Re: Git in GSoC 2014

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 27, 2014, 20:32 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfvn4xpnh.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <530F9F59.4030307@alum.mit.edu>

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

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> On 02/27/2014 08:19 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>> 
>>> Sounds good.  I suggest we make your blob a paragraph before the list of
>>> bullet points rather than part of the list.  Please suggest some "TBD*"
>>> then I'll add it to the text.  Would we also fill in "X" with the name
>>> of the actual student involved in the conversation that is pointed to?
>> 
>> I was not thinking about using a student thread (I do not remember
>> having a good on-list interaction with past GSoC students).
>> 
>> How about using this one from our recent past:
>> 
>>     http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/239068
>> 
>> which has the following good points to be used as an example.  It:
>> 
>>  - involved multiple cycles and multiple reviewers;
>> 
>>  - showed good response to the comments from the original author;
>>    and most importantly
>> 
>>  - had everything related to the topic in one single neat thread.
>> 
>
> Change pushed.  Thanks Junio!

Thank you for starting this.

Another point to add to the above three-point list is that it had an example of the original author defending (some of) the design choices he made and reviewers who initially raised questions and/or issues agreeing with that choice after the thinking was clearly explained.