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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code 2013 (GSoC13)
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:57:06 -0800
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:

> Take what I'm about to say with a pinch of salt, because I've never mentored.
>
> Mentors often don't provide much technical assistance: students should
> just post to the list with queries, or ask on #git-devel. Mentors
> serve a different purpose; their primary responsibility, in my
> opinion, is to teach the student a sustainable productive workflow.

I basically agree.  One of the most important jobs of mentors is to
make sure there are people available to provide prompt technical
assistance, hopefully before the project begins.

[...]
> - using gdb efficiently to quickly understand parts?

Oh, dear.  I hope not. ;-)

Thanks,
Jonathan