On 02/05/06, Ben Francis <lists(a)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