<div dir="auto"><div>For pgrouting participants.<div dir="auto">Sorry no internet no electricity today. I am sloppy with the cel phone. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please start preparing your report Mail.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Important.<br><div dir="auto">Need to rebase merge the work to the main repository.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Or at least have the branch with the final commits on a PR to pgrouting.</div><div dir="auto">That is in order to give the final link in the mail report.</div><div dir="auto">100% means it was merged.</div><div dir="auto">100% means the PR is been done to pgrouting repository and needs to be processed.</div><div dir="auto">100% you failed to do the PR with the simple commits, but you made the PR with all the history of commits. What is left to do, is to be processed. As the link can not be changed it will be squashed.</div><div dir="auto">99% you failed to do a PR. What is left to do is make a PR.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">More comments below.</div></div><br>Regards </div><div dir="auto">Vicky</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 12:15 PM Ashish Kumar <<a href="mailto:ashishkr23438@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ashishkr23438@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Dear OSGeo GSoC Contributors,</font></div><div><br></div><div><i><b>This email is very long, so please read it carefully as it contains vital information to help you package your GSoC program work.</b></i><br></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">The final evaluation and code submission deadline is approaching. </font>The submission dashboard is now active and will remain accessible until August 28, 18:00 UTC. By now, you should have received an email from the GSoC Admins team regarding this important step. As indicated in the official GSoC 2023 timeline<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> [1]:</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><i>Final week: GSoC contributors submit their final <span>work</span> product and their final mentor evaluation (standard coding period)<font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">: </font><b>August 21 - August 28, 18:00 UTC</b></i><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b><i>.</i></b><br></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font>Given that all projects adhered to the standard 12-week length, the mentioned dates are applicable to everyone. We extend our admiration to each contributor for completing their projects within the standard duration.</div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>We hope that you enjoyed coding with OSGeo, and we are sure that </font>you've gained valuable insights from your mentors and the vibrant OSGeo community<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">. </span>Your perseverance is truly commendable, a testament to the adage,<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">"When the going gets tough, the tough get going". </i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">We are sure that you all must have </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">your</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> great stories associated with GSoC 2023. </span>As we approach the finish line, it's time to focus on wrapping up and packaging your project for the final submission.</div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>According to Google [2], the basic requirements for code submissions are:</font></div><div><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">It must be easy to identify the work you have done. (i.e. the changes you made or new code.)</font></li><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">When someone goes to the provided URL it should be clear what work you did without requiring them to do significant additional digging.</font></li></ul></ul></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto">Wiki link and tag link and PR link</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">It should be in a stable location. The URL cannot be changed after submission.</font></li></ul></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto">All three links are stable.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Someone else should be able to use the content at (or referenced from) the target of the link to extend your work.</font></li><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">If your work is 100% complete, they should be able to use it.</font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">If your work is not 100% complete, it should be clear what's left to do.</font></li></ul></ul></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto">If it has been merged, or it's a PR</div><div dir="auto">Give link on installation of pgrouting.</div><div dir="auto">If PR was not done</div><div dir="auto">Give instructions on how to get the tag.</div><div dir="auto">And again link to installation instructions.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Furthermore, your final report must be shared with the SoC mailing list. The report should have the following:</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Don't forget everything has to be in the mail. </div><div dir="auto">If you worked you wiki you should be able to grab things from there to here.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>1. <b>Title and Organization</b>: </font>Specify your project title and the software community <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">it belongs to (for hybrid projects indicate all the software involved).</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><i>Note<b>:</b> If <span>the</span> title has changed over the due course of the project, then update it on the Dashboard and use the final updated title in the report.</i><br><br>2. <b>Abstract</b>: Present an overview of the project, its motivation, challenges, etc.<br><br>3. <b>The state of the art before GSoC:</b> </font>Describe the software's state before your involvement. For instance, if you introduced a GUI in some tool, explain how manual editing was necessary in the past.</div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>4. <b>The addition (added value) that <span>your</span> project brought to the software:</b> </font>Elaborate on the enhancement your project made to the software. Using the aforementioned GUI example, you can explain how it simplifies using the tool through the GUI that you made.</div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>5. <b>Potential Future Work</b>: </font>If your project requires further development, outline the remaining work. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">You can also share highlights or challenging pieces.</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>6. <b>Links</b>: Add all the permanent links to access the code, documentation(s), pull requests, wiki pages, etc., </font>that facilitate others in testing your application<font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"> - "Please test my code following the <span>instructions</span> here...". Ensure that the pull request description is detailed. If the pull request is going to have more <span>work</span> done after GSoC is over, make sure the last GSoC commit is noted.</font></div><div><i>Note: Don’t forget to test that the links are working and do not require special access permissions!</i><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br>7. <b>Image</b>: Incorporate atleast a graphical image that can show the main elements of <span>your</span> project. It could be a flow chart, a screenshot, both, or whatever you think could serve the purpose. <br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><i>Remember that the aim is to showcase <span>your</span> project to people that are not necessarily familiar with the software. The image must be uploaded to a public repository, web page, or wiki page, </i></font><i>with its link included in your report.</i><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br>8. <b>Media <i>(Optional)</i></b>: You can add links to videos, blog posts, etc. that you have created. We warmly encourage this as it </font>brings immense satisfaction to witness your work come to life and to engage with your insights through blog posts and other content in the future.<font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br>The report must be included as text inside <span>your</span> email (not as a separate attached document, not as a link to an external document). Remember to add the link of <span>your</span> project wiki page in the report and also add the final report in <span>your</span> wiki page.<br><br>In order to comply with Google’s requirement of <b>a report in a stable location</b>, you can check with <span>your</span> mentors for a suitable URL. For instance, this could be a permanent wiki page that you maintained throughout the program. </font>Alternatively, you can submit your final report's URL from the SoC Archives [3] as the stable link<font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"> in <span>your</span> final submission in the dashboard.<br><br>To summarize, you must </font>submit the following <b>before August 28, 18:00 UTC</b>:<font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br><ol><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Final report email to the SoC mailing list (based on the above template), and</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Final mentor evaluations (with the submission URL) on the GSoC dashboard.</li></ol></font>Avoid last-minute submissions on August 28, as this is a <b>hard deadline</b><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">, and <b>f</b></font><b>ailure to submit evaluations properly may result in failing the program</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">. Once you make the final <span>work</span> submission</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> on the dashboard, </span>you can edit it until the deadline. Hence we recommend doing it as soon as possible because any improvements can be made later on<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">. </span>The URL you submit will be available on the GSoC public archive site<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> [4], so you should want it to represent the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>work</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> you did this summer.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div>For sample past submissions, please refer this<font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">: Final report mail [5], and GSoC dashboard submission with URL [6].</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>Feel free to reach out to mentors or the mailing list for queries. We want to see you as a lifetime contributor and supporter of the project you worked on!</div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">All the best!</span><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Kind regards,<br><span>Your</span> OSGeo GSoC Admins.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">[1] </span><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">[2] </span><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/work-product" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/<span>work</span>-product</a><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>[3] <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/soc/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/soc/</a></div><div>[4] <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive</a></div><div>[5] <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/soc/2021-August/004813.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/soc/2021-August/004813.html</a></div><div>[6] <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2021/projects/5684733287071744" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2021/projects/5684733287071744</a></div></div>
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