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On 19:54 Mon 16 Mar , Eitan Mosenkis wrote: |
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> By the time development starts, I should have my own computer running Gentoo |
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> again. My worry was about the application requirement mentioned at |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_ideas#For_Students - |
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> I'd have no problem making a change on SVN or whatever system, but if I want |
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> to actually make a useful change, I'll need a Linux system to work with. |
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> Maybe that was just a basic proficiency test and not intended to get people |
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> to fix actual bugs, I couldn't say from the wording. |
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It is primarily to show that you can (learn to) use the tools. This does |
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a couple of things: |
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* We don't need to worry about any of the actual summer going to |
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learning the basics instead of design/coding. This means your summer |
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will be more productive. |
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* People who don't care at all about Gentoo won't do the small bit of |
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work to apply because they can't just paste a template in from another |
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organization or our ideas page. This means we'll get a higher proportion |
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of high-quality applicants (but lower count overall), so we can spend |
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more time working with each of you to develop your applications. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Admin, Summer of Code |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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