> On 11-02-2015, at 12:54, jan i <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11 February 2015 at 18:17, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Side question: Is it premature to have Corinthia tasks in GSoC 2015? >> > absolutely not....would be real nice to have. But we need somebody who can > do the technical mentoring. > > Without a mentor, there are no meaning in suggesting tasks. > > I am caught up with some other projects, so I do not have the time needed > (and we talk about quite a lot of time) to be a GSoC mentor this year. > > Rgds > jan i >
I would be happy to officiate as a mentor until such time as a "real" mentor (aka a savant) comes up. For instance, what sort of technical tasks are imagined as being wanted? And what would the mentor be doing? When we did this before, for OOo, the role of the mentor really depended hugely on the ambition and capability of the student. louis > >> >> -- Replying below to -- >> From: jan i [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 00:35 >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: GSoC 2015 - very little interest so far >> >> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Dennis E. Hamilton < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Two questions: >>> >>> 1. It appears to me that the compilation of JIRA issues with label >>> gsoc2015 is created from the global ASF JIRA, so any project can create >>> them. Do I misunderstand that? >>> >>> 2. Are you saying that creation of such an issue is an offer to mentor >>> such a project, if someone takes up the proposal? >> >> >> read the suggested wiki pages (see first mail from uli). >> <orcmid> >> Apparently I did not notice a "first mail from uli." >> However, he has replied on dev @oo.a.o with som info. >> I don't know about suggested wiki pages though. >> </orcmid> >> >> you should first sign up as mentor, then submit proposals, thus us to make >> sure that each proposal is real, meaning if the students choose it, there >> is a mentor availabke. >> <orcmid> >> That is my understanding. Thank you. >> </orcmid> >> >> rgds >> jan i >> >> [ ... ] >> >>
