[Buildbot-devel] Hi everyone, I'm a student planning to apply for GSoC this year.

[Dustin J. Mitchell]

(my apologies for the late reply)

Welcome!  Working with Buildbot is a great way to figure out what the
software is about, and where the different suggested projects fit in.
I don't know if you've seen our application template:

  http://trac.buildbot.net/wiki/GsocApplicationTemplate

but part of the application is to set up a Buildbot instance on a
public server, so you're partway there already!  Do let us know if you
have any questions -- either here or, if you prefer, in #buildbot on
freenode.

It's also helpful to contribute in some small way to Buildbot, so that
we know you understand the git patch submission process.  See
http://trac.buildbot.net/wiki/SubmittingPatches and, for a list of
bugs that may not take too long to fix,
http://trac.buildbot.net/tags?q=%27simple%27

Regarding the plugin architecture (bug 2460), it will also be good for
you to look at how change sources, build steps, and so on are
implemented now.  It is probably good to look at a few other Python
tools implement plugins.  From my own googling around, I see
http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pylons-webframework/en/latest/advanced_pylons/entry_points_and_plugins.html
and http://aroberge.blogspot.com/2008/12/plugins-part-1-application.html

This is an ambitious project, so we'll want to see lots of evidence in
the application that you understand what is involved and are ready to
get started once GSoC begins.

Dustin

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:29 AM, 陈子杭（Zihang Chen） <chsc4698 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I'm writing this mail because I hear that it's recommended to
> introduce oneself to the interested organization before application period.
>
> I'm Zihang Chen(陈子杭), a Chinese undergraduate student majored in computer
> science. I've been using Python since freshman year (almost 3 years upto
> now), but never worked with Python in real-world projects like Buildbot. So
> I'm looking forward to extending my experiences in the open source world
> through buildbot and GSoC.
>
> I especially am interested in the idea of implementing a plugin architecture
> for buildbot, for implementing a system is always full of challenge and
> sense of achievement. And I'll work to the best of my ability to accomplish
> the goal.
>
> I have been using buildbot these days and trying to figure out how buildbot
> works (mostly by reading source), but got no great progress. I shall later
> send a detailed proposal when GSoC student application begins.
>
> [My Github page](https://github.com/mad4alcohol ) has several Python
> projects I wrote on my own for fun or assignment.
>
>
> --
> 此致
> 陈子杭
> 武汉大学计算机学院
> --
> Regards,
> Chen Zihang,
> Computer School of Wuhan University, China
>
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