<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Dashamir Hoxha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dashohoxha@gmail.com" target="_blank">dashohoxha@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I have started a GSoC project about improving EasyGnuPG</div><div>under the organizational umbrella of Debian:</div><div><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/EasyGnuPG" target="_blank">https://wiki.debian.org/<wbr>SummerOfCode2018/Projects/<wbr>EasyGnuPG</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>So far there have been about 10 students interested in it.</div><div>From interactions that I had with them (I give them small tasks</div><div>to complete, etc.) I think that 2-3 of them are really promising.</div><div><br></div><div>Actually I would like to support 2-3 students, if possible.</div><div>They can work on different tasks, like:</div> - Rewrite EasyGnuPG (or parts of it) so that it is built with Python and GPGME<div> - Implement a GUI to EasyGnuPG (maybe with Python).</div><div> - Write a Debian package for installing EasyGnuPG. Extend EasyGnuPG with scripts/commands that automate other common usage scenarios (for example keeping the master key on a card).</div><div><br></div><div>The problem is that for each student-proposal pair you also</div><div>have to find at least a mentor, and a mentor is not allowed to be</div><div>primary mentor for more than 2 projects. Meanwhile I have also</div><div>proposed a couple of other projects and I am committed to them</div><div>as well.</div><div><br></div><div>So, I would like some help or support for mentoring these</div><div>students. I can still be a co-mentor for each of the projects,</div><div>and maybe I will do most of the interaction with the students</div><div>(right now I am not working, so I have plenty of time). But</div><div>I am not allowed to be a primary mentor for more than 2 projects.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides this, I am not an expert on Python programming or</div><div>making GUI applications (and even I am not an expert on GPG</div><div>itself), so some help or support would be really useful.</div></div></blockquote><div> </div>Now the application period is over and it is time to select<br>the best students and to apply for GSoC slots.<br><br>About 20 students have been interested for this project<br>and 7 of them managed to make a final project proposal.<br>Most of them are interested in rewriting EasyGnuPG<br>with Python and GPGME. <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Another goal of the project</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">is to build a Python package and </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">a Debian package</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">for the new EasyGnuPG, for easy installation.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br>I would like to request 3 GSoC slots, in order to support<br>3 different students. The problem is that we are currently<br>only 2 mentors for this project. With only 2 mentors we can<br>technically support only 2 applications.<br><br>If there were 3 mentors, it would be easier to get 3 slots<br>(the probability would be much higher). And also it would be<br>easier to manage the students. For example, if I suddenly get ill,<br>the internships would not be interrupted, because the other<br>mentors would take care of the administrative tasks: checking<br>students' reports (once a week), and giving a feedback<br>to GSoC about their progress (once a month).<br><br>Anybody would like to help and be a mentor?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">You can also help with selecting the best students, if you wish.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I can share with you their project proposals and other details.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>Best regards,<br>Dashamir</div></div></div>