Re: [boost] [gsoc18] how to share a competency test

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc18] how to share a competency test
From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-03-08 15:46:28

On 08.03.2018 09:13, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira wrote:
> 2018-03-04 11:11 GMT-03:00 Stefan Seefeld via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost_at_[hidden]>>:
>
>     I could of course propose
>     one or two Boost.Python projects (there is lots to do), though I
>     suppose
>     it's a bit late for that now.
>
>
> Students can propose their own projects.
>
> Actually, it's a bit scary (from the student point of view) that in
> Boost org, you need to convince some mentor to have interest in your
> project. I mean, this year we have mentors for Boost.uBLAS,
> Boost.Geometry and Boost.SafeFloat, but what is the student expected
> to do if he has a good idea for Boost.Spirit or would like to revisit
> an abandoned proposal from previous years? Here, not only the
> project/proposal itself must be good (which is expected and okay), but
> he needs to find a mentor that will have (personal) interest in the
> subject of the proposal.
>
> I do not think we need to encourage (nor should) students to come up
> with their own proposals (Inkscape had “bonus points” on the proposal
> ranking if you did that), but at least it should be know that this is
> an option for them.

Fair enough. I added Boost.Python to the list, with a (fairly vague)
description of things to do. Anyone interested can get in touch so we
could flesh out a real project proposal.

Regards,

Stefan

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