GSoC 2015. Mercurial needs (1) ideas (2) mentors (3) admin

[Giovanni Gherdovich]

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at octave.org>
wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2015-02-09 at 22:14 +0100, Giovanni Gherdovich wrote:
> > Last year I coordinated things and managed the paperwork, but these
> > days I am struggling to find time for Mercurial, so I prefer to pass
> > on to somebody else.
>
> I say that unless we already see some interest from existing
> contributors who could benefit from GSoC (e.g. like Sean's position
> last time), we don't bother.
>
> I know I'm being cynical, but GSoC seems like a lot of work for little
> benefit. I'm not looking forward to a lot of students telling us which
> programming languages they know and asking us what to do next.
>
> I'd rather have some funds set aside from Conservancy that could be
> used to independently support for a few months a mostly self-directed
> student contributor, when that contributor arises. Do those funds
> exist? If not, I'd rather work on raising those funds than on GSoC.
>
> - Jordi G. H.

I agree wih you. In theory I see the benefits of the program
since it lowers the entry barrier for newcomer into the project.
But in the last two years I've experienced it
as big effort that doesn't pay off: most often people don't
stay around, if they complete their project at all
(there are notable exceptions, but rare).

So, with about 48 hours left before the submission deadline,
looks like GSoC 2015 at mercurial will not happen.

Cheers,
GGhh
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