[haiku] Re: GSoC '12 Introduction
- From: Andrew Hudson <hudsonco1@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:54:31 -0500 (EST)
> I would say that if one were to rank these features in terms of value to
> Haiku, file system compatibility
>
> with Linux is fairly low ranking when it comes to features that new Haiku
> users would want.
But above either of these in terms of value to Haiku is the
possibility of another developer, imo. GSoC is really more about
getting people interested in and acclimated to the open source
environment. The code that we get out of it is a nice side-effect, but
if the student stays with Haiku, then their future contributions are
not limited to any one area. The best way to get a student to stick
around is to make sure they enjoy the summer, and if they're slogging
away at some boring task because 'the users' deemed it important,
chances are they won't come back.
Alex,
You might have missed the original post. The GSoC candidate was asking for
input on whether
btrfs or ACPI would be more useful to Haiku. That's why I gave my criteria for
useful. You do make
a good point.
I think having students work on Haiku is a great thing. Maybe it is something
we should more
actively encourage. Through college/university curriculum like University of
Auckland does.
Regards,
Andrew
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