Re: GSoC 2016

* Thom Brown (thom(at)linux(dot)com) wrote:
> On 15 March 2016 at 23:37, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> > * Thom Brown (thom(at)linux(dot)com) wrote:
> >> Yes, unfortunately we didn't make it this year. We think it's
> >> because, for the first time this year, they've asked us to put a lot
> >> more detail, timescales and difficulty levels on all the project
> >> ideas, and this was requested with very little notice, and we didn't
> >> manage to get it done in time.
> >
> > Alright. I'm going to put together a more concrete list of ideas which
> > we can target for GSoC students next year.
> >
> > Can you provide the specifics as to what they were looking for?
>
> To quote: "We look for the Ideas to be written out with a few
> sentences and then the skills/reqs listed, difficulty level, potential
> mentors, expected outcomes, etc."

Ok, great, thanks.

Looking at some of the other projects, they use things like the Github
issue tracking system to capture and track that detail. Not sure if we
want to do that, but something to consider.

Thanks again!

Stephen