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

On 08.03.2018 09:13, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira wrote:

2018-03-04 11:11 GMT-03:00 Stefan Seefeld via Boost mailto:boost@lists.boost.org>:

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 -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...