Re: Best example of GSoC student participation

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 21, 2010, 17:27 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1003211821110.7596@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <m3ljdlk4nw.fsf_-_@localhost.localdomain>

Hi,

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > The mistakes in the sequencer project were more than this. Not only was 
> > the development of the branch almost invisible, when it was done, it was 
> > basically with a comment "here it is, take it or leave it", and good 
> > suggestions as to improve the code went unheeded.
> > 
> > That's why I suggested frequent progress reports on the mailing list. 
> > Of course, these reports should only be commented upon by people who are 
> > fully informed about the project, they should not be invitations to 
> > everybody and her dog to distract the student by putting in unreasonable 
> > or uninformed wishes.
> 
> By the way, which of the former GSoC students (and for which project)
> can serve as the best example of good interaction with the git
> community and with GSoC mentors?

I think the best examples we have to show are

- Sverre (even if his work is not in git.git; Junio thought that the 
  project could gain more visibility outside of Git, but that had rather 
  the opposite effect), who interacted with the Git community and with his 
  mentor rather well,

- Marek, who did a good job with the push support in JGit/EGit (even if he 
  did not communicate with the community frequently, he did often enough, 
  and listened to advice), and of course

- Miklos, who was already known on the Git mailing list before getting 
  really involved through the Summer of Code.

Ciao, Dscho