Re: [soc-dev] New Contributor

[Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The organization application process has only just started. When the time comes, we'll let mentors and students know that it's time to apply.

There's some information on our SOC Wiki page [1]. I recommend that you take a look at the "Ongoing Projects" list for now to see if you can identify a project that you'd like to contribute to. There's also a link on that page to the "helpwanted" bugs that might be a good source of ideas.

It's a good idea to investigate your project ideas ahead of time and make sure that you have a very good idea of what you're going to need from your mentor before you create your project application.

Some evidence that you've invested in the problem is also valuable. Making even a small (e.g. documentation fix) contribution shows that you understand how to interact with the open source project.

Most Eclipse project repositories should have a CONTRIBUTING file in the root that tells you how to make contributions.

You should connect with the appropriate Google channels. Note that we expect students to understand and implement their responsibilities to Google as part of their participation. It's unlikely that all of the mentors will even know what you need to do to satisfy Google's requirements; that's entirely on you.

HTH,

Wayne

[1] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Google_Summer_of_Code

On 29/01/17 04:56 PM, SHRUT PATEL wrote:

Hey there,

This is Shrut Patel, I've been using eclipse since some time now and thus I am interested in contributing towards the eclipse society.

A bit of help to get me going would be favorable ! Thanks :)

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