[Monotone-devel] Re: Google Summer of Code 2006

[Bruce Stephens]

Richard Li <address@hidden> writes:

> Have we thought about projects related to quality, e.g., performance
> regression test framework and tests; documentation; multi-server
> testing; website enhancements; monotone public hosting; etc.?
>
> Adding projects like this may enable people who are interested in
> Monotone but do not have the requisite hacking skills to get involved
> and contribute in valuable ways.

I think SoC is about developing.  They specifically exclude
documentation-only projects, for example,
<http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html#27>.  I'd guess that would
include improvements to the monotone website.  The other things you
suggest seem like they'd probably include the relevant quantity of
hacking, though.

But yeah, it does seem to exclude contributions that most projects
would regard as valuable.  Google's paying, though, so I guess they
set the rules.  (Some GNU/Linux distribution company could offer
rewards under different rules, if they wanted.)