Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019; Selection of Mentors and Projects

2019-04-07 Thread James Cameron
While it has been a long time for Sugar Labs, our previous experience is not entirely relevant; how Google sees the event has changed. Here's some of what Google says now; -- "What Makes a Good Mentor?" "already part of the developer community".

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019; Selection of Mentors and Projects

2019-04-07 Thread Devin Ulibarri
On Sat, 2019-04-06 at 21:49 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > But I think any project worth the effort would benefit from input > from a variety of perspectives: coding, design, UX, testing, etc. I > don't know of anyone in my experience (40+ years of software > development projects) who can do all of

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019; Selection of Mentors and Projects

2019-04-07 Thread Jaskirat Singh
Hi, Thanks for your opinion. We have been participating since last 9 years, I guess in GSOC and other related programs and Walter has been doing great job controlling the projects, students and mentors. I think this Google also don't segregate about "Coding Mentors" and "Assistant Mentors" what

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019; Selection of Mentors and Projects

2019-04-07 Thread Rahul Bothra
On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 7:34 PM Sumit Srivastava wrote: > In addition to what Walter said, shutting the door on people who want to contribute will shrink the community faster than we might imagine. Thanks. I disagree. I'd prefer to choose mentors from people who have worked on the project in some

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019; Selection of Mentors and Projects

2019-04-07 Thread Sumit Srivastava
In addition to what Walter said, shutting the door on people who want to contribute will shrink the community faster than we might imagine. We need to do lot more stuff than we already are engaged with, and for that we will need support from the community. Regards Sumit On Sun, 7 Apr 2019,

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019; Selection of Mentors and Projects

2019-04-06 Thread Walter Bender
On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 5:34 PM Rahul Bothra wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 2:21 AM Lionel Laské > wrote: > > As I already said my preference is to have one mentor only by project. > > Thanks. I agree with the responsibilities you listed. > I'd prefer 2 mentors per project, and the duo can