Re: [PATCH] Add ideas for GSoC 2024

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

Hi Kaartic,

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 3:02 PM Kaartic Sivaraam
<kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 February 2024 1:43:02 pm IST, Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 6:51 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> >
> >> I don't quite mind either way. I think overall we have enough tests that
> >> can be converted even if both projects got picked up separately. And the
> >> reftable unit tests are a bit more involved than the other tests given
> >> that their coding style doesn't fit at all into the Git project. So it's
> >> not like they can just be copied over, they definitely need some special
> >> care.
> >>
> >> Also, the technical complexity of the "reftable" backend is rather high,
> >> which is another hurdle to take.
> >>
> >> Which overall makes me lean more towards keeping this as a separate
> >> project now that I think about it.
>
> Makes sense.  I suppose we need to capture the distinction more clearly in the ideas page.
>
> I've tweaked the doc for the same. Do check it out and feel free to suggest any corrections.
>
> Ideas page: https://git.github.io/SoC-2024-Ideas/

Thanks! It looks good to me too.

> >Ok, for me. If we have a contributor working on each of these 2
> >projects, we just need to be clear that the contributors should not
> >work together on the 2 projects as I think the GSoC forbids that.
>
> Indeed. We must make sure to communicate this to selected contributors if we end up choosing two of them for the unit test migration projects.
>
> On a related note, I think I could help as a co-mentor the non-reftable unit tests migration project if we don't find any other willing volunteer. :-)
>
> I'm hoping I should be of some help on guiding the contributor as a co-mentor. Feel free to let me correct me if I might potentially lack required knowledge.

Thanks a lot for volunteering to co-mentor with me! I think you don't
need any special knowledge and you will be very helpful as usual.

> >> > That said, how helpful would it be to link the following doc in the unit
> >> > testing related ideas?
> >> >
> >> > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/technical/unit-tests.txt
> >>
> >> Makes sense to me.
> >
> >To me too.
> >
> >> > Would it worth linking the reftable technical doc for the above ideas?
> >> >
> >> > https://git-scm.com/docs/reftable
> >> >
> >> > I could see it goes into a lot of detail. I'm just wondering if link to it
> >> > would help someone who's looking to learn about reftable.
> >>
> >> Definitely doesn't hurt.
> >
> >I agree.
>
> Thanks for the feedback. Included both of these links in relevant ideas too. Feel free to cross-check them!

Great, thanks!