Getting hg into GSoC 2013

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Sun Mar 17 16:20:15 CDT 2013


On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 13:46 -0400, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> As a final point, I want to address the question of Mercurial applying
> as an independent GSoC mentoring org or under the PSF umbrella.

We were under the PSF umbrella the last time around because we were
_rejected_ on our own (after several years of being accepted and having
mostly-good outcomes). 

>  I
> think we should make an honest effort to go independent, as this will
> almost certainly give us more student slots, and from what I can tell,
> the Mercurial community is vibrant enough to mentor people.

>From past experience, we're much more likely to face a shortage of
top-notch candidates than a shortage of slots.

I don't know how much time I'll have to spend on a GSoC effort this
year, but I strongly advise that we make sure:

- every candidate pre-demonstrates an ability to work in our framework
by submitting a bugfix patch
- every candidate declares that they are working on GSoC full-time with
no other work or study commitments
- mentors discuss and relay weekly grade feedback so that no one is
surprised when they are failed

-- 
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