From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tristan <9p-st@imu.li> To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Message-Id: <2579c5.9c4194ed.ieeK.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net> In-Reply-To: <3d5e8e3fd2bf66e94bcc2aef5e5c260b@brasstown.quanstro.net> References: <20120316193646.GA2789@polynum.com><8ed57c744c8ba6e26f2b320d0dcf36dd@brasstown.quanstro.net> <3d5e8e3fd2bf66e94bcc2aef5e5c260b@brasstown.quanstro.net> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:07:52 -0400 User-Agent: mx-alpha Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6ac3a358-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > that's one way of looking at it. another way of looking at it is that > the best jobs are the ones that you'd do anyway. and one could argue > these lucky people get the best job done. as someone who's currently doing some of it anyway, work on plan9 would be delightful. but i'm not so sure i'd get the best job done. with bug fixes and the like i feel fairly confident in my code, but for extensions and additions i often doubt my code is good enough for the distribution (though it certainly seems less hard to read than most of the linux device drivers i've read) maybe some mentoring would help, but even if gsoc were happening i'm not elegible. and i would guess that i'm not one of the students in erik's combinations =E2=8C=A3 (assuming a closed set). but, i'll continue what i'm doing regardless, and maybe another four years will produce some nice code. enjoy, tristan --=20 All original matter is hereby placed immediately under the public domain.