On 2010-03-15, Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15/03/10 at 15:16 +0100, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: >> To conclude, my position, and I believe it is shared by the majority >> of the mentors who actively participate in Google Summer of Code at >> Debian, is that we should select those students who will most probably >> give us the largest return in terms of *increased long-term >> contributions rate*. That means we will strongly prioritize new >> contributors. > > So, which one of the following is true? > (A) there will be no DD or DM as Debian GSOC student > (B) there will be no DD or DM as Debian GSOC student, unless it's the > only solution to fill all our slots (there are no other applicants). > So DD/DMs should apply if interested. > (C) there will be no DD or DM as Debian GSOC student, unless it's the > only reasonable way to fill all our slots (all the other non-DD/DM > are really not good enough). So DD/DMs should apply if interested. > (D) non-DD/DMs are prioritized, but it is still possible that DD/DMs can > become students. DD/DMs should really apply. > (E) whether someone is a DD/DM or not should not really be important > when selecting the students. > > From your mail, I suppose it's (D). The mails from other (potential) > mentors make me think that they agree with (E). I think that the
Choosing from these possibilities, I'm with D. I see GSOC as a way to keep students out of flipping burgers as the most important thing. Getting new contributors is second. /Sune _______________________________________________ Soc-coordination mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination
