Re: [Outrechy][RFC] Request for final application guides

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM Bello Olamide [off-list ref] wrote:

Hello, I hope you all are doing well.
I'd like to appreciate everyone including Christian, Junio,
Usman and Kristoffer for the guides and assistance during
this contribution phase.
The deadline for the final application is in exactly a week's time.
I'd like to know if there is any new information on how to submit
the final application as the Outreachy page requires us to record
a contribution by submitting a link to the contribution and also
submit a final application to the project.

There is no new information. Most of the interesting information
should already be on Outreachy's website and on:

https://git.github.io/General-Application-Information/

I would suggest fully reading that page again. You might find ideas
about things you could add to your application.

While going through the mailing list for previous final applications,
I came across this thread
https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPSxiM-kf8U=vzp5MoD3tUuOtnNjcCgPhLdriyeQo5CGf=EhyQ@mail.gmail.com/ (local)

Patrick's suggestions are great

where the main points regarding my questions were answered as follows.
1. We should use the link to the microprojects for the patch reviews as the
contribution link.
2. We should specify the current status of the patch, 'master' or 'next'

Yeah, it's nice if you can give the object ID of the merge commits for
patches that are merged into 'master' too. For those that aren't
merged into 'master', the branch name (like it appears in Junio's
"What's cooking from git.git ..." emails) is interesting.

3. Send the final application to the mailing list for review which should
include an explanation of the project we want to tackle, links to the
microprojects and a rough estimate of the project timeline.

It's important to send the application soon, so we have time to review
it and iterate on it (like for patches that are sent to the mailing
list).

Is there any other information we should know of or this is good enough?

I see that Usman just replied and gave good suggestions too. So I
think you definitely have enough good material to help you prepare a
good application.

Thanks.