Is it possible to change it to 10:30 UTC [instead of 10:00 UTC] ? On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > So, GSoC is on -- and we have several new participants. All the > candidates have written to the list before, so I hope I can skip formal > introductions -- though of course the students can introduce themselfs > if they wish :-) > > We have two students this year in the GNU umbrella: Karim Allah Ahmed > will be working on improving the Mach VM, mentored by Sergio Lopez; and > Emilio Pozuelo Monfort will be systematically triaging problems exposed > by various testsuites, mentored by Carl Fredrik Hammar. Also, the Debian > organisation carries one Hurd-related project this year: Jérémie Koenig > will be working on porting the Debian Installer to the Hurd, mentored by > Samuel Thibault. > > We had three other good applications this year in the GNU umbrella, > which ultimately didn't get a slot with us: one candidate went with > another organisation he had applied to first; one candidate felt uneasy > himself about time constraints, and because the project would require > quite a lot of design considerations up front -- though I guess it was > my fault for insisting on a detailed plan too much... And for one > candidate we feared the project would require a bit too much mentoring. > All these studends seemed promising though, and I'd be thrilled to see > contributions from either of them in the future :-) > > So, what's next? As every year, we would like to schedule an initial IRC > meeting in the next couple of days, where we discuss generic GSoC > arrangements (including further meetings), and the first steps the > students will be taking in preparation of the projects. > > For the last few months, we have had regular meeting with our former > GSoC students each Wednesday at 10:00 UTC. (This was the only slot > fitting all the regulars...) Ideally we should try to reuse this time > slot -- so I wonder, would it be possible for all the new students and > mentors to make it? Or do we need to find another slot? > > -antrik- >
