Re: google summer of code

[David Kastrup]

Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:

> 2012/2/9 Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
>> Does anybody feel like submitting a proposal to google summer of
>> code?  IIRC students must be registered at a school, so this isn't
>> something that would help any senior developer, but it's still
>> $5500 for any student that ends up working on lilypond over the
>> summer, plus $500 for the organization.
>>
>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012
>
>> [some discussion]
>
> So, are there any reasons not to do it?

I don't think so.

> In particular, do you think we might have problems with availability
> of mentors?

If the student does not expect the mentor to be dragging him all the way
(and LilyPond is not exactly beginner's terrain), I don't see much of a
problem here.  Maybe I am naive.

-- 
David Kastrup