Folks: Thanks to Nils Durner and Brian Warner for signing up on the wiki to be Mentors:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/GSoCIdeas We could use more Mentors! To be a Mentor does *not* necessarily require familiarity with the Tahoe code-base nor even with Python (because some of the best GSoC ideas are more about building on top of Tahoe through the wapi). It does require: 1. commitment; You commit to contacting your student and chatting with him/her at least twice a week all summer long. 2. being a good programmer 3. being nice and friendly If you meet these qualifications, then please sign up on the GSoCIdeas wiki page! Your role will mainly be about sharing your ideas and wisdom and reminding your student to follow the Tahoe best practices -- thorough tests, good documentation, many small frequent patches, and participating openly on the mailing list. Tomorrow is the deadline for Tahoe to apply to GSoC to be a Mentoring Organization. I think you might still be able to join as a Mentor after that point, but our chances of being accepted into the program are probably improved by having good mentors already signed up. Note that not everyone who signs up will necessarily end up with a student. Presumably you can always share your ideas and wisdom with someone else's student in that case. ;-) Regards, Zooko _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list [email protected] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
