On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:21:33PM -0400, Mel Chua wrote: >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSoC_2010_plan#Workflow_plan mentions a >> coding test that students have to pass - where do we find out more about >> the test, how to administer it, how it's designed, etc? (I can >> understand the test itself being non-public so students will take it on >> even footing.) >> >> I've been searching but unable to find stuff, so if it's simply that I'm >> missing something, just let me know. ;) > > The answer is simply that it doesn't yet exist. > > It is not a Google requirement and many organizations don't use one. > It has been recommended, however, by many others. > > We have a few choices: > > 1. Cook one up ourselves. > 2. Borrow a FLOSS or public domain test but not announce what it is. > > That's all I can think of. ?I can assist on the second item but not > the first. When it was talked about, the plan was to use easyfix.fedoraproject.org as an entry point for bugs to fix that would allow the mentor to assess the candidate -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/>
