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Re: Google Summer of Code 2013 (GSoC13)

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2013, 19:57 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
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> Take what I'm about to say with a pinch of salt, because I've never mentored.
>
> Mentors often don't provide much technical assistance: students should
> just post to the list with queries, or ask on #git-devel. Mentors
> serve a different purpose; their primary responsibility, in my
> opinion, is to teach the student a sustainable productive workflow.

I basically agree. One of the most important jobs of mentors is to make sure there are people available to provide prompt technical assistance, hopefully before the project begins.

[...]
> - using gdb efficiently to quickly understand parts?
Oh, dear.  I hope not. ;-)

Thanks, Jonathan

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Message 6 of 47 in “Google Summer of Code 2013 (GSoC13)”
  1. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2013
  2. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2013
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 18, 2013
  4. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2013
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 18, 2013
  6. Jonathan NiederFeb 18, 2013
  7. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2013
  8. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 19, 2013
  9. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2013
  10. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 19, 2013
  11. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2013
  12. Jens LehmannFeb 18, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2013
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 19, 2013
  15. Jonathan NiederFeb 19, 2013
  16. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 19, 2013
  17. Thomas RastFeb 19, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2013
  19. Thomas RastFeb 19, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 19, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2013
  23. Jonathan NiederFeb 18, 2013
  24. Jens LehmannFeb 18, 2013
  25. Christian CouderFeb 20, 2013
  26. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 18, 2013
  27. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2013
  29. Potential GSoC13 projects (Re: Google Summer of Code 2013 (GSoC13))Jonathan Nieder, Feb 18, 2013
  30. Duy NguyenFeb 19, 2013
  31. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2013
  32. Jonathan NiederFeb 18, 2013
  33. Shawn PearceFeb 20, 2013
  34. Christian CouderFeb 20, 2013
  35. Matthieu MoyFeb 20, 2013
  36. Thomas RastFeb 21, 2013
  37. Michael SchubertFeb 20, 2013
  38. Carlos Martín NietoFeb 21, 2013
  39. Florian AchleitnerFeb 25, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  41. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2013
  42. Ronan KeryellFeb 18, 2013
  43. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2013
  44. Ramkumar RamachandraFeb 18, 2013
  45. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2013
  46. Duy NguyenFeb 19, 2013
  47. Jaseem AbidFeb 26, 2013

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