In any case: let's not special-case people because they came to us via GSOC.
IOW: whatever policy we decide on should apply equally to GSOC-sponsored and other contributors. Stefan Sperling wrote on Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:20:49 +0100: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 04:24:46PM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote: > > Working on trunk is no panacea that guarantees a student is going to > > get quality review. I do not even see where it would make sense for a > > student to be on trunk (depending on the task). The real issue is > > that we probably do not have anyone able to devote the time to be a > > mentor this year and so maybe we should just not participate? > > I would mentor one student. > > I prefer students to submit a couple of patches before they get > commit access. Whether it makes sense to work on trunk or a branch > depends on the task, I suppose. No way to decide yet. > I would tend to prefer having students work on trunk, though. > They get to have more interaction with the community that way > (e.g. by breaking the build :)
