Re: [GSoC] Regarding "Convert scripts to builtins"

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 19, 2018, 23:41 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD2j71GJsnrd8y=Wj3a+TrX6UQePOZXE1LFFiqjd3_a-0w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:11 AM, Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 11:15 PM, Paul Sebastian Ungureanu
>> First of all, I find it difficult to pick which scripts would benefit
>> the most by being rewritten. I am thinking of git bisect, git stash
>> and git rebase since these are maybe some of the most popular commands
>> of Git. However, on the other side, scripts like
>> git-rebase--interactive.sh and git-bisect.sh are also subject of other
>> GSoC projects. Should I steer away from these projects or can I
>> consider them?
>
> If you are interested in converting these scripts, you should probably
> ask publicly to the former GSoC students who have been working on
> these projects if they still plan to continue working on them of if
> they are ok to let you finish/continue their work. You will get extra
> bonus points if they agree to help you or maybe co-mentor you.

I realize that you were perhaps talking about other potential GSoC students who are also writing proposals about converting one of these scripts. If you care about the other proposals though, you should probably just write two proposals as we will have at most 2 GSoC students this year. Just try to have different possible mentors interested in your 2 proposals.