On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Once you have those ideas how are you gong to pick one? I for one think: > > * You should try to make students work on existing /active/ projects > instead of sending them off on their own for 3 months > Yes, that's why we are soliciting ideas for projects. Some of these projects could include a feature on JOSM or Potlatch. > * In particular, assume that they'll be working for 3 months and > we'll never hear from them again. I think there are some numbers on > the % of GSOC students that stay around after the 3 months and IIRC > they're alarmingly low > Of the 6 students that were assigned to us last year, I'm fairly certain (I was the administrator for last year's GSoC, but I don't have the numbers in front of me) the majority of them turned in usable and helpful code.
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