Hi all, I would like to start a discussion about the possiblity to propose project(s) for the Google Summer of Code 2009. Last year the project I proposed, about data management, was accepted but canceled last minute because the student got accepted somewhere else.
http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2008/biodata My short experience of the summer of code is the following: when a project is proposed with a precise draft, it will attract many candidatures, most of them of poor quality, where students paraphrase and obviously did not really understand. On the other hand, some candidates are good and the fact that the project attracted many candidatures is somehow positive for securing the funding by Google. On the other hand, if we just state our main interests, students can be creative and propose things we did not think about. Also, there are less candidatures, with a higher level, which makes the think more intellectually stimulating. I volunteer for mentoring a project this year provided of course that Debian will be accepted, that we get enough projects funded by Google, and that one related to our activities is accepted. For the moment, I hesitate between the top-down and the bottom-up approach for the defintion of the project. Any idea ? Of course, if you have a strong interst in the Summer of Code, do not hesitate to candidate as a mentor as well. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
