So, the idea shouldn't be requiring rocket-science level knowledge and should lay down concrete guidelines on what is to be implemented?
On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 12:08 pm James Cameron, <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > Sure. I wrote it, as you can see from "git blame" on the previous > years' iterations of the file. > > https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/blame/master/Ideas-2019.md#L775 > > At Sugar Labs we have a long history with Google Summer of Code, and > there are some anti-patterns in ideas that can lead to the idea > failing to proceed, the project failing to deliver, or the software not > being deployed. > > 1. an idea for which we do not have the skills; we can't explain to a > student how to do it, and we can't easily help the student when they > are blocked, which can leave the student feeling very uncertain and > not finishing their work on time, > > 2. an idea that has not been fully developed as an idea; a sort of > speculative idea; we then don't have the developers willing to test > the design and implementation by the student, and so the project is > completed without net benefit to Sugar Labs, > > By the way, "can promise" does not mean "will promise"; it is about > capacity of mentors. > > Does that help explain my statement? > > On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 11:51:46AM +0530, Aditya Pratap Singh wrote: > > Can someone explain what this statement means? > > > > Do we have a developer now who would be willing and able to do it if > a > > student was not available, and who can promise to do it if a student > is not > > selected; these are shown as a coding mentor, > > > > [1]Source > > > > References: > > > > [1] > https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/blob/master/Ideas-2021.md#criteria-for-ideas > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > -- > James Cameron > https://quozl.linux.org.au/ >
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