I just removed the "The". Uli
On 06.04.2011 22:58, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 06/04/2011 21:06, siddharth srivastava wrote: >> Hi >> >> "The Apache Software Foundation" appears as "Apache Software Foundation" on >> melange. > > So it does. Not sure why I thought otherwise - thanks for the correction. > >> I have myself applied for GSoC this year, so just putting in my two cents: >> >> One of the possible reasons according to me is the Jira interface. Most of >> the visitors are unaware of the Jira interface and how issues and projects >> are managed on it. > > We used JIRA last year too with no ill effects. To be honest if a potential > student can't figure out > JIRA then they probably aren't suitable (at this stage in their education) as > an Apache mentee. > > However, it certainly wouldn't do us any harm to have a simple How To (any > volunteers). > >> A better wiki interface which could include the things as follows: > > We used to use a Wiki put a) it puts a fair amount of overhead on the admins > and projects to cross > refference and b) is not easily reusable between different mentoring > activities. > > Our RSS feeds from JIRA are, for example, on the opense.net site and I'm > working with the OpenHatch > project to get them up there too. > >> I hope that can help in building a better platform. > > Thanks for your input. All suggestions welcome. > > Ross
