Regarding mentorship for GSOC 2019

Mon Apr 8 22:48:39 UTC 2019

On 2019-04-08 11:06, Lorenzo Salvadore via freebsd-hackers wrote:
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Monday 8 April 2019 07:48, Mahesh Tudu <mahesh86701997 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> It's me again. Now I am left with only a single day and so I am getting a
>> very uneasy feeling. Please help me with my issue, I really need a mentor
>> to help me review my proposal. It would be very kind of you if you please
>> respond with a positive answer as soon as possible.
>>
>> Thank You
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 11:16 AM Mahesh Tudu mahesh86701997 at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> It's me again. Now I am left with only a single day and so I am getting a
>>> very uneasy feeling. Please help me with my issue, I really need a mentor
>>> to help me review my proposal. It would be very kind of you if you please
>>> respond with a positive answer as soon as possible.
>>> Thanking You
>>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 5:06 PM Mahesh Tudu mahesh86701997 at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> Thank you for your response. Please help me solve my matter a bit faster
>>>> as the days are passing by very fast and now there are just two days left.
>>>> I am in a great need of a mentor to review my proposal before final
>>>> submission.
>>>> Thank You again.
>>>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 4:58 PM Mahdi Mokhtari mmokhi at freebsd.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mahesh,
>>>>> I'm aware that people at gsoc team are trying to find someone
>>>>> appropriate to take the responsibility for you.
>>>>> I apologize you are facing delay, but don't worry we are caring about it.
>>>>> Just one small side-point,
>>>>> The mail-tracker you use caused your email ending up in my spam folder
>>>>> and I got notified by someone about it otherwise I might not have found it.
>>>>> so use it with caution IMO :)
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 11:39 PM Mahesh Tudu mahesh86701997 at gmail.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> Kindly respond.
>>>>>> [image: Mailtrack]
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>>>>>> notified by
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>>>>>> https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality5& 04/07/19,
>>>>>> 3:08:44 AM
>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 2:40 AM Mahesh Tudu mahesh86701997 at gmail.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> I have sent a message earlier regarding mentorship for the project *Verification
>>>>>>> of bhyve's instruction emulation. *Since there are only 3 days left
>>>>>>> for the final submission, I am really in great need of a mentor to review
>>>>>>> my proposal before final submission.
>>>>>>> I know that you are surely working hard on solving my query, but still
>>>>>>> it would be very kind of you to let me know about the progress.
>>>>>>> Thanking You
>>>>>>> [image: Mailtrack]
>>>>>>> https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality5& Sender
>>>>>>> notified by
>>>>>>> Mailtrack
>>>>>>> https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality5& 04/07/19,
>>>>>>> 2:34:44 AM
>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 10:07 PM Mahesh Tudu mahesh86701997 at gmail.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for your response.
>>>>>>>> [image: Mailtrack]
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>>>>>>>> notified by
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>>>>>>>> 10:07:28 PM
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:32 PM Anne Dickison <
>>>>>>>> anne at freebsdfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Mahesh,
>>>>>>>>> We’re working on the matter and will be in touch as soon as we have
>>>>>>>>> more information. Thank you for your patience.
>>>>>>>>> Anne
>>>>>>>>> On behalf of FreeBSD GSoC admins
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 4, 2019, at 10:45 AM, Mahesh Tudu mahesh86701997 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>> I have already sent an email regarding mentorship for the project *Verification
>>>>>>>>> of bhyve's instruction emulation. *But I have still got no response
>>>>>>>>> from your side. I have done lot of research work on this project and I am
>>>>>>>>> sure that I will complete it.
>>>>>>>>> I would be very pleased if you look into my matter and send me a
>>>>>>>>> response soon.
>>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>> [image: Mailtrack]
>>>>>>>>> https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality5& Sender
>>>>>>>>> notified by
>>>>>>>>> Mailtrack
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>>>>>>>>> 9:12:16 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best regards, MMokhi.
>>
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> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I would be glad to help you, unfortunately I do not have the knowledge (yet) to do so,
> thus I will only try to point you in the right direction.
> 
> I think you already found the FreeBSD wiki pages about the Summer of Code, but if you
> did not, here they are:
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode
> And in particular you are probably interested now in
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeStudentChecklist
> 
> I read you are suggested to write to the hackers mailing list as you are doing. However,
> this mailing is list not much used, not as much as others and as irc at least; of course I hope
> potential mentors are subscribed, but you are more likely to receive quick response if you also
> join irc. I remember a few days ago someone talking about the Summer of Code, maybe
> it was you (if it was you, I found cool your idea and I would probably benefit from its realization:
> definitely hope you found your mentor!): try again and make it clear that you are in search
> for a mentor.
> We are always busy doing plenty of things, we might read quickly, see the cool
> idea, but forget to notice about the mentorship need. Or, even worse, many of us use an irc
> bouncer: thus we go to sleep or at work receiving everything, but when we come back at
> irc we just look at things where we were mentioned. Since you do not know the name of
> your future mentor, you cannot mention him and he would not see your request.
> Thus, do not just say "I am searching for a mentor", say "do you know who could like to become my
> mentor"? And someone will answer "maybe x". And x wil be mentioned and see it when
> he comes back on irc.
> 
> It could also help you to get a copy of the source (see
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html ), enter into the directory that you would
> most probably work with (for example, if you will work on virtual memory, sys/vm) then look
> to the last people that worked in there with a "svn log -l5": they know the part of the source you
> want to work on, then they have the technical knowledge needed for being your mentor. Then you
> can try to contact them on irc or by e-mail.
> For this last part you could find useful the following:
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/IRC/Nicknames
> https://people.freebsd.org/homepage.html
> https://www.freebsd.org/administration.html
> 
> I wish you to find your mentor.
> 
> Lorenzo Salvadore.
> 
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Hey

Would you like to share the proposal document either here on the mailing
list or privately? I am also applying and my project didn't yield
conversation in the mailing list either. I have, however, had some
conversations on IRC and privately with community members and I could
take a look if your application could benefit from the same suggestions
that I've gotten.

regards,
Paavo-Einari Kaipila