On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, 07:25 Ulrike Uhlig, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > > No matter where you publish your final report, send a copy of the report > to > > this list as well. > > > > I don't think that Google can scrutinize the work done by each student. I > > don't think they can do it. Maybe they will select randomly a few > students, > > or maybe they will use some selection criteria. So, don't think that you > > are writing the final report for Google. > > > > The mentors don't need your final report either, because we have > constantly > > checked your work and followed your progress. We know who deserves to > pass > > and who does not even without looking at your report. > > > > You are writing this report mainly for your own benefit, so that you can > > show the work that you have done to a potential future employer. So, > please > > don't write garbage on it but write something understandable, that can > > present the work that you have done in the best way. Otherwise you just > got > > the money from GSoC but did not get any work experience. > > The Debian project is quite diverse and big, and it is hard for us > Debian contributors to keep track of what happens. Not many contributors > are even aware that this [email protected] address exists I believe. > > So I would like to suggest to send these reports to [email protected] > too, so that our developer and non-developer community will be more > aware of what has been done for/with Debian via GSoC and Outreachy. >
A very good idea. I totally agree. > Projects that are more of technical nature such as this year's work by > Alexandre Viau could even send their final report to [email protected] > in my opinion. > > This will help students to receive comments and hopefully stay or become > more integrated in Debian AND make more Debian contributors aware of the > great work you have all done! > > Thank you, > Ulrike > >
