[Flightgear-devel] Google Summer Of Code

2012-01-29 Thread Pedro Morgan
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread willie
Curtis Olson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Gene Buckle > wrote: > > Curt, could the lack of enthusiasm been more due to the short timeframe > than anything else? AFAIK, the GSoC participants are thinking about > their > entry *months* in a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Gene Buckle
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Curtis Olson wrote: > A good mail reader can straighten it all out ... :-) > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> I would think so, yes. >> >> The first thing we can teach them is how not to top post. :) > > > *facepalm* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Curtis Olson
A good mail reader can straighten it all out ... :-) On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Gene Buckle wrote: > I would think so, yes. > > The first thing we can teach them is how not to top post. :) -- Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ ---

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Gene Buckle
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Curtis Olson wrote: > Is it worth setting up a GOSC wiki page to start organizing our thoughts and > possible volunteers? If we wait on this we'll very likely have a repeat of > this year when next year's deadline comes around. Several people have > written expressing suppor

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Curtis Olson
Is it worth setting up a GOSC wiki page to start organizing our thoughts and possible volunteers? If we wait on this we'll very likely have a repeat of this year when next year's deadline comes around. Several people have written expressing support that this is a "good idea", but we need actual w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Reagan Thomas
Reagan Thomas wrote: > Curtis Olson wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Gene Buckle > > wrote: >> >> Curt, could the lack of enthusiasm been more due to the short >> timeframe >> than anything else? AFAIK, the GSoC participants are thinking >> ab

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Reagan Thomas
Curtis Olson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Gene Buckle > wrote: > > Curt, could the lack of enthusiasm been more due to the short > timeframe > than anything else? AFAIK, the GSoC participants are thinking > about their > entry *months*

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Gene Buckle
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Curtis Olson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Curt, could the lack of enthusiasm been more due to the short timeframe >> than anything else? AFAIK, the GSoC participants are thinking about their >> entry *months* in advance. >> >> Why not ma

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Curtis Olson
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > Curt, could the lack of enthusiasm been more due to the short timeframe > than anything else? AFAIK, the GSoC participants are thinking about their > entry *months* in advance. > > Why not make a note to revist a GSoC entry about 2-3 months

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Gene Buckle
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Curtis Olson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Pete Morgan >> Has/Does FlightGear participate ? >> >> >> http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-summer-of-code-applications-now.html > > Curt, could the lack of enthusiasm been more due to the short timefram

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-19 Thread Curtis Olson
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Pete Morgan Has/Does FlightGear participate ? > > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-summer-of-code-applications-now.html Just to put some closure on this thread. I had one person reply (Tim) with an offer to be a possible mentor. That was pr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-10 Thread Tim Moore
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Pete Morgan wrote: > >> Has/Does FlightGear participate ? >> >> >> http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-summer-of-code-applications-now.html > > > We have never participated before, but I see th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-10 Thread Vivian Meazza
Stuart Buchanan wrote > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Pete Morgan wrote: > > > > Curtis Olson wrote: > > > One more thing we need.  I need someone to sign up on the google > > > summer of code page and create an ID for themselves.  The applications > > > requires a "backup admin" link id an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Pete Morgan wrote: > > Curtis Olson wrote: > > One more thing we need.  I need someone to sign up on the google > > summer of code page and create an ID for themselves.  The applications > > requires a "backup admin" link id and it will not let me enter myself. > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-10 Thread Pete Morgan
Curtis Olson wrote: > One more thing we need. I need someone to sign up on the google > summer of code page and create an ID for themselves. The applications > requires a "backup admin" link id and it will not let me enter myself. > > Thanks, > > Curt. Have files this issue #101 - Google Summe

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-09 Thread Alex Perry
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Pete Morgan wrote: > Has/Does FlightGear participate ? Not that I'm aware of. I don't see any reason why not, except that it does require someone to take on the mentoring responsibilities. Maybe that has been sufficient discouragement in the past: http://socghop.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-09 Thread Curtis Olson
One more thing we need. I need someone to sign up on the google summer of code page and create an ID for themselves. The applications requires a "backup admin" link id and it will not let me enter myself. Thanks, Curt. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Curtis Olson > wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 20

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-09 Thread Curtis Olson
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Pete Morgan wrote: > Has/Does FlightGear participate ? > > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-summer-of-code-applications-now.html We have never participated before, but I see the deadline for organizations to apply is March 12 ... coming righ

[Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-09 Thread Pete Morgan
Has/Does FlightGear participate ? http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-summer-of-code-applications-now.html pete -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed comp

[Flightgear-devel] Google Summer of Code -- opportunity for project?

2008-02-26 Thread Chris Metzler
For the last few years, Google has been running a program called the Summer of Code. Many/most of you are probably familiar with it. For those who aren't, it attempts to pair up students with open source projects to mentor that student as they make contributions to the project over the summer.