Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:11:44 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in Google Code-In 2012? You can help too! Message-ID: <20121024111144.GF82606@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=%2B=dX6xioFXfHt2q-tprU5y3wLYdiVzFF2DvSs3A32Xg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20121016101957.GB53800@FreeBSD.org> <20121022174457.GB59689@FreeBSD.org> <5086AC06.5070405@a1poweruser.com> <5214043c002ef030f59c2045344b8725.squirrel@webmail.ee.ryerson.ca> <CAF6rxg=%2B=dX6xioFXfHt2q-tprU5y3wLYdiVzFF2DvSs3A32Xg@mail.gmail.com>
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--Ls2Gy6y7jbHLe9Od Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 03:59:07PM -0400, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 23 October 2012 12:54, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> wrote: > > On Tue, October 23, 2012 10:39, Fbsd8 wrote: > >> > >> The subject is Google Code-In and all the posted tasks are directed at > >> creating documentation. Not one deals with coding any programs. If I w= as > >> 15-17 years old I sure would not be interested in writing documentatio= n. > >> I would want to use and develop my coding skills. To that end there a > >> lot of simple PR's waiting for attention. This is an target area that > >> young coders would find more interesting. > > > > It would depend on what one's interests were. >=20 > Google code-in is aimed at *coders* and there is an expectation of > people writing *code*. >=20 > The biggest complaint for GCI last year was "not enough coding tasks" What about creating a new port? That is some kind of coding. If we can find some software that isn't ported, yet and not too hard to port (e.g. the wanted ports page in the wiki) we could make a task proposal of it. And one generic "create a port for a piece of software that hasn't been ported, yet". Feel free to add me as a mentor for such a task. --Ls2Gy6y7jbHLe9Od Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCHzPAACgkQKc512sD3afgtpgCeM+yMheOK1Xe0GbytCD+m653V o04An1vUco/9u4png/UGCuWexgIiWWbz =0W5K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Ls2Gy6y7jbHLe9Od--
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