Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?

2013-03-02 Thread Ross Gardler
On 2 March 2013 17:58, Tim Williams wrote: > > Wow, that's pretty awesome, I'd like for us to start participating in > this - these are tomorrow's committers:) What a great soft > introduction! > > Brilliant. Consider yourself committed ;-) I'll nag you nearer the time. Ross > -- > Ross Gard

Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?

2013-03-02 Thread Tim Williams
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Suresh Marru wrote: > On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > >> On 2 March 2013 10:37, Shane Curcuru wrote: >> >>> Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code >>> project? >> >> >> Google have always, in the past, been agains

Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?

2013-03-02 Thread Suresh Marru
On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 2 March 2013 10:37, Shane Curcuru wrote: > >> Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code >> project? > > > Google have always, in the past, been against non-code projects in GSoC. > > Assuming this has not chan

Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?

2013-03-02 Thread Ross Gardler
On 2 March 2013 10:37, Shane Curcuru wrote: > Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code > project? Google have always, in the past, been against non-code projects in GSoC. Assuming this has not changed, your ideas are better suited to the other initiative which is

Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?

2013-03-02 Thread Suresh Marru
Hi Shane, a big + 1 for what you want to accomplish, but I am afraid it might not qualify as a GSOC project. There was a discussion on gsoc mentor lists recently if CSS qualifies as a gsoc project. There were mixed opinions without concluding thoughts but it was clear documentation does not qua

GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?

2013-03-02 Thread Shane Curcuru
Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code project? We often decry the lack of understandable or organized technical documentation, especially on the apache.org site. Similarly, we could do a much better job simply clearly describing things for branding, making fu