On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:58 AM, jeroen De Dauw <jeroen_ded...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I agree that a seperate IRC channel is probably not a good idea. (There are > enough mw channels already, and in most of them people give really great > support, and there is no reason to cut the students off the main community.) > However, a mailing list for the people involved with GSoC would be a great > tool. Last year I did not really know who the other students and mentors > where, and even although I did considerable effort in finding out, there was > no place that had their contact info, or where we could have a discussion. A > mailing list would go a long way in solving that. Last year I created a > google group for this purpose about half way through the project, but this > didn't take off. I suspect it's critical to have this sort of infrastructure > in place before the projects start, and to give all students a poke towards > it. This would also help detecting problems, both on student and mentor side, > that would remain hidden if there is only communication > between the students and their mentors.
I don't think this is a good idea for the same reason as a separate IRC chat. Wikitech-l is low-traffic enough that it's reasonable to just use that, unless we're talking about an awful lot of GSOC discussion. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
