On 27/02/08 at 16:33 +0100, Ondrej Certik wrote: > If some projects in the past were a failure, it is solely the problem > of the management (=student's mentor:), it doesn't matter if the > student was or wasn't a DD. If the student is working on something > else (doesn't matter it is also related to Debian), his mentor should > fail him in the middle summer evaluation.
What if the student worked a bit on his project, but couldn't work a lot because he was too busy working on a huge transition in Debian, or on organizing some Debian conference? You realize that such situations will never be black and white, and that failing a student (who might be a friend, or at least a fellow DD you had some beers with) is a very hard decision to take for a mentor? > That wiki says Debian got over 100 applications > last year - so I am 100% sure there were many students who would > gladly work to meet their applications goals if they were given the > chance. So there won't be a shortage of candidates, even if we decide to forbid curent contributors from applying. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
