Hi All, Currently I am proposing a topic for Hackfest on "Contributing to open source", what should be pre-requisite like: 1. Duration: in hours

2. No of Candidates: should expected etc.

I got fair idea from FUDCON site: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_hackfest but not clear enough to conduct a one. I need your support to make it done, Please guide so that I can move forward,

It will also be good if you mention about popular open source contribution programs like GSoC and OPW.

The main idea and theme of hackfest would still remain Contribution to Open Source for extreme beginners and how to get started[1] with it easily. [1] http://blog.hackerearth.com/2014/03/how-to-get-started-with-open-source.html

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:07 PM, sankarshan <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Giriraj Sharma > <giriraj.sharma27(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> The main idea and theme of hackfest would still remain Contribution to Open >> Source for extreme beginners and how to get started[1] with it easily. >> >> [1] >> http://blog.hackerearth.com/2014/03/how-to-get-started-with-open-source.html > > Sayan writes a fine post. If the participants in the hackfest need an > introduction to Open Source, then it is less of a "hack" fest and more > of a "here's how you can start, let's pick these easy topics to learn > all the basic skills". I have a reasonable aversion to terming every > event as a "hack" fest but that is probably because I am old. Generally we do not call that a hackfest. I was thinking about writing the same. But you already did with better words :) Kushal -- Fedora Cloud Engineer CPython Core Developer Director Python Software Foundation http://kushaldas.in _______________________________________________ india mailing list india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india

Hi All, Sorry for late reply and insufficient info about my session. 1. Meaning for contributing to open source is: Actually, I want to teach Newbies about the *Git and Github with hands on.* For those who are quite familiar with opensource and want to get started as coding contributor but don't know How. So as all folks are saying, the candidate should have some familiarity with opensource. If I am conducting such session, then should I call it as "Hackfest" (?) 2. And actually I would like to work with Giriraj in his session if time permits so add a bit of guidance for how to get started with opensource. Seeking for guidance, Thanks !! *--* *Regards,* *Mayur S Patil,* *Pune, India* On 24 February 2015 at 19:08, Giriraj Sharma <giriraj.sharma27(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Agreed > Sankarshan, Kushal > > It would appear more of a general talk/session rather than a hackfest. As > Mayur Patil had initially given a thought about it, he can prefer to submit > a talk/session on it and not a hackfest session. I am a contributor to > JBoss Security (Picketlink, Keycloak) since Jan 2014. If the slot for talk > is allocated or looks feasible, I would be happy to join him. In addition, > I have also submitted a session for my own talk. > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Kushal Das <kushaldas(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:07 PM, sankarshan <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Giriraj Sharma >> > <giriraj.sharma27(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >> The main idea and theme of hackfest would still remain Contribution >> to Open >> >> Source for extreme beginners and how to get started[1] with it easily. >> >> >> >> [1] >> >> >> http://blog.hackerearth.com/2014/03/how-to-get-started-with-open-source.html >> > >> > Sayan writes a fine post. If the participants in the hackfest need an >> > introduction to Open Source, then it is less of a "hack" fest and more >> > of a "here's how you can start, let's pick these easy topics to learn >> > all the basic skills". I have a reasonable aversion to terming every >> > event as a "hack" fest but that is probably because I am old. >> >> Generally we do not call that a hackfest. I was thinking about writing >> the same. But you already did with better words :) >> >> Kushal >> -- >> Fedora Cloud Engineer >> CPython Core Developer >> Director Python Software Foundation >> http://kushaldas.in >> _______________________________________________ >> india mailing list >> india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india >> > > > > -- > Giriraj Sharma, > Department of Computer Science > National Institute of Technology Hamirpur > Himachal Pradesh, India > > _______________________________________________ > india mailing list > india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india > -- *Cheers,Mayur* S. Patil, Journey from Program Learner to Software Engineer, Pune, India. Contact : <ram.nath241089(a)gmail.com&gt; <https://www.facebook.com/mayurram> <https://twitter.com/RamMayur> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MayurPatil/about> <http://in.linkedin.com/pub/mayur-patil/35/154/b8b/> <https://stackoverflow.com/users/1528044/rammayur> <https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/mayurp7/> <https://github.com/ramlaxman> <https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/mayurp7> _______________________________________________ india mailing list india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india

