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=== Contact Information ===
=== Contact Information ===


* Email Address:  
* Name: Amit Saha
* Telephone:  
* Email Address: amitksaha@fedoraproject.org
* Blog URL:  
* Blog URL: http://echorand.me/category/fedora/
* Freenode IRC Nick:  
* Freenode IRC Nick: amitksaha


'''NOTE: We require all students to blog about the progress of their project time to time.'''
=== Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project? ===
 
My second stint as a Fedora user started about an year back, and liked it much more than I had about 10 years ago when I first started using Linux. I was nursing the idea of a custom Linux distribution for scientific and numerical computing for quite some time. I started exploring the options of creating this spin based on Fedora, and the Fedora project's easy and transparent way to propose a custom spin attracted me. In no time I had the Scientific Spin's process rolling. The Scientific Spin was released along with Fedora 16, thanks to the welcoming and co-operative nature of the Spins SIG, release engineering and the Fedora design and websites team.
 
This first involvement and my growing understanding of the Fedora community makes it a first choice for me for GSoC 2012. Needless to say, my involvement won't start or cease with GSoC.
 
 
'''Past involvement with Fedora Project:'''
 
* Creator and Maintainer of the ''Fedora Scientific Spin''


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* Mailing list moderator of the SciTech SIG
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* Packager ([https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799810 Review awaited])


Please answer following questions.
'''Past involvement with other Open Source projects:'''


=== Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project? ===
* [http://wiki.netbeans.org/AmitKumarSaha NetBeans IDE]


=== Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora project or with any another open
* [http://echorand.me/code/ Miscellaneous ]
source project as a contributor (if possible please add some references as well)? ===


=== Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations? ===
=== Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations? ===


=== Will you continue contributing/ supporting the Fedora project after the GSoC 2012
Not yet
program, if yes, which team(s)/area(s), you are interested with? ===


=== Why should we choose you over the other applicants? ===
=== Why should we choose you over the other applicants? ===
There are a few things which should definitely give me a head-start over other applicants
* My experience of creating and maintaining the '''Fedora Scientific Spin'''
* My experience packaging for Fedora
* Existing experience with the toolchain (creating/building Fedora live CDs, kickstart files, installers) desired for the proposed GSoC 2012 project
* Possession of Generic toolset knowledge - community and mailing list interaction, version control system and programming knowhow - Shell scripting, Python scrpting and working with the Fedora tools such as Koji, Pungi, Lorax, etc.
* Documentation is important. My [http://echorand.me/writings/ articles] have appered in Linux Journal, Linux For You, Linux Gazette and elsewhere. So, I actually like documentation.


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Latest revision as of 23:30, 3 April 2012

Contact Information

Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?

My second stint as a Fedora user started about an year back, and liked it much more than I had about 10 years ago when I first started using Linux. I was nursing the idea of a custom Linux distribution for scientific and numerical computing for quite some time. I started exploring the options of creating this spin based on Fedora, and the Fedora project's easy and transparent way to propose a custom spin attracted me. In no time I had the Scientific Spin's process rolling. The Scientific Spin was released along with Fedora 16, thanks to the welcoming and co-operative nature of the Spins SIG, release engineering and the Fedora design and websites team.

This first involvement and my growing understanding of the Fedora community makes it a first choice for me for GSoC 2012. Needless to say, my involvement won't start or cease with GSoC.


Past involvement with Fedora Project:

  • Creator and Maintainer of the Fedora Scientific Spin
  • Mailing list moderator of the SciTech SIG

Past involvement with other Open Source projects:

Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations?

Not yet

Why should we choose you over the other applicants?

There are a few things which should definitely give me a head-start over other applicants

  • My experience of creating and maintaining the Fedora Scientific Spin
  • My experience packaging for Fedora
  • Existing experience with the toolchain (creating/building Fedora live CDs, kickstart files, installers) desired for the proposed GSoC 2012 project
  • Possession of Generic toolset knowledge - community and mailing list interaction, version control system and programming knowhow - Shell scripting, Python scrpting and working with the Fedora tools such as Koji, Pungi, Lorax, etc.
  • Documentation is important. My articles have appered in Linux Journal, Linux For You, Linux Gazette and elsewhere. So, I actually like documentation.