[community] [Outreachy] Important - Meeting next Tuesday, 1600 UTC, and closing the project for new contributors
gus
gus at torproject.org
Tue Apr 13 17:34:47 UTC 2021
Hello Outreachy candidates,
You can read our meeting log here:
http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-04-13-15.57.log.html
And here is our meeting pad:
Outreachy meeting pad
---------------------
Next meeting: Tuesday April 20 16:00 UTC
Meeting 2021-04-13
Presents:
* Gus
*
== Agenda ===
* Review Outreachy tasks
* How to record your contributions
* Q&A
== Updates ==
FORMAT! Please copy and paste this block and edit:
Name:
This week:
- What you worked on this week.
Help with:
- Something you may need help with.
Gus:
This week:
- Reviewing Outreachy's pull requests.
- Approving issues on GitLab.
Joydeep (aka championquizzer)
- A not so neat guide for first contributors:
https://championquizzer.gitlab.io/blog/2021/04-13-first-contributions.html
Kulsoom Zahra(kulsoom.zahra):
This week:
-Working on
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support/-/issues/113
-answered a question on r/Tor that recieved a comment(It was
regarding installing uBlock so I answered why it's highly NOT
recommended).
link
-https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/mplyh7/reddit_and_google_are_connected/gucclad?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
-https://github.com/torproject/support/pull/225
Fix #197 [Bridge] Duplicate keys:
There were some redundant keys on the Community portal Relay operation
section,
I fixed these layout keys and arranged them in alphabetical order
-https://github.com/torproject/community/pull/122
opened a PR for adding Fedora instructions
-https://github.com/torproject/tpo/pull/103
Fix#173 Added parentheses to Homepage definition #103
The tagline of the Tor project in Jumbotron was missing parentheses in
the definition of the organization : We believe everyone should be able
to explore the internet with privacy. We are the Tor Project, a 501(c)3
US nonprofit.
Now it is : We believe everyone should be able to explore the internet
with privacy. We are the Tor Project, a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit.
Found 3 more instances of the same
-https://github.com/torproject/community/pull/111(community outreach
page) 1 here
-https://github.com/torproject/tpo/pull/102(about page) 2 here
-https://github.com/torproject/community/pull/116
[Relays] Update ticket number and link
-https://github.com/torproject/support/pull/225
i proposed that we can replace 'program' with Browser, because we are
explicitly answering how to verify Tor Browser download.
-After completing
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support/-/issues/113#note_2732088
I'm planning to work on solving some difficult tickets.
-Also analyzing channels and public sites to create a consice report
regarding major UX pain points.
-I learnt how to use IRC and Hexchat!:)
-Opened an issue
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual/-/issues/84 adding some
explaination to "why installing plugins, add-ons is not recommended"
Help with:
- While working on
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support/-/issues/113, I was
having a bit difficulty in figuring out where is the main website's
html. I'm trying to figure it out and hopefully by today will complete
it.
-Please review
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support/-/issues/54#note_2730989
Ishika Kumar (IK_11, github: Ishika11):
This week:
- Raised an issue
- Made 1 pull request on torproject/manual
- Made 1 pull request on torproject/support
- Completed task 4 given on outreachy site (answering common
questions)
- (To do) Complete task 3 (major UX pain points)
- (To do) Raise another issue on a UX related inconsistency
Help with:
- Comfortable with github but was facing difficulty making PRs
to gitlab
Anushka Jain (aka likeanushkaa):
This week:
- Learned and created one pull request to include IRC link in
relay-operations-
got merged(tor/community)
- I'm planning to work on this issue next-
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/tpo/-/issues/68#note_2731242
- I am reading some Tor blogs and trying to find user pain points.
- Trying to complete Task 4 on the list.
Help with:
- I cannot understand a lot of technical terms related to Tor (as
mentioned in blogs and user comments etc.), how to go about it?
What all do we need to know?
- Finding user pain points: Is this considered a contribution? How
do we record them? We have to submit a pull reuest for the
contributions.
Udokaku Ugochukwu (aka Udoka):
This week:
- Completed Task 2,4,6 from the outreachy project tasks.
- Created a Tor Gitlab account.
- Downloaded and tested the Tor browser.
- Read the Tor support documentation site.
- Set up HexChat and familarized with the IRC
Help With:
I registered for a Tor gitlab account, how long would it take
before I get access?
Shreya:
This week:
- working on:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community/-/issues/188#note_2731989
-Created an account on GitLab, now learning to use it.
Help with:
- I tried looking up r/TOR as asked in the task list but I
don't understand most stuff there.
- How to record most of the tasks mentioned as contributions on
Outreachy website.
Abongwa Bonalais(aka Burnleydev):
This week:
-I contributed in moving this documentations of Hackweek from Pads To
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek main repository.
Did some clean up with markdown formatting.
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/10
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/11
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/12
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/13
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/14
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/15
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/16
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/17
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/18
-Updated the README at
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek so each notes added
should have a link, linking to the main file in the git
repository(https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek/-/merge_requests/19)
-Did a minor grammar fix on this FAQ-"Am I totally anonymous if I use
Tor?".
-Updated the Windows Expert Bundles from "Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP,
2000, 2003 Server, ME, and Windows 98SE" To "Windows 10, 8, 7, and
Windows Server (>= 2008)" on this site:
https://www.torproject.org/download/tor/
Reason:
"Vista, XP, 2000, 2003 Server, ME, and Windows 98SE" are not in
conformity with this statement "Supported Windows (>= 7) and Windows
Server (>= 2008)" In Supported Platforms
(https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/team/-/wikis/NetworkTeam/SupportedPlatforms)
and needs to be removed since they no longer receive updates from
Microsoft, not also supported.
-Answered few questions on reddit/r/Tor and #tor channel
Help With:
-This issue: Create canonical links to the latest versions of Tor
Browser
-Please review this:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/tpo/-/issues/172
Naijeria Toweett
This week:
- Completed reading all the resources on outreachy internship
- Set up tor project on my local
- Worked on
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/lego/-/issues/23 -
documented changes and tempted to push project to git so I could create
a PR
- Once I manage to make my first commit , I will work on
Help with:
- Needed help with first commit but I have found this resoource
https://championquizzer.gitlab.io/blog/2021/04-13-first-contributions.html
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 04:31:52PM -0300, gus wrote:
> Hello Outreachies applicants,
>
> Let's meet next week and discuss your Outreachy application.
>
> This public meeting will happen next Tuesday, April 13, 16:00 UTC on
> IRC, channel #tor-meeting (irc.oftc.net)[1].
>
> Please dedicate some time this week to learn how to use IRC, so you
> can join us.
>
> Important:
>
> I will close the project for new applicants after our meeting next week,
> so please, register that you're a candidate on Outreachy's page ASAP.
>
> cheers,
> Gus
>
> [1] https://support.torproject.org/get-in-touch/#irc-help
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