On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 7:04 PM Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you for your advice! Apologies for not tagging my patch with [GSoC], > I didn't realise it before. Is it okay if I try solving a couple of issues > and then focus on the GSoC project(following from what you advised)? Yeah, it is okay, but we ask for "Only ONE quality focused microproject per student". So solving other issues might not help much your GSoC application. > Also, I wanted to ask whether or not one can try attempting the projects mentioned > last year[1] this year as well? You should probably ask the persons mentioned as "possible mentors" > I observed that only one idea[2] was picked out of > the aforementioned project list. > > [2]: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2019/projects/5390155215536128/ Yeah, because one GSoC student suggested a project idea on his own. Best, Christian.