Re: [gentoo-dev] One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Alec Warner
On 3/2/08, Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/2/08, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I know this is going to stir up quite some discussion, but I do think > > it's worth trying requesting it at least. > > > > In the past two years we had quite a few ap

Re: [gentoo-dev] One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Alec Warner
On 3/2/08, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know this is going to stir up quite some discussion, but I do think > it's worth trying requesting it at least. > > In the past two years we had quite a few applications from students that > were already full-fledged Gentoo d

Re: [gentoo-dev] One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Richard Freeman
Thilo Bangert wrote: > it's not just what you "sincerely think"! I most certainly think, you have > a valid point. > > from http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_goals: > And yet from the same site: 7. Can students working on an open source project continue to work on it as part of Goo

Re: [gentoo-dev] One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 04:47:28PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten?? wrote: > In the past two years we had quite a few applications from students that > were already full-fledged Gentoo developers. I sincerely would like that > this year we put as a rule that Gentoo developers cannot partecipate in

Re: [gentoo-dev] One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Thilo Bangert
> But I > sincerely think the main goal of Summer of Code is to allow new people > to enter the scene of Free Software, to understand how Free Software > projects work and so on. it's not just what you "sincerely think"! I most certainly think, you have a valid point. from http://code.google.

[gentoo-dev] One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
I know this is going to stir up quite some discussion, but I do think it's worth trying requesting it at least. In the past two years we had quite a few applications from students that were already full-fledged Gentoo developers. I sincerely would like that this year we put as a rule that Gentoo