Ferdinand Soethe wrote:
Ross Gardler wrote:
Does that mean you can undertake to cover for Ferdinand during his
holidays (see other mails in this thread).
I'll do my best, but at this stage am unable to promise to be available
for the whole period. If there is someone who can then they should be
named co-mentor.
I could probably use all the support I can get, now that ApacheCon is also
going to happen.
About the know-how side of things:
I haven't watched too closely last year but me gut feeling is that I would
basically facilitate that persons work (and introduce him to the
Apache ways) while technical questions would be answered by the
community, right?
It should be a community effort. But the mentor ensures that the student
does not get lost - it's akin to voting +1 on an issue and actualy
following through like we are supposed to.
Everything, including the processes etc. is a community effort. Last
year David was very active in some aspects and at least half the
community found the time to contribute in some way. With this proposal I
suspect community assistance would be much greater since the code would
be understandable to all (last year it was Eclipse code - not a common
knowledge set here).
It's not too onerous a task (at least not if you pick your student well).
Ross
