On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 07:16:14AM +0100, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> On 13 January 2016 at 21:34, FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:
> > I must honestly say that I'm not convinced a GSoC would be a good influx
> > of positive activity for suckless projects.
>
> It would have a good PR effect at least.
>
> > It takes a while for people to develop the right mindset and understand
> > the philosophy behind our work. Successfully finishing a GSoC student
> > programme would require a strict mentoring in the process.
>
> That is always the case.
>
> > Depending on who is the student, the first steps will be difficult.
>
> Not necessarily. If we'd be accepted by Google, we can actually pick
> the student ourselves based on its application. The application
> material should suffice to check prior work for suckless
> compatibility.
>
> > Also, I am confident that people find suckless, and not the other way
> > around.
>
> Sure, but there are chances to rescue at least one or two deluded
> intelligences through GSoC, that would otherwise end up as C++ or
> Swift zealots.
I would vote for trying as well but I am lazy... here is the GSOC
timeline. Project applications are due till the 19th of February.
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
Received on Wed Jan 20 2016 - 08:29:53 CET