From kde-community  Wed Feb 10 17:08:34 2016
From: Vishesh Handa <me () vhanda ! in>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:08:34 +0000
To: kde-community
Subject: Re: [kde-community] Should we allow non-KDE projects to participate in GSoC under KDE?
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On Feb 8, 2016 11:51, "Jonathan Riddell" <jr@jriddell.org> wrote:
>
> I also heard a suggestion from Vishesh that projects like Amarok
> shouldn't be allowed in GSoC because they are not very active.  It
> seems nonsense to block projects from having activity on grounds that
> they are not very active.

I stand by this.

If a project has no developers who actively contribute to it, putting
students on it with the hope that they will take care of it, is too
optimistic.

>
> Jonathan
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<p dir=3D"ltr"><br>
On Feb 8, 2016 11:51, &quot;Jonathan Riddell&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jr=
@jriddell.org">jr@jriddell.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I also heard a suggestion from Vishesh that projects like Amarok<br>
&gt; shouldn&#39;t be allowed in GSoC because they are not very active.=C2=
=A0 It<br>
&gt; seems nonsense to block projects from having activity on grounds that<=
br>
&gt; they are not very active.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">I stand by this.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">If a project has no developers who actively contribute to it=
, putting students on it with the hope that they will take care of it, is t=
oo optimistic.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">&gt;<br>
&gt; Jonathan<br>
&gt; _______________________________________________<br>
&gt; kde-community mailing list<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"mailto:kde-community@kde.org">kde-community@kde.org</a><br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community">https:=
//mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community</a></p>

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