From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Sorace Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_96F15989-9E68-4599-8BB5-43C295EBBFFB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:57:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <28D367DF-E023-47AF-BC7A-1A09339EB2D1@9srv.net> <20120314190332.GA17909@polynum.com> Message-Id: <6BB4497A-1B6D-4924-84B0-7386F6B83589@9srv.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 69806d1e-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --Apple-Mail=_96F15989-9E68-4599-8BB5-43C295EBBFFB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mar 14, 2012, at 18:15 , Charles Forsyth wrote: > At least in the past, I'm sure I followed a discussion that the summer of > code was intended (ie, required) to produce code, not documentation > or packaging, although that might have changed. This is true. All projects in GSoC are required to be (at least principally) about producing code. No prohibition on including work on relevant documentation, of course, but code must be the focus. Which isn't to say that installation is out of scope. I could imagine a proposal looking at creating installation CDs from trees or installing under different circumstances being code-focused. Anthony --Apple-Mail=_96F15989-9E68-4599-8BB5-43C295EBBFFB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAk9hIkgACgkQyrb52b5lrs6zHACfZ+aen0ccq7zWVm99/ei76RrT ZmAAnR6/hGZtl7OJFUhQNL3rsK2+Nebr =+9fv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_96F15989-9E68-4599-8BB5-43C295EBBFFB--