On Thursday 11 Mar 2010 4:02:22 pm you wrote: > > actually Gsoc is meant for developing the application as such (as in > > writing code), not working on end user documentation and tools. > > Not only, I know several projects where user manuals and documentation > where created during GSoC. There was one localization effort too. Not > fully sure, but I think this could fly.
I myself am only an enduser of OSM - at the most I have contributed a few icons, but as a long term lurker on the GSoC list, I *have* noticed that some projects set their goals a bit low - and others set them very high. GSoc student pool is a very talented one - it would be good to use them for more critical things. Of course, OSM unlike other projects is basically a collection of tools maintained by various people, so difficult to achieve a consensus. > > So more or less I think it is excellent idea for OSM GSoC, because it > is doable for student, project will benefit greatly and result can be > extensible beyond one summer and one student's efforts. > from the quality of students that I have seen - 'doable' has quite a high standard. That said, I will go back to the lurking mode. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS http://certificate.nrcfoss.au-kbc.org.in _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
