On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Noy <[email protected]> wrote:
> The other option is to basically offer a set list of projects to work on. > Frankly I think that should be the way to go, because the problems were > identified as far back as 2010. I think the problem is that alot of GSOC > candidates come to the program with very little experience about what is > required and needed. so they offer ideas that might seem new and useful, > but actually won't be in the long run. Having directed projects really > allows the developers to play a stronger conceptual role in ensuring that a > contribution is useful for the project. We would get less "dead" programing > in the long term. > I tend to agree with this, and in particular think that we should focus on very very small projects with unambitious sounding goals -- and then ask the students to do a thorough job of them. Aggressive GSoC projects just don't work very well. David
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