On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:37:33 -0800 Keith Packard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 20:41 +0100, Jerome Glisse wrote: > > > Well i haven't replied on irc because i fear i won't have much time > > this summer (hoping to finaly take some holidays :)) but i think i > > can still manage to help someone. My bigest concern is about > > what kind of project someone with zero knowledge on the dri stuff > > can tackle in 2 months. > > The X.org board treats GSoC as an opportunity to teach new developers > rather than a chance to get a pile of free code. With this perspective, > if, in two months, the student actually has learned how to contribute to > DRI, that's a huge step forward. Creating a project which guides this > process with a maximal chance of success is the only tricky part. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Well i think you need some things sexy enough to get student motivation, and as you said this is the tricky part. Will try to think of somethings that sounds reasonable and realist. Beside i totaly agree with the aim of attracting new people :) Cheers, Jerome Glisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
