Re: GSoC 2015 is over

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 2, 2015, 17:58 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy4gon1ow.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpq8u8qw047.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

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> I consider this GSoC as a great success and a pleasant experience.
> Congratulation to Paul and Karthik, and a warm "thank you" to everybody
> who contributed: administrators, mentors, reviewers, and obviously
> Junio! (not to mention Google, who made all this possible)
>
> Thanks all!

I've been generally negative about GSoC from past years' experience, but this year's GSoC made me rethink. It can work well ;-).

I do not know what made it different this year from years past. We may want to ask ourselves what made it a successful year, so that we can repeat the success factors the next year:

 * The individual qualities of the students we got this year must
   have been a major factor.  This we can indirectly influence by
   having a very engaging microproject period, I think, and we did
   so this year.

 * I cannot say anything about mentor-student interactions, which
   are largely private.  Mentors may want to share tips to get
   students more engaged, or perhaps the level of engagement was
   primarily affected by who the students were.  I dunno.

 * The topics chosen this year were well-sized, not overly nebulous.

 * The reviewers were helpful and probably more active than past
   years.

Thanks.