Comments on: No DragonFly in Summer of Code https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2014/02/24/no-dragonfly-in-summer-of-code/ A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD. Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2014/02/24/no-dragonfly-in-summer-of-code/comment-page-1/#comment-83272 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:22:19 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/?p=13468#comment-83272 NetBSD had the same question and actually asked google. Here’s how that went:
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Today I attended an IRC meeting where organisations that applied for GSoC were explained why they were not selected. As a member of marketing@, that is, of course, of much interest to me. Here his the feedback we got:

NetBSD_mbalmer g’evening
carols__ this will be a disappointing one
tonythomas has left IRC (Quit: Connection closed for inactivity)
NetBSD_mbalmer it already was
carols__ you guys have participated before and we just needed to make space for new orgs
carols__ that’s the long and short of it, i’m sorry
NetBSD_mbalmer fair enough, thanks for the feedback.
carols__ i’m sorry it’s not more satisfying than that.
carols__ i appreciate you waiting.
scorche|sh !nextinline

– Marc
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So it looks political and not based on any kind of objective assessment of current or past performance. That type of selection process doesn’t normally end well, you don’t eliminate good performers in favor of unproven ones.

]]> By: Justin Sherrill https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2014/02/24/no-dragonfly-in-summer-of-code/comment-page-1/#comment-82723 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:48:06 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/?p=13468#comment-82723 If there is, I don’t know it.

]]> By: John https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2014/02/24/no-dragonfly-in-summer-of-code/comment-page-1/#comment-82660 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:48:21 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/?p=13468#comment-82660 hmmm? After such excellent results last year? (all students passed).
Is there more to the story?

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