On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Jaidev Deshpande <deshpande.jai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Documentation is specificsly excluded from GSoC (at least it was a >> couple years ago when I last was involved) > > Documentation wasn't excluded last year from GSoC, there were quite a > few projects that required a lot of documentation.
sure -- it's certanly encouraged to docuemnt code that gets written, but... > But yes, there was no "documentation only" project. exactly -- from the 2011 GSoC FAQ: 12. Are proposals for documentation work eligible for Google Summer of Code? While we greatly appreciate the value of documentation, this program is an exercise in developing code; we can't accept proposals for documentation-only work at this time. > Anyhow, it seems reasonable that testing alone can't be a project. > What about benchmarking and the related statistics? Does that qualify > as a worthwhile project (again, GSoC or otherwise)? I didn't find a specific RAQ, but from the above, I suspect that all projects must be primarily about producing code: not documenting, testing, or benchmarking. Those, of course, should all be part of code development, but not the focus. - Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
