Re: [RFH] GSoC 2015 application

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 20, 2015, 08:06 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPc5daVUqHd4YAJh9TyMZ8Og12ZGj1A9v=qpVNa+kV6E6U16Mg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150220072924.GC8763@peff.net>

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:29 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> This brings up an important issue. We cannot do GSoC without mentors. I
> had hoped that people populating the "ideas" list would volunteer to
> mentor for their projects.
>
> But so far the possibilities are:
>
>   - Stefan
>
>   - me, who has already promised to be stingy
>
>   - Matthieu, who also cited time constraints
>
>   - Junio, who contributed some project ideas, but who in the past has
>     declined to mentor in order to remain impartial as the maintainer
>     who evaluates student results (which I think is quite reasonable)
>
> So...basically 1 mentor and 2 reticent maybes? That doesn't look good.

Indeed, the mentor panel looks particularly weak this year, if nobody can afford the time for proper mentoring.

Even though I can indirectly help by giving reviews at a more hand-holding level than usual, there is a limit. And I definitely do not foresee acting as a mentor myself.