Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 08:00:04 UTC, Timothee Cour wrote: I'm still willing to mentor, whether under G or D Soc! We are 2
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 20:13:39 +0200 Rory McGuire rjmcgu...@gmail.com wrote: It is only different in that it is official, and there is a deadline. It's good PR. When you hear D summer of code project you know there is at least one person working hard on the project and that they definitely have a mentor. It would be on record that you were involved in DSoC 2013. :) plus a group would get to approve or disapprove projects. If you don't complete your project it is a lot worse than if it were just an idea mentioned on a forum somewhere. There really is something to it being official and having a deadline though. Plus, as someone already alluded to, it wouldn't necessarily have to exclude people, as GSoC intentionally does, just because they went with a non-traditional non-one-size-fits-all education route.
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps there are still students and mentors that would be interested in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :) We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that candidates can use the experience for reference. The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to a unstable community where references would mean nothing). I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Walter Bright newshou...@digitalmars.comwrote: On 4/8/2013 9:49 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote: Do we know why it was rejected? Because if we can find out we might be able to work on those issues. We don't know why.
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote: Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps there are still students and mentors that would be interested in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :) We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that candidates can use the experience for reference. The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to a unstable community where references would mean nothing). I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time. Very interesting idea!
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 06:42:34 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote: Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps there are still students and mentors that would be interested in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :) We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that candidates can use the experience for reference. The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to a unstable community where references would mean nothing). I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time. Nice idea. I have been full of envy all the times when D + GSoC happened because you need to be somehow tied to formal education system to apply. Opportunity to work under the mentorship of experienced D developer should be valuable enough on its own, even without funding.
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
I'm still willing to mentor, whether under G or D Soc! On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Walter Bright newshou...@digitalmars.com wrote: On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote: Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps there are still students and mentors that would be interested in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :) We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that candidates can use the experience for reference. The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to a unstable community where references would mean nothing). I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time. Very interesting idea!
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On 4/9/13 12:10 AM, Walter Bright wrote: On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote: Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps there are still students and mentors that would be interested in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :) We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that candidates can use the experience for reference. The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to a unstable community where references would mean nothing). I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time. Very interesting idea! In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of it?
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
Brad Roberts wrote: In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of it? Celebration is good for the community.
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 16:32:51 UTC, Brad Roberts wrote: In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of it? You are somewhat guaranteed to have a person you can ask for help and expect at least some answer if you are accepted. Totally different from usual workflow.
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
It is only different in that it is official, and there is a deadline. It's good PR. When you hear D summer of code project you know there is at least one person working hard on the project and that they definitely have a mentor. It would be on record that you were involved in DSoC 2013. :) plus a group would get to approve or disapprove projects. If you don't complete your project it is a lot worse than if it were just an idea mentioned on a forum somewhere. There really is something to it being official and having a deadline though. On 9 Apr 2013 18:33, Brad Roberts bra...@puremagic.com wrote: On 4/9/13 12:10 AM, Walter Bright wrote: On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote: Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps there are still students and mentors that would be interested in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :) We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that candidates can use the experience for reference. The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to a unstable community where references would mean nothing). I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time. Very interesting idea! In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of it?
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
Unfortunately our application to GSoC 2013 has been rejected. The list of accepted organization is at https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013. We will consider applying again to GSoC in the future. This is of course not the outcome we were hoping for, but not a major setback. Going forward let's continue ramping up work on improving the quality of implementation and the language definition. Andrei
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On Monday, 8 April 2013 at 22:55:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Unfortunately our application to GSoC 2013 has been rejected. The list of accepted organization is at https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013. We will consider applying again to GSoC in the future. This is of course not the outcome we were hoping for, but not a major setback. Going forward let's continue ramping up work on improving the quality of implementation and the language definition. Andrei Do we know why it was rejected? Because if we can find out we might be able to work on those issues.
Re: We have completed our GSoC 2013 application
On 4/8/2013 9:49 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote: Do we know why it was rejected? Because if we can find out we might be able to work on those issues. We don't know why.
