On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:15:09 -0500 ravenlock <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/10/13 4:43 AM, Daniel Juyung Seo wrote: > > Hello all, GSoC submission will start in 8 days and will be > > finished in 19 days. > > > > https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=cHVmaXBodWhnMWIzc2h0OWNndnRlYjkzOGsgZ3N1bW1lcm9mY29kZUBt&ctz=America/Los_Angeles&sf=true&output=xml > > https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=b2w4bDFsaWNwN2p2ZjNydnViMHRpZTA4ZnMgZ3N1bW1lcm9mY29kZUBt&ctz=America/Los_Angeles&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml > > > > Is there any volunteer that can lead EFL/E GSoC project? > > While it may all start with "someone to lead". It requires a bit more > than just that. There must be a pair of admins (primary and backup). > There must be a willing and able pool of mentors (in duplicate as > well, primary and backup). Those mentors must be willing and capable > of mentoring the pool of ideas which should be reasonably applicable > to "the project" (aka Enlightenment). This pool of ideas > historically is a tad elusive and difficult to agree upon (the value > and applicability of individual ideas). > > Why do I mention the above? Well, finding someone to admin is likely > the easy part. Rounding up enough devs and enough quality ideas, such > that E appears committed, determined to be involved, and "relevant" to > today's *nix world is the trick. > > So, while admin'ing is a lot of work, and frankly time consuming and > tough in "hard times" (though I consider it a very worthwhile > endeavor) .... one might argue "admins" are a dime a dozen. An admin > without mentors is of little value. > > I would ask... > By show of hands... are there volunteers to mentor? And do you have > ideas in hand? > > Sifting through this thread I see: > Daniel Juyung Seo > Tom Hacohen > Cedric BAIL > David Seikel > > Are you all still willing and able? Are there others in the wings? I was only willing to mentor on one specific thing, and that specific thing is already being taken care of. So that's a "no" from me. > (NB: "Mentors" must be formally ordained E committers, preferably > "active" in recent past or still very up to date on all things "E", as > you will be point man for answering all the questions and guiding your > student.) > > > If there is no one, this mail will become the last notification > > mail. Thank. > > > > Daniel Juyung Seo (SeoZ) > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Daniel Juyung Seo > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes I will join as a mentor but I hope someone who has GSoC > >> experience can help/lead GSoC applications and writing docs in > >> English. Thanks. > >> > >> Daniel Juyung Seo (SeoZ) > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Cedric BAIL <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:49 PM, ravenlock > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> On 2/13/13 6:18 AM, Tom Hacohen wrote: > >>>>> On 13/02/13 01:26, Cedric BAIL wrote: > >>>>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:37 AM, David Seikel > >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:03:03 +0900 Daniel Juyung Seo > >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> Hello, GSoC(Google Summer of Code) 2013 has been announced. > >>>>>>>> [1] Any body is willing to join this year's GSoC? > >>>>>>>> I heard we had a successful GSoC before but I haven't > >>>>>>>> experienced GSoC > >>>>>>>> since I joined E/EFL. > >>>>>>>> I hope we will be accepted by GSoC this year. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I know I had promised to mentor if "port to Android" was a > >>>>>>> GSoC project, but Andreas seems to be on top of that port, so > >>>>>>> don't think that needs to be done. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I could help on mentoring to. I don't know if anyone will be > >>>>>> motivated to do the administrative part again with google > >>>>>> process as we failed for the past year... > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm also willing to mentor if anyone needs me. > >>>> > >>>> I'm always willing. I have more free cycles this year than > >>>> years past. I saw the announcement come across the wire. I > >>>> poked at a dev or two quietly. If there is interest, it is > >>>> always worth a try. > >>>> > >>>> In the years we got in, I think it was generally a good > >>>> experience for all involved. In the years past in which we did > >>>> not get in, I believe there were a combination of reasons for > >>>> not making it. Some of those reasons no longer exist... while > >>>> some I suspect do. But that shouldn't keep us from trying, and > >>>> certainly is not an insurmountable task. > >>>> > >>>> In general, I think a concerted effort by a group of genuinely > >>>> motivated and organized people with a set of intriguing ideas... > >>>> can get in. > >>> > >>> Ok, let's try it then ! I am going to start thinking on what is > >>> worth it. Now that we have E17 out, that should help, I hope ! > >>> -- > >>> Cedric BAIL > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer > >>> Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 > >>> and get the hardware for free! 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