Re: About the GSoC program

[Mauricio Piacentini <piacentini@xxxxxxx>]

 >i don't think having a long discussion about this on the devel mailing 
 >list is
 >either very useful, productive or healthy. perhaps bring it up on the
 >kde-soc-mentors mailing list where it is more on topic?

Do you have an URL for this kde-soc-mentors list? It is not listed on 
lists.kde.org. Google does not help here as well.
I am also surprised with the result: I was told kdegames had around 10% 
of the total proposals, with some good ones. But unfortunately there 
were few mentors from kdegames registered. As an example, I did not 
register as a mentor because I do not need the monetary incentive at 
this time. Which does not mean I was not available to help students that 
got selected. But this (not registered as a mentor) automatically 
excluded me from the discussion/selection process, which is weird. So I 
think the process needs improvements. It is not healthy imo that a 
single app (as good as it is) like Amarok got 6 projects assigned and 
pre-defined slots, while a whole section of the project t (kdegames, 30 
apps aproximately) got none. This is not a critic to Amarok or the 
voters, just a realization that improvements can be made incrementally.

Of course, we need constructive criticism, and this is what I want to 
provide, for next year. But this needs to be done imo in a very public 
place, with lots of input. I do not want to be a mentor now, but I will 
subscribe/apply if this is what it takes to participate in the discussion.

Regards,
Mauricio Piacentini
 
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