More mentors needed

2012-04-10 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
Hello, We have been blessed with quite a few strong proposals, actually more than mentors (unlike last year). If anyone here is willing to mentor a D project, please let let us know. We're looking for competent and established community members who are willing to guide a student through the

Re: More mentors needed

2012-04-10 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Andrei Alexandrescu" wrote in message news:jm1n44$2ian$1...@digitalmars.com... > Hello, > > > We have been blessed with quite a few strong proposals, actually more than > mentors (unlike last year). > > If anyone here is willing to mentor a D project, please let let us know. > We're looking fo

Re: More mentors needed

2012-04-10 Thread Jesse Phillips
On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 at 16:28:52 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Hello, Mentoring a GSoC project on D is a great way to make a lasting positive impact on the language. It is hard but rewarding work. Please consider applying, and ask here any questions you might have. Thanks, Andrei

Re: More mentors needed

2012-04-11 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2012-04-10 23:30, Nick Sabalausky wrote: I feel like a hypocritical flake for saying this mere days after affirming my commitment to my HaxeD/Goldie projects over in the thread "Goldie Parser Generator. Haxe language definition."...But unless there are strong objections (doubtful), I'd be wil

Re: More mentors needed

2012-04-11 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Jacob Carlborg" wrote in message news:jm3eka$2cgr$1...@digitalmars.com... > On 2012-04-10 23:30, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >> I feel like a hypocritical flake for saying this mere days after >> affirming >> my commitment to my HaxeD/Goldie projects over in the thread "Goldie >> Parser >> Genera

Re: More mentors needed

2012-04-11 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 4/10/12 4:30 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: But unless there are strong objections (doubtful), I'd be willing to put those projects on a summer hiatus to mentor a DWT, wxD or Android (or *maybe* even iOS) project for gsoc since I'm convinced those *are* more important to D. Thanks Nick! This is

Re: More mentors needed

2012-04-11 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 4/10/12 10:13 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote: I think evaluation could be challenging to decide what criteria would create failure. Does the evaluation form ask questions that make this choice easier? I'll consider submitting an official request. Thanks Jesse. Once we choose this year's projects,

Re: More mentors needed

2012-04-11 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Andrei Alexandrescu" wrote in message news:jm59i3$mr9$1...@digitalmars.com... > On 4/10/12 4:30 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> But unless there are strong >> objections (doubtful), I'd be willing to put those projects on a summer >> hiatus to mentor a DWT, wxD or Android (or *maybe* even iOS) pro