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Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc16] Boost rejected as GSoC 2016 org
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-01 16:13:03


On 03/01/2016 02:07 PM, Niall Douglas wrote:
> On 1 Mar 2016 at 12:13, Andreas Schäfer wrote:
>
>> IIRC last year Mozilla and the Linux Foundation were rejected. There's
>> really nothing jaw dropping or outrageous about it.
>
> It is deeply disappointing for those students and mentors affected.
> It is highly disruptive to the pipeline we are running, and is not a
> case of simply pressing Pause on GSoC for a year. Many if not most of
> our students are postgrads, and next year they will no longer be
> eligible for GSoC.
>
>> For a small org two slots can make a huge difference, for larger orgs
>> not being accepted will generally not endanger the project itself.
>> Google is simply trying to put the money where it has the biggest
>> impact. I think that's a good thing.
>
> Please take your trolling elsewhere. Nobody here appreciates it.

Please stop accusing people of "trolling" who make the most reasonable
comments about things related to Boost. You have mistakenly done this in
the past and I really wish you would desist from doing this in the
future. If you do not like someone's comments just do not respond to them.


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