Re: GSoC 2009 Prospective student
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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
- Date
- Feb 22, 2009, 20:38 UTC
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 21:29, Rohan Dhruva <rohandhruva@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have developed a particular interest in SCMs lately. Git is a widely > used SCM. Also, this project would require knowledge of C, and not > some other language which I am not familiar with.
Ah, that makes sense then. You should make sure you like using git then, use it in some project for school, perhaps in combination with 'git svn'.
> Seeing that you were a student yourself, can you please give me > some tips? Any things for me to keep in mind?
Hmmm, work on list! As soon as you have anything half-decent (this will hopefully be after a week or two three), send your work to the list for review! Work in the open as much as possible and profit from the combined knowledge of the mailinglist. Before GSoC starts, get in contact with possible mentors, try to learn about the area of the code you will be touching. Learn the coding style, and learn how to send patches by reading Documentation/SubmittingPatches and the list archive, but preferably by sending one!. Most important is that you have a good time and learn from it though :).
-- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier