Re: GSOC 2023 Contribution Request

[Ankur Saini <arsenic.secondary@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I am neither the org-admin for GSoC, nor a mentor for any of the
proposed projects. Just a community member like you.

Here are a few things you can do till the time you get a response from
either of those:

- Try building gcc from source if you haven't till now, refer the docs
  https://gcc.gnu.org/install/ for detailed information and try
  building with bootstrap disabled if you want to save some time. Also
  it is recommended to build a debuggable version ( see next point for
  details ) so that you can efficiently use a debugger to step through
  the source code.

- Once you have a proper version built from source, you can now use a
  debugger ( preferably gdb ) on it to get better understanding of the
  control flow. You can read the official docs (
  https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebuggingGCC#gccbuilddebug ) or the
  gcc-newbies-guide by David Malcolm (
  https://gcc-newbies-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/debugging.html )
  for more information and instructions about debugging gcc.

- Speaking of gcc-newbies-guide by David Malcolm, it is actually an
  amazing source to get started for new-comers (
  https://gcc-newbies-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html )

Although Google is yet to announce list of selected
organizations. Most of the stuff I mentioned is already present in the
"Before you apply" (
https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#Before_you_apply ) section of
gcc's summer of code page.

- Ankur

> On 13-Feb-2023, at 7:04 PM, Kritika Rag via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Sir/Mam,
> 
> 
> 
> I’m Kritika Rag, a Computer Science pre-final year undergraduate student
> from India. I’m quite passionate about web development and competitive
> programming and now I’m looking forward to contributing to open-source
> projects. I believe that GSOC 2023 would provide me with the best way to
> start my open-source contribution journey.
> 
> 
> 
> Since I’m a competitive programmer, I have excellent command over Data
> Structures & Algorithms and my primary language is C++, so C++ and GCC are
> something that I use daily, therefore I would love to make my contributions
> to GCC projects. After going through all the projects listed on GCC Wiki
> <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#Other_Project_Ideas>, these are the
> projects(any one of them) to which I would like to contribute:
> 
>   1. Bug Patrol and primarily Analyze Failing Test Cases – Whether I'm
>   practicing algorithms on Leetcode, GFG, etc., or giving CP contests on
>   CodeChef, Codeforces, etc., Test case failures are something I encounter
>   daily. Working on the project would be an interesting dig for me to learn
>   about the inner workings of something that I see daily and make
>   improvements to it.
>   2.  Library Infrastructure - As quoted *"These tasks are about improving
>   the utility routine library used by GCC. If you like data structures, these
>   may be for you", *and being a data structures enthusiast I do believe
>   that I'll be able to put my best knowledge to use in this project.
> 
> Lastly, thank you so much for providing these opportunities, I would be
> grateful if you would provide me the opportunity to work with your
> organization. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Kritika Rag
> 
> 
> 
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