On 27/02/08 at 00:42 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hey folks, > > Google are running their Summer of Code programme again this year[1], > and if we want to take part again we need to apply between March 3rd > and March 12th. If we're accepted as a mentoring organisation, then > students will be able to apply to work with us up until the 1st > April. [2] Hi, I have had a problem with the way GSOC was handled in Debian in the past years. Many of the students that were selected were already well-known Debian contributors or developers. The first problem with that is that some of those students used their GSOC time to work on their usual Debian tasks instead of their GSOC project, leading to disapointing results, unsuccessful projects, less projects being accepted the next year, etc. The other problem is that some Debian developers who could have applied as well didn't, because they thought that GSOC was only for new contributors. I think that GSOC is a great opportunity to get fresh blood inside Debian, and that we should use it for that, not to get funding for usual Debian work. We should have a policy of not allowing existing Debian developers to apply as students. If DDs want to use GSOC to get some work done inside Debian, they could become mentors instead. However, I'm not sure that many DDs agree with this, so maybe we should just aim for *clarification*. So any of the three following solutions would work for me: (1) Forbid DDs and people in the NM process waiting for FD/DAM to apply as students. (2) Make it crystal clear (through a mail to d-d-a) that DDs that are otherwise eligible can apply as well. (3) Compromise: allow current contributors to apply, but, when classifying applications, do it like that: 1. Application from outsider 2. Application from current contributor 3. Application from outsider 4. Application from current contributor [...] What do you think? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lucas@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F |
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