Re: GSoC: On being a mentor

2013-04-12 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
12/04/2013 11:32, Liviu Andronic: Given the nr of projects that Google will actually accept, I think that in principle it will be possible to have two (or maybe three) mentors for the same project. Plus lyx-devel. And we always have Scott and Cyrille to back up in case of unexpected commitments.

Re: GSoC: On being a mentor

2013-04-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > 12/04/2013 03:59, Cyrille Artho: > >> (5) Time commitment. This depends on the abilities of the student, and >> also on the time zone difference (there is less you can do if the >> student is eight hours away). Early on in the project

Re: GSoC: On being a mentor

2013-04-12 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
12/04/2013 03:59, Cyrille Artho: (5) Time commitment. This depends on the abilities of the student, and also on the time zone difference (there is less you can do if the student is eight hours away). Early on in the project, one hour per day or even more is common, so make sure you have enough ti

GSoC: On being a mentor

2013-04-11 Thread Cyrille Artho
Hi all, There are some veteran LyX developers who are not sure if they can/want to become a mentor or not. There is a short manual online: http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ If you think that being a mentor appeals to you, then these are in my opinion the task