On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 12:46 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2008, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 10:28 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: > > > On Tue, 27 May 2008, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 23:27 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: > > > > > > > > > Alternatively, perhaps we should just have an GSoC group? These guys > > > > > are > > > > > technically contributors... > > > > > > > > I didn't realize this discussion was cross-posted, I already sent my > > > > agreement to this idea to the other thread. Having a group 'gsoc_2008' > > > > or 'summercoders_2008' could help more than just this problem. As was > > > > said elsewhere, these _are_ Fedora contributors, but they don't all fit > > > > directly in to an existing group, or their contributions are being > > > > filtered outside of the group. > > > > > > > > > > Why not just gsoc? I don't understand what we gain from the _2008? > > > > Gain, not sure. Lose, the ability to differentiate between groups. > > > > A main purpose of GSoC is to get more coders into more projects. > > > > For this reason, all students who stick around Fedora should be in other > > groups. Their continued presence in "last year's group" should *not* be > > construed as an ongoing contributor effort. By the end of this Summer, > > the group is essentially defunct. If that is the only group someone is > > in, and six months later ... it's still the only group, then they aren't > > contributing to any coding projects. If they move on to Ambassadors, > > then they are in another group, are contributing, etc. > > > > Does that make sense? > > > > For a similar reason, I recommend a generic name. Maybe all interns and > > summer coders could be in the group. That way we can include the > > Finnish Summer Code effort into this, and any RHT interns that aren't > > part of another group (yet.) > > > > In 2009, what use will the gsoc_2008 group be? I had assumed that at the > end of summery 2008, the gsoc group would be cleared out except for admins > and sponsors. Similar to what would happen with ols. > I think what Karsten is saying (maybe) is that remembering to clear our the group is something ELSE we have to do. with a group with a year in the name we can just delete the group w/o having to check who is in it, or not. -sv _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list
