Re: GSoC 2008 - Mentors Wanted!

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Mar 5, 2008, 05:36 UTC
Message-ID: <20080305053612.GA8410@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <1b46aba20803041247h5cc64186q2abf7973372fd3ef@mail.gmail.com>

Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> >  OK, enough, onto the project list!
> >
> >   http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/SoC2008Ideas
> 
> Gitster talked today about libification as a project for the GSoC
> (I mangled some comments, I accept complaints):

Thanks for pasting this chunk of the log Carlos.  I otherwise would
have certainly missed it.  Much appreciated.

> gitster> For the record, i've never said I am not interested in libification.
> 
> gitster> However.

[... lots of good gitster remarks removed for space ...]

After some reflection I agree with Junio. As such I have moved the libification project down the page to a new category, "Projects So Large Your Head Will Spin".

> gitster> "rewrite git-submodule, put the repository for submodules in
> the superproject $GIT_DIR/modules, and use .git-file (currently in
> 'pu') to point at it", would be a good sized one.

...

> gitster> "teach 3-way fallback logic git-am has to git-apply".

These have gone onto the list as smaller, more average sized projects. Both are interesting and useful. Thanks Junio.

-- 
Shawn.