[Phpmyadmin-devel] GSoC date clarification

Dieter Adriaenssens dieter.adriaenssens at gmail.com
Wed Apr 10 11:01:59 CEST 2013


2013/4/9 Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info>:
> Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
>> 2013/4/9 Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info>:
>>> Isaac Bennetch a écrit :
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> A potential student approached me on IRC with a question about the
>>>> deadlines listed in the Applicant Guide on the wiki.
>>>>
>>>> The phrase "The deadline for considering your contributions is week
>>>> before proposals ranking deadline, so that we can use this as one of
>>>> options to evaluate proposals." is a bit confusing -- which deadline is
>>>> meant? I interpret that as the May 24 date listed further down the page
>>>> in the section "Be familiar with the GSoC timeline" -- but there, the
>>>> deadline for contributions is listed as May 10, which is two weeks, not
>>>> one. So could someone clarify what is meant here?
>>> I suggest to rephrase as "In addition to the deadlines imposed by
>>> Google, the mentoring team adds another one, which happens after the one
>>> for student applications. We want to evaluate student patches as part of
>>> our student ranking process."
>>
>> How about this :
>>
>> "In addition to the Google deadline for the submission of your project
>> proposal/application, the deadline for submitting your patch(es) is a
>> week later (see GSoC timeline below). We will evaluate student patches
>> as part of our student ranking process."
>
> Fine by me.

Updated : see http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/GSoC_2013_Applicant_Guide#Get_involved_with_phpMyAdmin


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Kind regards,

Dieter Adriaenssens




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