[pytest-dev] Google Summer of Code

Tue Jan 24 19:51:26 EST 2017

Hello Oliver,

This is Pytest related. Tor most probably is going to take part as well, so
you should try to contact them... But if you think you can have some time
to mentor in Pytest as well from May to August, you will be more than
welcome.

About the money, I just read this year's rules, and they say:

"Organizations. At the end of the Program, Organizations may receive (i) a
$500 USD stipend per Student mentored, and (ii) subject to Sections
7.1(e)(vi) and (vii), a $2,200 USD stipend to send up to two (2) Members to
the Mentor Summit, by making a request through the form provided by Google
by *August 31, 2017*. Google is not required to pay for amounts requested
after this date."

So, if we get selected, other than 500 per student, two of our mentors will
be able to go to the Mentor Summit, I think it will be in California.

 Regards,
Ana

2017-01-24 19:37 GMT-03:00 Oliver Bestwalter <oliver at bestwalter.de>:

> Hi all,
>
> I started teaching Python to students last year and I am mentoring a
> student in the company at the moment. All I can say is that I quite enjoy
> it. I have no idea if I am any good yet, but I definitely like trying to
> help others to get involved just as I was and am being helped myself :)
>
> Avira has granted me 20% of my work time to work on tox so I am digging
> into that atm. I am mainly bug triaging and figuring out how to do releases
> without screwing up for now, but I guess I will have a bit of a clue to
> help someone come summer. So I would volunteer if somebody wants to work on
> tox - or is this pytest specific?
>
> Cheers
> Oliver
>
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 at 21:34 Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:10 AM Ana Ribeiro <aninhacostaribeiro at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> About what would we gain from that, Google gives U$D 5,500 for every
>> student who completes the program plus U$D 500 to the organization for
>> every student mentored... So if we had like 4 students, plus the
>> contribution to the project, we would get maybe new contributors to the
>> project, plus U$D 2,000 (which is not a lot, but to a small organization
>> such as Pytest, it would mean a good addition).
>>
>>
>> Hmm that's interesting, didn't realize that. That money would be a
>> welcome towards our next sprint.
>>
>>
>> I think that many people that I meet in Sprint could be a great mentor
>> (you, Bruno; Brianna, Holger, etc)... I would say that maybe it would take
>> like 5 hours a week per student (Dave, is it too much or too little?)... We
>> have to present an idea list, so it would be good if every possible mentor
>> could present at least one idea. I created a fake organization profile just
>> to see the application form, and then I copied what I found here:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ilHJDlvm2hj4y9CEW_
>> belAOBJzVARdzMb3ubxCdEUY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>>
>> About ideas, I think we have quite a few small enhancements which could
>> be tackled by a new study, for example:
>>
>> * get rid of "ImportMismatchError" #2042
>> * add option to see skip reason and verbose #2044
>> * RFC: parametrizing conditional raising with pytest.raises #1830
>> * Allow users to explicitly specify the path of the root directory #1642
>>
>> We have some other improvements which are larger in scope, such as
>> eventually integrating pytest-catchlog into the core, there's a discussion
>> on how to handle asyncio test functions, etc.
>>
>> Plus there's always a ton of bugs to solve.
>>
>> Who wants to volunteer for mentoring? :)
>>
>>
>> Another thing, I just saw that Python accepts sub org applications, for
>> example, those were the sub orgs that worked with the main python
>> organization last year: https://wiki.python.org/moin/
>> SummerOfCode/2016#Python_Sub-orgs_and_Project_Ideas, we can try to
>> contact python org to see if Pytest can apply to be a sub org of Python.
>>
>>
>> Sounds good. Besides the visibility, what else applying as a sub org
>> entails?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bruno.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ana
>>
>> 2017-01-20 12:02 GMT-03:00 Dave Hunt <dhunt at mozilla.com>:
>>
>> This is a great idea! I blogged about my experiences with mentoring last
>> year at http://davehunt.co.uk/mozilla/2016/09/26/lessons-
>> from-mentoring.html and I’m happy to answer any questions.
>>
>> On 20 Jan 2017, at 12:49, Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ana,
>> I think that is a great idea, thanks for bringing this to attention of
>> the group!
>>
>> I did take a quick look at the site, and for those who don’t know (myself
>> included) what it means for us (as Pytest organization), here’s an excerpt
>> from their overview <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/>:
>>
>> *Organizations*
>> Open source projects apply to be mentor organizations. Once accepted,
>> organizations discuss possible ideas with students and then decide on the
>> proposals they wish to mentor for the summer. They provide mentors to help
>> guide each student through the program.
>>
>> *Mentors*
>> Existing contributors with the organizations can choose to mentor a
>> student project. Mentors and students work together to determine
>> appropriate milestones and requirements for the summer. Mentor interaction
>> is a vital part of the program.
>>
>> So before moving ahead I think we just need to see if:
>>
>>    1. Who wants to volunteer to be a mentor? I suppose it doesn’t take
>>    too much time, only a few hours per week to synchronize activities, track
>>    progress and answer the eventual question from the student. Dave Hunt might
>>    add some comments here based on his experience on mentoring Ana for Mozilla.
>>    2. I think we have a ton of small improvements that could be tackled
>>    by a learning student, but I suppose we can also try to work on a single
>>    larger improvement. Either way, I think that’s for the mentor/student to
>>    ultimately decide.
>>    3. Anybody has any reason to oppose for applying at all?
>>
>> I think it is a great opportunity to promote pytest and help students
>> around the globe.
>>
>> Although I would love to, I can’t volunteer as I already have little free
>> time to work on pytest as it is. :/
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bruno.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:13 AM Ana Ribeiro <
>> aninhacostaribeiro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello Fellows,
>>
>> Applications to Google Summer of Code to organizations are open! We
>> should apply as Pytest!
>>
>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
>>
>> I think I can help with the application (Writing it), but I can not be an
>> organization admin because I am eligible to apply as a student and I think
>> I'll do that (either applying to Mozilla or Pytest).
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Ana
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