On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org> > wrote: > >>> So, mentors, would you be interested/available for this programme? If > >>> you would entertain this, now is the time to raise your hand. > >> > >> > >> Well, considering that the code from our first GSoC has not landed yet, > I > >> wonder whether we can handle all this load. > >> > >> OTOH, if we can have projects more akin to code cleanup (that are not > >> accepted by GSoC), they may be more directly useful. > >> > > I've been reading their FAQ and this came up: > > > > http://semesterofcode.com/?p=22 > > "Do Semester of Code projects have to involve writing code? > > > > Generally, student projects at our partner institutions involve > > programming, so projects with this focus will be most popular and > > relevant. However, projects involving other areas of software > > engineering are acceptable, including system design, quality > > evaluation, testing, documentation, translation etc. > > Guidelines for submitting project ideas will be provided when the idea > > submission period launches." > > > > So code-cleanup and similar tasks could be acceptable for this programme. > > > > > http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/08/06/vals-semester-of-code-open-for-project-idea-submissions/ > > "The project should take about 3 months to complete. Please bear in > > mind that it’s better to start with a smaller project that can be > > extended if your student proves to be capable rather than have an > > over-ambitious idea which can’t be completed in time." > > > > They seem to recommend smaller tasks rather than big, difficult projects. > > > Come to think of it, we might even ask the student to clean up the > GSoC code and complete the integration with LyX master. :) > > Liviu > > > > Some interesting differences from GSoC: > > - Students are not payed, but their work on the FOSS project counts > > towards academic credits. > > - In addition to the mentor and the student, there is also the > > academic supervisor (should simplify the mentor's task of keeping the > > student in check) > > - It seems to me that this programme is more focused on getting > > students tightly knit with the open-source community, rather than on a > > clear, biggish, well-defined feature. > > - The deadlines are flexible, and to be defined among > > mentor/student/academic supervisor. > > > > The deadline for our application is Sep 12th. If we have two willing > > mentors and some code clean-up ideas or a newish feature that would > > require less involvement from the mentor, then we still have the time > > to require at least one slot. I think it's worth a try. > > Agreed. I can help with the admin setup, but I can't be a mentor though. Cheers, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com <stef...@tamu.edu> http://stefano.cleinias.org
