Re: [GSoC] Contributor candidate introduction

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Apr 6, 2022, 15:43 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD1Y+4XDARoK_T_c2eMUou4senhQLnjJE4zyz2KHuZGsFw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 08:25:29AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:

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> > Christian (cc'd) may have more information. Christian: is it possible to
> > accept multiple students for the same GSoC project?
>
> Unfortunately, I think there needs to be a different project for each
> GSoC contributor and GSoC rules ask for each contributor to work
> independently from other GSoC contributors. It's possible to have the
> same mentors for different projects though, so if the mentors for a
> project are OK with splitting it into different independent projects
> and mentoring all the independent projects, I think it could work.

Thanks for this information, it's exactly the sort of thing that I was hoping for from your response ;-).

Like I said in my other message, let's play it by ear whether or not we need to split the project. If we get closer to the next deadline and we have >1 potential GSoC students interested, then I'm happy to split it up.

One thing that I worry about a little bit is that I think a new on-disk .bitmap format will be necessary for both of the projects that Plato and Shubham are interested in (though I could be wrong). Since GSoC forbids students from working together, it may be difficult to feasibly split the bitmaps project into multiple, smaller ones.

That said, if we do end up splitting the bitmaps GSoC project in two, when would we need to do it by?

Taylor