Re: Self Introduction of Pranali Deshmukh for GSoD 2020

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 05:23:21 +0530
Pranali Deshmukh <pranali21293 gmail com> wrote:

> X-posting to gsod-team gnome org for highlighting this feedback request.
>
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 03:28, Pranali Deshmukh <pranali21293 gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey Umang,
> >
> > Thank you so much for getting back to me and sharing your valuable
> > feedback! :)
> >
> > On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 00:54, Umang Jain <mailumangjain gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Pranali,
> > >
> > > Things are looking good to me at least (BUT I am not a mentor for this
> > > project). I went through most of your links mentioned below and left a
> > > couple of comments here and there.
> > > The broad timeline seems OK to me and looking at your experience now, I
> > > think it's realistic. On the other hand, I want to keep an open mind about
> > > the timeline as lot of stuff
> > > depends on you, your mentor(s) and priorities. Things might change in due
> > > course and that's OK. Some deviation might happen from the proposal but it
> > > should be fine
> > > as long as you and your mentor(s) are on the same page.
> > While drafting the timeline for the proposal I made a conscious effort to
> > keep it as realistic as possible, however, I do understand that this might
> > be subject to change as the project progresses based upon the mentor's
> > feedback and shifting priorities. I plan to keep working with the project
> > mentors for this during the course of the project.
> >
> > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:32 PM Pranali Deshmukh via gnome-doc-list <
> > > gnome-doc-list gnome org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Petr, Umang, Ole,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for getting back to me. I wasn't quite sure if we could upload
> > > > a draft proposal on the GSoD web portal, so I copied over all the questions
> > > > to a Google Doc file [1
> > > > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aaOR2Gun8OA-oV9YRQZoXpbbUVw_fv699vFlQEk2_kU/edit?usp=sharing>]
> > > > and have started preparing it there. It's still a work in progress,
> > > > however, I plan to finish it by the end of the day today. I have also
> > > > created another Google Doc to prepare a draft for the project roadmap [2
> > > > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uns399q_7uHhUyeeAdZ86SHUcio1aEicccKJCOix-88/edit?usp=sharing>]
> > > > for which I'm planning to add a link in my proposal.
> > > >
> > > > For my contributions to the Documentation project, I have also created a
> > > > spreadsheet [3
> > > > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_MLpRID_50EVz70LoojnUtRn_8SHqn7FvoBmU15u48g/edit?usp=sharing>]
> > > > on Google Drive with the links to the issues I have worked upon along with
> > > > the links for my commits and Merge Requests. So far my last 3 contributions
> > > > were to the User Docs issues for Evince, wherein I interacted with Andre
> > > > Klapper <https://gitlab.gnome.org/aklapper> and  Germán Poo-Caamaño
> > > > <https://gitlab.gnome.org/gpoo> while working on these issues.
> > > >
> > > > Since the last few days, I was solely focussing on my preparing my
> > > > application proposal. However, I have identified a couple of issues that I
> > > > want to work upon during the next few days to familiarize myself with the
> > > > scope of work on the Gedit and GNOME Notes apps. However, I'm presently a
> > > > bit unsure about the status of work on the Gedit issue [#167
> > > > <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gedit/-/issues/167>] so I have
> > > > commented on it asking if I can work on it. For Gnome Notes, I have been
> > > > going through issue #75
> > > > <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-notes/-/issues/75> and am working
> > > > on a patch for it. I also plan to add some screenshots to it since
> > > > Bijiben's Help documentation looks a bit sparse and some screenshot would
> > > > go a long way in helping end-users.
> > > >
> > > > Apart from these, I have also started blogging [4
> > > > <https://pranalideshmukh.wordpress.com>] about my journey [5
> > > > <https://pranalideshmukh.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/google-season-of-docs-2020/>]
> > > > on this project and am planning to continue posting blogs regarding my work
> > > > on the project.
> > > This is great. Looking forward to your blog and progress reports. Also
> > > did you figure out how to get your blog in on planet.gnome.org ? :)
> > Ahh! I'm glad that you brought this up. I have been looking at the Planet
> > GNOME Guidelines wiki page <https://wiki.gnome.org/PlanetGnome> to figure
> > out how to add my blog to planet.gnome.org. Once I'm done with my
> > proposal submission, I'll be filing the issues for setting this up on
> > GitLab and hopefully have my blog added to Planet! :)
> >
> > > > I have a query regarding the GSoD program in general which I am a bit
> > > > confused about after doing probably a bit too much research about it. The
> > > > documentation work, from what I understand is an ongoing long term
> > > > contribution area, however, for the purposes of the GSoD project I've
> > > > planned out my schedule for the Standard 3 month length, with further
> > > > contributions after the completion of the project. Is it ok to apply for
> > > > the Standard length (3 months) for the program or does it have to be a
> > > > long-term (5 months) project? Also, does the program duration have any
> > > > impact on the stipend amount?
> > > I think it depends if you opt for "long running" projects. So your
> > > proposal timeline length should vary accordingly. Have you registered on
> > > GSoD website yet? Maybe take a look on workflow on how to submit a proposal
> > > and there you might find a checkbox if you want to opt for standard or
> > > long-running projects. Not sure if it's true but I am just assuming things
> > > based on my looking up GSoD's website.
> > I was unsure if I would be able to modify my proposal once I submit it so
> > I haven't submitted it yet. There is an option on the application form to
> > indicate whether the project is of "Standard Length (3 Months)" or a
> > "Long-Running (5 Months)" type. I've been planning my proposal around the
> > Standard Length time period, as it looks like quite a reasonable time-frame
> > for the project. I can always continue contributing to the project after
> > the completion of the program as well! :)
> >
> > > I don't know how stipends might work. It would be better if you can
> > > contact Google OSPO in some way for clarification.
> > Yes. I have sent an email to the season-of-docs-support list asking for
> > clarification on this.
> >
> > > > I have also gone ahead and shared my application proposal, project
> > > > timeline plan and my contributions list documents with you. Can you please
> > > > review them and share your feedback on how I can improve them further?
> > >
> > > > Also, can you please let me know if there are any other steps that I
> > > > should work upon before submitting my proposal tomorrow?
> > >
> > > Hi Petr, your specific comments would be valuable here as I see you being
> > > one of the mentors. :)
> > @Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> @shaunm gnome org <shaunm gnome org> It
> > would be very helpful if you can also share your valuable feedback about my
> > draft proposal and project roadmap so that it if there is anything that you
> > want me to update or any specific points which you think I should focus on
> > and elaborate more about, that would be great! Looking forward to hearing
> > from you!

Discussed on IRC. Thanks again for submitting your program docs.

pk