Git GSoC 2015

The beginnings of the Google Summer of Code deadlines are upon us again. Organization applications are due February 20th (next Friday).

 - Do we want to do it?

 - Who would like to volunteer to be the org admin?

   I would like for it not to be me again, but I can help walk anyone
   through the application process (which largely just pulls from the
   prior year's application).

 - Any thoughts on procedures or lessons learned from last year?

   Personally, I really liked the "micro-project" system from last year.
   It made it easy to drop spammy candidates (because they didn't bother
   to do a micro-project at all), and it gave us some interaction with
   the candidates before we had to make a decision.

-Peff

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

Yes, I agree that the micro-project system was the best part of last year's GSoC process. In addition to the benefits you listed above, it allowed students to be exposed the development style here, and engage with the community very early in the program.

Le 12/02/2015 10:34, Jeff King a écrit :

Unfortunately not so much response on this topic. I was planning to apply as a student. Therefore it would be great, if you'd apply. Being totally altruistic here, of course.

Moritz

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:34 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

I have observed the GSoC last year and the micro projects seem to be have helped a lot. Although I don't have a strong proficiency yet, I'd may be a mentor this year?

Why do you not like to be the org admin again this year?

Thanks, Stefan

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 04:05:24PM -0800, Stefan Beller wrote:

Certainly. The first steps are helping with the project selection, specifically:

  1. Populating the list of suggested projects (this week).

  2. Helping to review applications once they start coming in (in a
     month or so).

Because it's a non-zero time commitment, and I have many other things I'd like to do. :)

Actually, I do not mind being the org admin too much if nobody else wants to step up. But what I really need help on is the proposed project list, which is part of the application (which is due on Friday). That is not something I can fill out by myself.

-Peff

On 02/12/2015 03:04 PM, Jeff King wrote:

I was planning on applying as a student. Would be wonderful if Git applies.

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

I would love to participate, but I won't be able to spend as much time as I did last year.

We always have mixed feelings on the actual outcome of GSoC, but I think it's a really good thing on overall for the community (Git's, and more generally "FLOSS") to encourrage young developers to participate.

I second that. As a mentor, the work I should have done during the first few days was already done indeed. It also helped dropping non-spammy candidates: selecting on the quality of interaction during microproject is better than judging only on resume+proposal.