Re: [gentoo-soc] Upstart Proposal

[Oliver Schinagl]

On 03/30/10 19:47, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
> On 03/30/10 19:47, Petteri Räty wrote:
>
>> On 03/30/2010 08:34 PM, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 03/30/10 19:14, Petteri Räty wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 03/30/2010 06:53 PM, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> According to http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/soc/applying.xml one
>>>>> should write a proposal and such as here it is!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Actually full proposals are not meant to be sent to this mailing list.
>>>> That's what the GSoC web application is for after all. We would like
>>>> people to email this list with new ideas so that they don't waste time
>>>> writing a full application for something that's never going to get
>>>> accepted. If you want someone to review your application before
>>>> submitting it to the web application then you can talk to a potential
>>>> mentor of your idea.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Petteri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I tried, but the proposal application only lets me put in 500 words,
>>> which where far far to little. Hence this way? I also CC-ed the mentor
>>> for this project so hopefully I'll get a message from him how to further
>>> go with this.
>>>
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Are you sure that's also applies for Content and not just for Abstract?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Petteri
>>
>>
>>
> There was no content field, just an 500 word limited abstract, and a 1
> liner for 'additional info'.
>
>
I just checked and noticed that when editing or reviewing the app, the
content field is filled with some Gentoo specific information? (It was
there when writing the app).

To quote the first line:

Content: Congratulations on applying for a project with Gentoo!

I left a comment pointing to this threat on the app :)

oliver