On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 02:13:34PM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote: > > So I think a little back and forth is good; almost everybody does > > something a little wrong in their first patch submission. But I'd worry > > about a topic that is going to involve a lot of bikeshedding or subtle > > nuances to finding the correct solution. I certainly think _some_ > > candidates can handle that, but for the ones who cannot, it may > > frustrate all involved. > > Well, starting a microproject and realizing afterwards that it was a > hard one is frustrating. But picking a very easy project and see someone > else do a brillant job on a harder one, and this someone else get > accepted is also frustrating. My "all involved" also included reviewers and list regulars. :) > I don't think this "kill -Wshadow warning" is really too hard. I'd say > it's hard enough to be interesting for students who have a chance to be > selected in the end. Fair enough. If you want to add it, go for it. The worst that can happen is some failed microprojects. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html