Hi Giriraj, Does it mean I have to first propose a session and then a/c to organizers and audience response, it is going to be finalized? *--* *Regards,* *Mayur S Patil,* *Pune, India* On 24 February 2015 at 21:18, Giriraj Sharma <giriraj.sharma27(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi Mayur, > > I have conducted similar sessions like contributing to open source, GIT > and other VCS (SVN, Mercurial etc.) hands on. I haven been an active > contributor to Redhat JBoss Security (GSoCer 2014) and currently working > upon JBoss KeyCloak (for GSoC 2015). > My own submitted session[1] is different and is not related to Getting > Started with Open Source . *My idea was if organizers feel that your > session/hands on is feasible or in case you are allocated a slot, we can > get it conducted together or I can join you in the session/hands on.* :) > I am myself not a part of organizing committee. > > Also, your session will do make sense in my personal opinion if there > will be huge participation from students. > > [1] > http://fudcon.in/sessions/securing-applications-federated-identities-saml... > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Mayur Patil <ram.nath241089(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Sorry for late reply and insufficient info about my session. >> >> 1. Meaning for contributing to open source is: >> >> Actually, I want to teach Newbies about the *Git and Github with >> hands on.* >> >> For those who are quite familiar with opensource and want to get >> started as coding contributor but don't know How. >> >> So as all folks are saying, the candidate should have some >> familiarity with opensource. >> >> If I am conducting such session, then should I call it as >> "Hackfest" (?) >> >> 2. And actually I would like to work with Giriraj in his session if >> time permits so add a bit of guidance >> >> for how to get started with opensource. >> >> Seeking for guidance, >> >> Thanks !! >> >> >> On 24 February 2015 at 19:08, Giriraj Sharma <giriraj.sharma27(a)gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Agreed >>> Sankarshan, Kushal >>> >>> It would appear more of a general talk/session rather than a hackfest. >>> As Mayur Patil had initially given a thought about it, he can prefer to >>> submit a talk/session on it and not a hackfest session. I am a contributor >>> to JBoss Security (Picketlink, Keycloak) since Jan 2014. If the slot for >>> talk is allocated or looks feasible, I would be happy to join him. In >>> addition, I have also submitted a session for my own talk. >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Kushal Das <kushaldas(a)gmail.com&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:07 PM, sankarshan < >>>> foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Giriraj Sharma >>>> > <giriraj.sharma27(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> >> The main idea and theme of hackfest would still remain Contribution >>>> to Open >>>> >> Source for extreme beginners and how to get started[1] with it >>>> easily. >>>> >> >>>> >> [1] >>>> >> >>>> http://blog.hackerearth.com/2014/03/how-to-get-started-with-open-source.html >>>> > >>>> > Sayan writes a fine post. If the participants in the hackfest need an >>>> > introduction to Open Source, then it is less of a "hack" fest and >>>> more >>>> > of a "here's how you can start, let's pick these easy topics to learn >>>> > all the basic skills". I have a reasonable aversion to terming every >>>> > event as a "hack" fest but that is probably because I am old. >>>> >>>> Generally we do not call that a hackfest. I was thinking about writing >>>> the same. But you already did with better words :) >>>> >>>> Kushal >>>> -- >>>> Fedora Cloud Engineer >>>> CPython Core Developer >>>> Director Python Software Foundation >>>> http://kushaldas.in >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> india mailing list >>>> india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Giriraj Sharma, >>> Department of Computer Science >>> National Institute of Technology Hamirpur >>> Himachal Pradesh, India >>> >> _______________________________________________ india mailing list india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india