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One question I’ve heard a couple of times is “can you help me understand how git and pull requests work”. I find that GitHub’s introduction series is a good resource. GitHub is different from Pagure in some respects, but the git commands are the same and most of the general concepts translate.
I was asked the below question via email. I figured it was worth sharing for everyone’s benefit.
What if I post the proposal on the docs tag like you suggested, does it also stand as a contribution? Because it’s contributions that determine whether we progress to the internship proper.
That’s a great question. In order to make the proposals easier to find, I think a pull request (even if you’re not making any code changes at the time) is the best way to go. Otherwise, it will be hard
to find. But posting in the docs tag is a good way to get some feedback and discussion prior to submitting the request.
Record a contribution to your project on the Outreachy site.
Complete a final application for your project.
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Hi @bcotton ! The Outreachy website asks for a contribution url.
Does the url have to be specifically a pull request? Or could it be a figma file link. I’m asking this because to create a pull request there should be some change in the branch I created, and the suggestions and ideas aren’t exactly code changes.
Hi @bcotton ! One more question came up as I was filling up the final application…
What do we have to put in the Outreachy Timeline exactly?
Thanks for the help!
So I had to look at the applicant guidelines since there’s not a lot of guidance for mentors and this is my first time.
My suggestion is to include items like the below, along with the timeline you propose for them.
Community and tool acclimation
Stakeholder input
Front page design creation
Front page design implementation
Navigation bar research
Navigation bar proposal development
Navigation bar implementation
(other ideas you have)
Note that the above is not meant to be prescriptive. If you don’t think you can do all of them, don’t include them. If there are other things you want to add, add them. If you want to do some of them in a different order, great!
What I’m looking for here is what you think your internship experience will look like in terms of major work phases.
It is 100% optional. I’m happy to offer feedback on your timeline but 1. timelines are always wrong in ways we don’t yet understand and 2. you know your abilities better than I do, so you have a better idea of what’s possible for you.
And also on this one- I actually introduced a new navigation bar from my side in the ideas- are you talking about the navigation bar which exists in the docs website right now?
