Re: ideas for Google Summer of Code

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Graham Percival wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:46:22AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > - just mentioning their wishes, as others have done, is likely to be a 
> >   waste of time, not to mention an annoyance to the others, as _there 
> >   have to be competent mentors with enough time on their hands_ to do 
> >   the job.
> > 
> > The last point cannot be stressed enough.  Too many people actually 
> > expect others to do the work, and those would be well advised to just 
> > go and do something useful instead.
> 
> I don't think that anybody here would question how much I work on 
> lilypond.  In the summer I'll be back from NUS and with a decent 
> internet connection again, so there's no problems there.  The only 
> question is whether the project must include code or not, and their FAQ 
> is pretty unambiguous that the answer is "yes".

Graham, you know exactly I was not talking about you.  I often mentioned 
privately and publically that I really appreciate all you effort and I 
know how much time it has taken.

Let me take the opportunity to thank you again: Thank you very, very much.

Ciao,
Dscho