On 02/05/06, Ben Francis lists@hippygeek.co.uk wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote:
It's certainly valuable, but I don't think it fits within the Summer of Code framework, which requires the students to do their own work rather than collaborating in groups with the outside.
The comment on the website states that it has been removed because people are already working on it, here you say it has been removed because you don't think it meets the criteria, which is it?
Is there a final decision on this? There still appears to be confusion over whether this is a Google SoC project or not and we now need to know whether it is worth applying for. We could just apply and watch our applications get ranked out of oblivion, but if there's little point in applying I'd rather know so I can focus my efforts elsewhere :)
Yes, there are people working on it. No, it's not a suitable SoC project. The rationale for this, I think, is that the API, similar to the formalised parser stuff, is the sort of thing which requires a lot of discussion and collaboration between advanced users, developers, extension writers, etc. and isn't suitable for the sort of working environment where a student codes most of it without much interaction, save for his/her mentor.
Rob Church