Re:Organizations announced for Google Summer of Code 2021
by 8589934591 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @05:35AM
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I didn't mean GSOC are trivial. Apologies if I came across like that. My understanding is things approachable by students would be slightly easier compared to things approachable by someone working in the industry. Maybe my understanding is wrong.
Re:Organizations announced for Google Summer of Code 2021
by pizza234 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @07:29AM
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Sorry, I didn't intend trivial in a disparaging sense :)
I was referring to the entry barriers due to technical difficulty.
To restate with better terms, I believe that the GSOC projects have a generally high entry barrier, due to the fact the they require knowledge in the field. I think the students are hardly beginners.
However, I may be wrong. Something very interesting is that one can open the organizations for the past years (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2020/organizatio...), pick a project (ie. https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2020/projects/62...) and see the detailed report ("GET THE CODE" button).
If you like OSs, and you're looking for a low barrier to entry, my guess is that you could try working on Wine. I remember seeing fixes that are the addition of a constant or so (but I have no experience in the field, so I'm not sure). This could give you some basics, and pave your way to contribute to ReactOS.