Fwd: git & Google SOC 2009

[P Baker <me@retrodict.com>]

As per Shawn's suggestion, I'd like to start talking about git and
submodules. To answer some questions that came up in the other recent
GSoC thread, please see my e-mail and Shawn's initial replies below.

Any further comments would be welcome.

Phillip Baker

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Feb 19, 2009 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: git & Google SOC 2009
To: P Baker <me@retrodict.com>
Cc: jnareb@gmail.com, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

P Baker <me@retrodict.com> wrote:
 > I'm not quite sure who to address this to, but all three of you were
 > involved in git's 2008 SOC effort.


Actually, Junio is Git's maintainer and tries to stay out of GSoC.
 Its a lot of extra work that he usually doesn't have time for.

 This sort of email is better discussed right on the Git mailing list,
 git@vger.kernel.org, as the potential pool of mentors can also then
 respond and be involved, and Junio doesn't have to deal with it.


 > Is git apply as a mentoring organization
 > again this year?


Yes.  No assurances we will be accepted, but we do plan on applying
 again.


 > If so, I'd like to start talking about projects I could be
 > involved in, and any prerequisites I might need to get done before applying.
 > I'm a sophomore in EE at UPenn, and much more interested in playing with
 > y'all over the summer than circuits.
 >
 > In looking at the '08 list of ideas, the git-submodules task (
 > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/SoC2008Ideas#head-9215572f23513542a23d3555aa72775bc4b91038)
 > did not appear to have been taken on last summer and a quick search of the
 > mailing list did not turn up any patches, so it seems like its still open.


Yup, that's still an open issue.  That should get ported over the
 '09 ideas list again.  Maybe.  I still think its worthwhile to be
 done, but I can't bring myself to do it.


 > Please let me know who I can bug to help make this happen!


Start talking about it on git@vger.kernel.org.  Really.  Its the
 best way to get those interested talking about it.

 --

Shawn.