[haiku] Re: Haiku accepted in Google Summer of Code 2009!
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:40:57 +0100
On 2009-03-19 at 14:49:35 [+0100], Salvatore Benedetto <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 2009/3/19 Sean Healy <jalopeura@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I have an idea for a project. I just returned to school this year after 8
> > years in the work field. This is the first time I have been eligible to
> > apply. I have a few questions.
> >
> > 1) This project would not get Haiku any closer to an alpha release. Is
> > there
> > a preference for projects that would help achieve that goal?
>
> Not really.
I'd even consider an alpha unrelated project preferrable.
> > 2) I have 20 credit-hours of regular course work per week (= 15 hours
> > class
> > time) until mid-June, and another 75 credit hours of additional course
> > work
> > scattered sort of haphazardly around the calendar between now and the
> > beginning of June. How much time have successful participants spent per
> > week
> > on a project?
>
> GSoC is like a job. No more, no less. That being said, around 40 hours per
> week
> are expected. But it also depends on how good you are.
I probably wouldn't be quite that strict, but I would definitely discourage
any major activity besides the GSoC project. Including half-time jobs or
more than a few hours of studying a week.
CU, Ingo
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