From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0F3E1382C5 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2021 12:33:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B701AE0866; Fri, 4 Jun 2021 12:33:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55EF1E0866 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2021 12:33:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [2a0c:b641:69c:e781::4] (port=51468 helo=proton) by muon with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1lp90a-0001fR-4d; Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:33:04 +0000 From: Benda Xu To: "Yuan Liao (Leo)" Cc: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-soc] GSoC 2021 Admitted Student Self-introduction References: Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:32:59 +0800 In-Reply-To: (Yuan Liao's message of "Tue, 18 May 2021 11:11:04 -0700") Message-ID: <875yytn72c.fsf@proton.d.airelinux.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Archives-Salt: f940d16e-1eb0-41f6-9c56-0925591ddd87 X-Archives-Hash: 0c982e86057e7f39a43015ce65853ffc Hi Yuan, "Yuan Liao (Leo)" writes: > This is Leo, the student who will work on packaging scientific and > big-data Java libraries and other stuff for Gentoo during this year's > GSoC activity. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with my > mentor, Benda, and everyone else here! Welcome to GSoC Gentoo! > I am currently a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University > of Washington. I am studying Computer Science as my major and > Informatics as minor. I will graduate at the time I start to do my > GSoC project, and my current plan after graduation is to continue > learning about software engineering in a graduate school. In this > particular school term, I am also a teaching assistant for a software > engineering course offered by my school. My main duties are to help > students complete a software project they define on their own, monitor > their progress, supervise collaboration, evaluate their work, supply > feedback, and provide guidance and advice on using version control, > implementing quality assurance processes, writing documentation, etc. > (Sounds a little bit like the jobs of a GSoC mentor doesn't it? ;) ) > > My extracurricular time is mainly spent on contributions to free > software communities. Three years ago, I started to work on a > Minecraft mod that aims to improve the game's user experience. Doing > this project was how I learned and practiced most of my Java skills. > The mod is provided as a free software project so others can audit, > study, and modify it freely. Later, I began to contribute to a few > existing free software projects by submitting patches for their code, > scripts, and documentation. In particular, my contributions to Gentoo > include some ebuild patches and updates to Wiki articles. I have also > been publishing articles and tutorials about configuring and using > Gentoo on my personal blog website. I have read your blogs. They are well written and intriguing. Good job. > I believe this is a short and sweet introduction of my background > relevant to Gentoo and GSoC. If you would like to learn more about > me, please visit my personal website at , > which you can use as a pointer to my blog articles, GitHub profile, > and then almost everything about my work and interest in free software > communities. Thanks for reading, and again, I am looking forward to > working with you all in GSoC! Looking forward to your best performance in the GSoC. Yours, Benda