Re: GSoC 2017: application open, deadline = February 9, 2017

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 9, 2017, 10:45 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD1V=WD-EHkBkAVET9ztvsHZr_S5GVBWrQ6F1e0LwJoksQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqzihvpt41.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Matthieu Moy
>> <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:
>>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 04:02:02PM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> * We need to write the application, i.e. essentially polish and update
>>>>>   the text here: https://git.github.io/SoC-2016-Org-Application/ and
>>>>>   update the list of project ideas and microprojects :
>>>>>   https://git.github.io/SoC-2017-Ideas/
>>>>>   https://git.github.io/SoC-2016-Microprojects/
>>>>
>>>> That can be done incrementally by people who care (especially mentors)
>>>> over the next week or so, and doesn't require any real admin
>>>> coordination. If it happens and the result looks good, then the
>>>> application process is pretty straightforward.
>>>>
>>>> If it doesn't, then we probably ought not to participate in GSoC.
>>>
>>> OK, it seems the last message did not raise a lot of enthousiasm (unless
>>> I missed some off-list discussion at Git-Merge?).
>>
>> I think having 2 possible mentors or co-mentors still shows some
>> enthousiasm even if I agree it's unfortunate there is not more
>> enthousiasm.
>
> A non-quoted but yet important part of my initial email was:
>
> | So, as much as possible, I'd like to avoid being an org admin this
> | year. It's not a lot of work (much, much less than being a mentor!),
> | but if I manage to get some time to work for Git, I'd rather do that
> | on coding and reviewing this year.
>
> and for now, no one stepped in to admin.

Well Peff wrote in reply to your email:

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> I did co-admin last year and the year before, but I made Matthieu do all
> the work. :)
>
> I do not mind doing the administrative stuff. But the real work is in
> polishing up the ideas list and microprojects page.

So I thought Peff would be ok to be the admin (do "the administrative stuff").

> Other non-negligible sources of work are reviewing microprojects and
> applications. Having a few more messages in this thread would have been
> a good hint that we had volunteers to do that.

I don't think emails in this thread is what really counts. I worked on the Idea page starting some months ago, and as I wrote I reviewed it again and found it not too bad.

>> Someone steps in to do what exactly?
>
> First we need an admin. Then as you said a bit of janitoring work on
> the web pages.

About the janitoring part, as I previously said I am reluctant to do that as I don't know what Dscho would be ok to mentor. And I also think it's not absolutely necessary to do it before applying as an org.

If you just want Peff or someone else to apply, then please just say it and hopefully Peff will do it and be the admin.