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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>,
	Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>, git <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Subject: Re: GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = Fri, 19/2
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:56:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlh6c5ryz.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160222214246.GE15595@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:42:46 -0500")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I agree that there are a lot of different ways to resolve each instance,
> and it will vary from case to case. I think the original point of a
> microproject was to do something really easy and not contentious, so
> that the student could get familiar with all of the other parts of the
> cycle: writing a commit message, formatting the patch, posting to the
> list, etc.

I had an impression that Micros are also used as an aptitude test,
and one important trait we want to see in a potential developer is
how well s/he interacts with others in such a discussion.  So "easy
and not contentious" might not be a very good criteria.

I dunno.

> It seems like this has a high chance of frustrating students as they get
> embroiled in back-and-forth review. I dunno. Maybe it should be marked
> with a star as a "challenge" microproject. :)

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-22 21:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-10  9:31 GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = Fri, 19/2 Matthieu Moy
2016-02-10 11:09 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-02-10 17:44   ` Stefan Beller
2016-02-11  8:36 ` Christian Couder
2016-02-12  7:10   ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-12  8:29     ` Lars Schneider
2016-02-12  9:11       ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-12 13:04     ` Jeff King
2016-02-12 13:11       ` Jeff King
2016-02-13 11:21       ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-16 18:10         ` Stefan Beller
2016-02-17 10:34           ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-17 10:45             ` Duy Nguyen
2016-02-17 13:36             ` [PATCH 0/3] Turn git-rebase--*.sh to external helpers Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-02-17 13:36               ` [PATCH 1/3] rebase: move common functions to rebase--lib.sh Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-02-17 13:36               ` [PATCH 2/3] rebase: move cleanup code to exit_rebase() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-02-17 14:03                 ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-17 13:36               ` [PATCH 3/3] rebase: turn git-rebase--*.sh into separate programs Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-02-17 14:05                 ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-17 14:22               ` [PATCH 0/3] Turn git-rebase--*.sh to external helpers Johannes Schindelin
2016-02-17 14:40                 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-02-17 13:09           ` GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = Fri, 19/2 Johannes Schindelin
2016-02-17 16:04             ` Christian Couder
2016-02-22  9:28         ` Duy Nguyen
2016-02-22 10:22           ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-22 21:42             ` Jeff King
2016-02-22 21:56               ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-02-22 22:02                 ` Jeff King
2016-02-23 13:13                   ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-24 10:52                     ` Jeff King
2016-02-17 17:24 ` Thomas Gummerer
2016-02-17 18:32   ` Lars Schneider
2016-02-17 18:58     ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-17 19:03       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-17 20:21         ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-17 20:45           ` Jeff King
2016-02-17 21:33             ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-18  9:38               ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2016-02-19  8:06                 ` GSoC 2016: applications open, libgit2 and git.git Matthieu Moy
2016-02-19  9:46                   ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2016-02-29 21:01                     ` Git has been accepted as a GSoC 2016 mentor organization! Matthieu Moy
2016-03-08 22:46                       ` Jeff King
2016-03-08 23:01                         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-08 23:03                           ` Jeff King
2016-03-09  9:55                         ` Matthieu Moy
2016-03-09 14:08                           ` Jeff King
2016-03-09 13:50                         ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-09 19:34                         ` Jeff King
2016-02-19  8:09                 ` GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = now => submission Matthieu Moy
2016-02-19  8:18                   ` Jeff King
2016-02-19  9:10                     ` GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = now => submitted Matthieu Moy
2016-02-19 11:37                       ` Jeff King
2016-02-18  8:41       ` GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = Fri, 19/2 Lars Schneider
2016-02-18 18:38         ` Stefan Beller
2016-02-18 19:13           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-19  7:34             ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-19 20:35               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-20  9:28                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-02-19  9:23             ` Lars Schneider
2016-02-19 12:49               ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-19 20:37               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-19 11:46         ` Thomas Gummerer
2016-02-19  3:09       ` Duy Nguyen
2016-02-19  3:20         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-19  3:29           ` Duy Nguyen
2016-02-19  7:17         ` Matthieu Moy
2016-02-19  9:41           ` Duy Nguyen

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