[haiku-development] Re: Google Summer of Code 2008
- From: "Salvatore Benedetto" <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:36:46 +0000
On 18/03/2008, Oliver Ruiz Dorantes <oliver.ruiz.dorantes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> 2008/3/18, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > May I suggest that this time we make it clear that students who do not
> > bring their projects to full completion within the deadline of GSoC will
> > not be considered successful and therefore not rewarded (at least not in
> > full), and that Haiku actually follow through with this?
> >
> > Otherwise, we set a bad precedent for students and may even make the org
> > more vulnerable to not being elected in following years.
>
> +1
> Moreover a lack of respect for the ones who worked hard completing theirs.
>
>
> About students who were accepted last year, repeating students etc etc.
> there was a discussion at the Google Mentors maillist.
> Although there might be no official statement from Google, the given
> message is:
>
> ** Do not accept students just popping in in Summer. **
>
> 1.- If they were not accepted, they had a whole year to try get involved,
> and demostrate they are/were a good candidate.
>
> 2.- If they were accepted, they are suposed to keep in somehow after SoC(a
> bit documentation if not feeling to code maybe?), as this is SoC target,
> increase the development power base... help opensource.
>
+1
Besides, the GSoC is also meant to increase the bus factor of the project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor
>
> Regards
> --
> Oliver,
>
> http://urnenfeld.blogspot.com
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Salvatore Benedetto (a.k.a. emitrax)
Student of Computer Engineer
University of Pisa
www.messinalug.org
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