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Re: GSoC comparison
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Graham Percival |
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Re: GSoC comparison |
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Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:56:53 +0100 |
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On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:01:16AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>
> 1.) Replace lex-bison based parser with handwritten parser in gcalctool
...
> I have the suspicion that the student will learn more than the
> project.
The official response would probably be "that's a feature, not a
bug".
> Now it's not as bad as the first look: certainly more than half of the
> projects are not of this "I could pull out my hairs" variety. And those
> projects were likely accepted under the general GNOME umbrella rather
> than individually, so they don't really have more elated status than our
> GSoC pitch.
Being part of an existing umbrella is vital. Doesn't GSoC get
over a thousand applications? Think of the role that luck plays
in hiring somebody for a low-level job. Imagine somebody shifting
through 200 resumes, trying to find half a dozen to interview. I
figure a human spent 5 minutes looking at the lilypond application
before rejecting it. If I were doing it, I'd probably make my
first pass rejections within 2 minutes for each application.
*shrug*
it's a lottery, not a competition. If you can't stand the heat...
- Graham
- GSoC comparison, David Kastrup, 2012/06/10
- Re: GSoC comparison,
Graham Percival <=