Re: [RFH] GSoC 2015 application

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:29 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This brings up an important issue. We cannot do GSoC without mentors. I
> had hoped that people populating the "ideas" list would volunteer to
> mentor for their projects.
>
> But so far the possibilities are:
>
>   - Stefan
>
>   - me, who has already promised to be stingy
>
>   - Matthieu, who also cited time constraints
>
>   - Junio, who contributed some project ideas, but who in the past has
>     declined to mentor in order to remain impartial as the maintainer
>     who evaluates student results (which I think is quite reasonable)
>
> So...basically 1 mentor and 2 reticent maybes? That doesn't look good.

Indeed, the mentor panel looks particularly weak this year, if nobody
can afford the time for proper mentoring.

Even though I can indirectly help by giving reviews at a more hand-holding
level than usual, there is a limit. And I definitely do not foresee acting as a
mentor myself.
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