From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Git GSoC 2015 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:53:20 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20150212093435.GA20118@peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Feb 12 20:53:29 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YLzpH-0007Nz-Vg for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:53:28 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751701AbbBLTxX (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:53:23 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.int.icgroup.com ([208.72.237.35]:56277 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751492AbbBLTxX (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:53:23 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D1E37833; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:53:22 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=kIcjyx1JeYasOv2vOGa8GV9ZZkQ=; b=nMNBlG ou8/wRalL82jMxm1PAQREHjJVg2TMfSmXKn7Qzv54HjW17+ssnH+y/CZCwjsk7c7 md1SWF88b717I2pVLQM26lL+lAyhqFcO5iXUxbF1AVRmKhJzdb0oLJL7FEEX8vqV kb/344YBcyogz/f+MuL3rcsjCvTRo6PltxS5Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=cykdt5IJlK5sMjqo4AkeKMdpLZZSGCxB /p7rV8Y/hv80H8Sk0c0CqkbHE6uoxXRNcHA8qLRNeBPvvU1EEckvTpq6tnOQqRJN u2UPkPVIPbRx7YGzTRCFJFBT+UPM1lPHdgHDee6VSkSPf8tEjbTCJs+OL85uQXd8 TLIUBdtBUa4= Received: from pb-smtp1.int.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B00537832; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:53:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [72.14.226.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B3FFA37830; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:53:21 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20150212093435.GA20118@peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 12 Feb 2015 04:34:36 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: CC4D47CE-B2F0-11E4-A7CA-A4119F42C9D4-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jeff King writes: > The beginnings of the Google Summer of Code deadlines are upon us again. > Organization applications are due February 20th (next Friday). > > - Any thoughts on procedures or lessons learned from last year? > > Personally, I really liked the "micro-project" system from last year. > It made it easy to drop spammy candidates (because they didn't bother > to do a micro-project at all), and it gave us some interaction with > the candidates before we had to make a decision. Yes, I agree that the micro-project system was the best part of last year's GSoC process. In addition to the benefits you listed above, it allowed students to be exposed the development style here, and engage with the community very early in the program.