On 29 March 2011 19:13, Thomas Martitz <thomas.mart...@student.htw-berlin.de> wrote: > I'm interested in one of the two (with a slight preference for relocatable > plugins). > > I would like to find out which one to apply for, so I want to ask a few > questions: > > - Does the project have a preference, is one more important? > - Is one of them not enough for GSoC (JdGordon said he thinks reloctable > plugins is too small) > -- if one is too small, can it be made bigger with some extra work? > - Does one not work without the other?
My opinion is that relocatable plugins is completely pointless without buflib/some other mem management system. (also that relocatable plugins isnt nearly big enough for GSoC) > > But I'm also wondering if I should even apply for Rockbox as I can imagine > new students are preferred. I already had a project for Rockbox last year > and I'm involved for a longer time already. > But I'd really be happy to work on Rockbox again, as I really enjoyed it > last year. It was great fun for me, and rather successful. > > Best regards. > My feeling is that new blood is always preferable than paying current devs. If money is the only reason to not code something then I'm not sure thats something we would want in the community anyway. Sure most(?) GSoC students havnt stayed in the project after finishing but some have. And I really cant see you leaving if you didnt get the spot. Also think of it like this, if you think you'll have time to acts as student why not act as a mentor? You get the tshirt *and* help out the new blood. I'm not specifically picking on you here, I think anyone we'd consider as a core dev should be on the mentor side and not the student side (and if it comes to a choice between a new student and mediocre project or a currrent dev + great project I'll be voting the new student.) Jonathan
