On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 10:25:41AM +0100, Hans Voss wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:27, Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Last year I was unsuccessful in applying for the GSoC deadline. This year,
> > I might improve upon that, assuming there's interest from folks here.
> >
> > As per last year, the usual GSoC guidelines are quite clear:
> >
> >
> > http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs#mentor_apply
> >
> > I am willing to act as the complete go-between and do all of the work --
> > but
> > yet again there's the issue of a second mentor should I pop my clogs or
> > something, so I don't think this is even feasible unless someone else is
> > brave enough to act in that role, albeit likely redundant.
> >
> Thomas, can you give a brief description of what your "understudy" needs to
> know (level of in-depth knowlegde of fvwm and other skills), besides being a
> good enough mentor to somebody?
Understudy's the wrong word. Like any student, a mentor would need some
knowledge of the following:
* C
* XLib
C is the more important one. Knowledge of XLib is desirable but likely not
going to happen as it's pretty arcane by most people's standards.
-- Thomas Adam
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"Deep in my heart I wish I was wrong. But deep in my heart I know I am
not." -- Morrissey ("Girl Least Likely To" -- off of Viva Hate.)
