Eric Sunshine Cc: vk , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GSoC] Microproject help In-Reply-To: (Eric Sunshine's message of "Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:51:55 -0400") References: <51647635a10e31e800f87e8bd4a2e62c@vkabc.me> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:23:29 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: ED8ACF12-EAED-11EE-BB00-A19503B9AAD1-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eric Sunshine writes: > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 11:40=E2=80=AFAM vk wrote: >> For the microproject, I have looked into the lists for 2024 and it see= ms >> that all the projects have been taken except for `Replace a >> run_command*() call by direct calls to C functions`. However, it seems >> that the issue has been solved. The command I ran to search throughout >> the repo is `git grep 'run_command*('` and the search result returns >> run_command functions which I assume are essential. >> >> If there is any low hanging fruits that you can suggest to me for the >> microproject, that will be great. I will also be searching throughout >> the mailing list to see if there are any potential microproject to wor= k >> on. > > Searching the mailing list for "#leftoverbits"[1] can be a good way to > discover little tasks which may be suitable for a GSoC microproject. > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/?q=3D%23leftoverbits True, but with a caveat that they may range from "low hanging fruit" to "too hard, let's punt". After seeing the anonymous questioners' question, I did go to that query page (actually I qualified the query further to list only the ones I gave the mark) and decided not to suggest it because I found that many recent ones are harder than "trivial changes suitable for a practice material to go through the review cycles" X-<. Thanks.