[Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC

[Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC

[Devang S]

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Hello,

This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to
contribute to qemu project.

Do i have any chance?
Do you mentor projects outside gsoc?
Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc?
Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like
other<http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/FOSS_Mentor_Projects#FOSS_Projects_Interested_in_Mentoring_Students.2FEducators>organizations
provide?


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Thanks,
Devang S
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC

[Alexander Graf]

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Hi Devang,


On 21.03.2011, at 09:17, Devang S wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to contribute to qemu project.
> 
> Do i have any chance?
> Do you mentor projects outside gsoc?
> Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc?
> Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like other organizations provide?

This mostly depends on two factors:

1) Would you have been accepted as student for gsoc?

There's a certain skill level required to participate. If for example I'd have to spend 3 weeks full-time explaining things before you even could get started with real work, unfortunately the trade-off is too bad.

2) Is there anyone willing to mentor the project you're trying to do?

Qemu is a very broad project. If you happen to choose a part of it that nobody understands, you might end up not getting anyone willing to mentor you :).


Also keep in mind that Qemu is an open source project, so we all mentor each other all the time. That's what this whole patch review thing is about :).


Alex


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Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC

[Corentin Chary]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
> Hi Devang,
>
> On 21.03.2011, at 09:17, Devang S wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to
> contribute to qemu project.
>
> Do i have any chance?
> Do you mentor projects outside gsoc?
> Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc?
> Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like other organizations provide?
>
> This mostly depends on two factors:
> 1) Would you have been accepted as student for gsoc?
> There's a certain skill level required to participate. If for example I'd
> have to spend 3 weeks full-time explaining things before you even could get
> started with real work, unfortunately the trade-off is too bad.
> 2) Is there anyone willing to mentor the project you're trying to do?
> Qemu is a very broad project. If you happen to choose a part of it that
> nobody understands, you might end up not getting anyone willing to mentor
> you :).
>
> Also keep in mind that Qemu is an open source project, so we all mentor each
> other all the time. That's what this whole patch review thing is about :).
>
> Alex
>

Hi,
Also, I'd suggest you to start here: http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere .
You can also pick a GSOC 2010/2011 project, and start working on it
outside of GSOC context if you want.
And keep in mind that if you want to write code send patchs for QEMU,
nobody can stop you :).

-- 
Corentin Chary
http://xf.iksaif.net

Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu contribution but out the GSoC

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Corentin Chary
<corentin.chary@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
>> Hi Devang,
>>
>> On 21.03.2011, at 09:17, Devang S wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This year i am not eligible to participate in gsoc. But really want to
>> contribute to qemu project.
>>
>> Do i have any chance?
>> Do you mentor projects outside gsoc?
>> Can I somehow contribute to qemu project, out of the gsoc?
>> Can I get mentor outside of the gsoc, like other organizations provide?
>>
>> This mostly depends on two factors:
>> 1) Would you have been accepted as student for gsoc?
>> There's a certain skill level required to participate. If for example I'd
>> have to spend 3 weeks full-time explaining things before you even could get
>> started with real work, unfortunately the trade-off is too bad.
>> 2) Is there anyone willing to mentor the project you're trying to do?
>> Qemu is a very broad project. If you happen to choose a part of it that
>> nobody understands, you might end up not getting anyone willing to mentor
>> you :).
>>
>> Also keep in mind that Qemu is an open source project, so we all mentor each
>> other all the time. That's what this whole patch review thing is about :).
>>
>> Alex
>>
>
> Hi,
> Also, I'd suggest you to start here: http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere .
> You can also pick a GSOC 2010/2011 project, and start working on it
> outside of GSOC context if you want.
> And keep in mind that if you want to write code send patchs for QEMU,
> nobody can stop you :).

Corentin is right - just work on something that interests you and send
patches.  You could start by tackling open bugs at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu.

People have to pull their own weight, there is not a lot of internals
documentation, you need to learn by reading the code.  Official Summer
of Code students will find the same thing is true.

Stefan