Re: GSoC 2016: applications open, libgit2 and git.git

> Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@dwim.me> writes:
> 
> > We still have most of the same things open as for the 2014 list.
> > I'll
> > ask around to see if we have. Last year I wasn't involved in the
> > candidate selection but IIRC we didn't do a project as none of the
> > applications showed the candidates would be capable of doing the
> > project they were applying for.
> 
> OK. It's essentially too late to change this for this year, but next
> time we should discuss earlier about how we want to organize this
> git.git/libgit2 thing. For example, I think it would make little
> sense
> to have a git.git microproject and then apply for a libgit2 project
> since we have very different ways of interacting. And honnestly,
> right
> now the application is really git.git-centric so I don't think it
> attracts students towards libgit2. So, if you want to attract more
> students, we should work on that.
> 
> I tried to clarify the situation with libgit2:
> 
> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/commit/94d1747eb9621b3bc892be2f2
> 32338b7933ac271
> 
> Please say if you're happy/unhappy with what I wrote. PRs are still
> welcome after the deadline.