Add GSoC'21 Projects

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@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ ignore = _projects/corobo-enhancement.md,
          _projects/meta-review.md,
          _projects/convert-bear-to-aspects.md,
          _projects/roberta-external-source.md,
-         _projects/generic-bears.md
+         _projects/generic-bears.md,
+         _projects/python-support.md,
+         _projects/improve-corobo.md,
+         _projects/gitmate-coala.md
 
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 files = _projects/corobo-enhancement.md,
@@ -181,7 +184,10 @@ files = _projects/corobo-enhancement.md,
         _projects/meta-review.md,
         _projects/convert-bear-to-aspects.md,
         _projects/roberta-external-source.md,
-        _projects/generic-bears.md
+        _projects/generic-bears.md,
+        _projects/python-support.md,
+        _projects/improve-corobo.md,
+        _projects/gitmate-coala.md
 ignore_length_regex = .*https?://
 bears = LineLengthBear
 max_line_length = 120

_projects/gitmate-coala.md

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+---
+collaborating_projects:
+  - coala
+desc: "Imrpove Gitmate integration for coala for better project maintenance"
+developers_involved: []
+difficulty: medium
+initiatives:
+  - GSoC
+markdown: gitmate-coala.md
+mentors:
+  - abhishalya
+  - sils
+name: "Gitmate for coala"
+tags:
+  - gitmate
+---
+
+[Gitmate](https://gitlab.com/gitmate) is one of the most
+integrated git solution at coala. Unfortunately, the project was
+then left unmaintained and hence needs a revamp. Gitmate helps
+coala in handling some of the crucial workflows responsible for
+a smooth development experience for the newcomers in open-source
+community.
+
+As a part of the project we will be integrating gitmate with coala
+and will be maintaing the project here. IGitt is the package powering
+the Git workflow for Gitmate. This project will require several
+improvements to IGitt as well to ensure Gitmate works well with the
+latest API versions for Github, Gitlab and Jira.
+
+Due to recent changes in GSoC with the program being only for 10 weeks
+the coding phases below are adjusted accordingly.
+
+#### Milestones
+
+##### COMMUNITY BONDING
+
+* Student should have a clear plan and conceptual work must be finished.
+* The applicant should know how to work with the community.
+
+##### CODING PHASE 1
+
+* Changes to the IGitt must be finished including writing tests and
+documentation.
+
+##### CODING PHASE 2
+
+* Gitmate should have a proper integration with the latest API versions of
+Github, Gitlab and Jira.
+* Refactoring of the existing CI/CD setup for Gitmate.

_projects/improve-corobo.md

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+---
+collaborating_projects:
+  - coala
+desc: "Improve plugins, introduce new plugins, setup new configuration method"
+developers_involved: []
+difficulty: medium
+initiatives:
+  - GSoC
+issues:
+  - "https://github.com/coala/projects/issues/688"
+  - "https://github.com/coala/corobo/issues/311"
+  - "https://github.com/coala/corobo/issues/480"
+  - "https://github.com/coala/corobo/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aarea%2Fconfig"
+markdown: improve-corobo.md
+mentors:
+  - abhishalya
+  - nvzard
+name: "Improve corobo"
+requirements:
+  - "At least one patch to corobo should be accepted and merged."
+  - "The proposal needs to contain a clear concept."
+tags:
+  - community
+  - corobo
+---
+
+Repository: https://github.com/coala/corobo
+
+corobo is a collection of [errbot](http://errbot.io) chatbot framework plugins.
+
+The primary objective of this project is to improve corobo by solving as many
+pending issues as possible along with introducing new plugins which will ensure
+smooth functioning in the community.
+
+It is also necessary to implement better configuration for the bot and
+eliminate the use of environment variables which is hacky and a better
+solution is possible.
+Refer: https://github.com/coala/corobo/issues/574#issuecomment-401006387
+
+#### Improvements which can be made to the existing plugins:
+
+* Adapt LabHub plugin to use the most recent release of IGitt.
+* Deprecate use of github3 and migrate plugins to use IGitt.
+* Handle users with different GitHub and GitLab usernames.
+* Delay loading GitHub org member list when not needed.
+* Implement changes to handle other backends (Eg. Zulip).
+* Currently, the use of DefaultConfigMixin is not the best solution for
+  configuration. Implement a solution so that other orgs won't need the
+* Mixin while configuring their plugins.
+* Convince at least one other organization to use corobo in their chat room.
+* Implement/Modify plugins to make handling of events like GCI/GSoC easy.
+
+```
+Eg:
+>corobo set current event GCI
+@/all, GCI has been started, so you can’t assign GCI related issues until the
+event ends.
+```
+
+#### New plugin ideas:
+
+* Plugin for corobo Usage Stats.
+* Congratulate people who have their first commit merged.
+* Listen for invite acceptance and provide more info based on that.
+* Plugin for voting.
+* All short and partial issues/PR URIs.
+* Plugin to remove labels from issues.
+* Announce unmerged PR closes on the most appropriate room.
+
+```
+Eg:
+>corobo remove label area/gci from coala/corobo
+@user, successfully removed area/gci label from 10 issues in coala/corobo
+```

_projects/python-support.md

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+---
+collaborating_projects:
+  - coala
+name: "Support for newer Python versions"
+desc: "coala should be able to support all major Python 3 versions"
+markdown: python-support.md
+requirements:
+ - "The applicant must understand how results and actions work in coala."
+ - "The proposal needs to contain a clear concept."
+difficulty: "high"
+mentors:
+ - abhishalya
+ - jayvdb
+initiatives:
+ - GSoC
+tags:
+ - core
+---
+
+Currently, coala only supports Python 3 versions upto 3.6. This is a very
+old release and there are reasons why coala was not able to progress to the
+newer versions so quickly. The major blocker to this is the dependency
+management which has some core issues which are to be solved to improve
+the support.
+
+There are a lot of dependencies which do not have support for all Python 3
+versions and to fix this issue we should do one of the two things:
+* Drop the package and fix the issue from the coala side.
+* Find a workaround with the existing package and patch things on coala.
+
+Due to recent changes in GSoC with the program being only for 10 weeks
+the coding phases below are adjusted accordingly.
+
+#### Milestones
+
+##### COMMUNITY BONDING
+
+* Student should have a clear plan and conceptual work must be finished.
+* The applicant should know how to work with the community.
+
+##### CODING PHASE 1
+
+* Changes to the dependency management must be finished including writing tests
+and documentation.
+
+##### CODING PHASE 2
+
+* The coala core should be revamped so they allow the above mentioned benefits.
+* Refactoring of the existing CI/CD setup to verify builds on the newly supported
+Python versions.