From e4e84bc7273c1ba64d42ad0e915ba04e85a49588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: skamath Date: May 16 2017 17:18:49 +0000 Subject: Updated formatting on Welcome Kit --- diff --git a/welcome-kit.md b/welcome-kit.md index 1a3fdc7..26f4fa5 100644 --- a/welcome-kit.md +++ b/welcome-kit.md @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Community bonding period is a very important part of the program and all the int As a Fedora GSoC student, you should be doing the following things during the community bonding period : +*** #### **1) Send an introduction mail to the community mailing list** @@ -52,9 +53,11 @@ List of relevant mailing lists : |General Summer Coding List |[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/summer-coding.lists.fedoraproject.org](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/summer-coding.lists.fedoraproject.org) | |Lists Directory (Browse all mailing lists) |[https://lists.fedoraproject.org](https://lists.fedoraproject.org) | +*** #### **2) Set up a developer blog & get started with Fedora Planet** + A developer blog is a crucial part of building your presence and personal brand, and communicating with the FOSS community. This will be the primary place you publish your weekly reports. If you already have a blog, you can use that for your development blog, just make sure that it follows the planet guidelines listed below here, and that your RSS feed you generate uses tags or categories to make sure all your content is relevant to the planet readers. Quoting [Planet Wiki](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Planet), Planet Fedora is a distributed communication tool that many Fedora contributors rely on to keep a pulse on Fedora's community. Contributors connect their blogs to Planet Fedora to express to the Fedora community their thoughts and personality, and share what they are working on through blog posts. @@ -64,38 +67,44 @@ List of relevant mailing lists : > If you are not CLA+1, please wait until you get added to the `summer-coding` FAS group. In the mean time, you can also join the FAS group of your SIG/Community if it exists. +*** #### **3) Attend weekly community meetings on IRC** + Fedora uses IRC as a primary mode of communication. As a summer coding participant, you should be attending the community meetings regularly. This is an important step and will help you understand the community better. You can find the list of meetings on [Fedocal](https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/). If you are new to IRC, please read [How to communicate using IRC](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_communicate_using_IRC) on Fedora wiki. If you are unsure on what meetings to attend, please contact your mentor. - +*** #### **4) Get familiar with the codebase and set up development stack** -You should use the community bonding period to understand the existing codebase and get familiar with the modules and functionalities. Stating the obvious, you should also be setting up all the tools and utilities required for the coding period. +You should use the community bonding period to understand the existing codebase and get familiar with the modules and functionalities. Stating the obvious, you should also be setting up all the tools and utilities required for the coding period. +*** #### **5) Setup a Pagure account** [Pagure](https://pagure.io) is a light-weight git-centered forge where we do project coordination and collaboration in Fedora. We also use pagure as a ticket tracker and almost all the communities have a Pagure group where tickets are created as issues and discussed. You will be using Pagure to host code or contribute to existing projects while working on your project. +*** #### **6) Write a "Hello Summer Coding World" Introduction Post** You should introduce yourself on your blog (after you're hooked up to the Fedora Planet) and let the Fedora community know who you are, what you've done, and what you are looking to accomplish this summer. Feel free to add any links to social media or other places you'd like to promote your online presence (within the planet guidelines.) You can also share a link to this introduction on the summer-coding mailing list as well. +*** #### **7) Request a Freenode Cloak** You should do this so that you can fly the Fedora Flag, and so that you can protect your IP address when connecting on Freenode. See this wiki page for instructions - [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreenodeCloaks](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreenodeCloaks) +*** #### **8) Stay in touch with mentors and the community** @@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ You should do this so that you can fly the Fedora Flag, and so that you can prot Feel free to ask any questions to the mentor. Before asking, make sure you research on the topic by searching online. When in doubt, always contact the mentor on IRC/Mailing list. You can also ask your questions on the community IRC for faster and quality responses from various community members. Remember, we are here to help :) - +*** ---