----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Sutton" <asutton.list@gmail.com> To: <boost@lists.boost.org> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [boost] GSoC 2011 - Do we need to starting thinking about it?
I recall that last year, Boost didn't start thinking about possible projects to suggest to potential GsoCoders until rather late.
Perhaps we should *start* thinking reasonably soon?
What about starting by the addition of an empty wiki page and let people push his proposals https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2010
So... with regards to a project page: I would suggest the following: project ideas should give some very general concepts with some short explanation, and a list of mentors. For example:
Project: Strings and Encodings Strings are sequences of n-byte characters, whose values may be interpreted by different Encodings (e.g., UTF-8, Base64, Quoted-Printable, etc.). Mentors: Bob Smith, Fred Jones
Instructions on the page direct students to a) search the Boost mailing list archives for previous discussion on the topic and b) contact the mentors (preferably on list) to discuss the basic expectations for the project. Note: *expectations* not *requirements*. It should be up to the student to generate a proposal that identifies the requirements of the project.
Thoughts?
I agree with you, it is better if the the proposals are limited to the *expectations*. Up to the student to make its own proposal. In this way we would be able to evaluate the motivation and capabilities of the student better. Best, Vicente