From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19412 invoked by alias); 26 Feb 2009 17:34:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 19403 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Feb 2009 17:34:56 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:34:44 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D392BABA8; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:34:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Lqoh04BcVBNM; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:34:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EFEB2BAB26; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:34:43 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F195EE7ACD; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:34:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:34:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Thiago Jung Bauermann Cc: gdb ml Subject: Re: google summer of code Message-ID: <20090226173438.GA3632@adacore.com> References: <1235658320.5890.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1235658320.5890.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-02/txt/msg00164.txt.bz2 Hey Thiago, Nice initiative :) > I was wondering whether we want to participate in the Google Summer of > Code. The application period for mentoring organizations is from March 9 > until March 13th, so now is a good time to decide if it will be > beneficial for us. I think help is beneficial to the project, but only if we know we have GMs available for review, or at least Area Maintainers for the projects that we are considering entering... > There are some disadvantages too. From what I read, the main problem is > that mentoring a student takes some time and effort. From the GSoC > Mentors Wiki: I agree. I just tutored someone whom we contracted out to give us a hand finishing one internal project (which was not GDB, but it was something more approachable in a short amount of time), and I sometimes felt sucked into the project. This should definitely be weighed in anyone's decision to mentor someone. > 1. Help with Python scripting support; To me, this would be a very promising project because: . The project is very exciting (I think) . We have active developers . Reviews seem to be done very quickly. Note that it would be nice if the project was focusing on the FSF GDB, but if it makes things simpler for whoever submits an entry and/or mentors the project, it's fine with me if the project gets attached to Archer, for instance. This decision can only be at the discretion of the people who spend the effort on this project, after all... -- Joel