[oi-dev] [developer] GSoC? Decision time....

[Garrett D'Amore]

But they do.  Openindiana is still the reference as the only disto that can build vanilla an unmodified illumos-gate.  Unless that has changed?

Resources are tight enough that if there are mentors for OI willing to help out I see no issue.  Unless we have a larger number of mentors and viable candidates than slots. I doubt that is going to happen this year based on the responses so far.  I also haven't heard any of OI developers offer to mentor so it may be a moot question. 

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> On Feb 13, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Keith Wesolowski <keith.wesolowski at joyent.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:13:42PM -0500, Albert Lee wrote:
>> 
>> After talking to others, I've been convinced that it's a good idea to
>> continue participating this year, and I'm willing to be the organisation
>> admin provided we try to size projects appropriately to account for risk,
>> testing and review. I'm working on the application.
>> 
>> If anyone has strong objections let me know. If OI is interested in
>> applying as well we should coordinate to see if a combined application is
>> appropriate. Slots can be divided amongst the respective mentors.
> 
> Sounds good; thanks, Albert.  I'd prefer very strongly to have OI apply
> separately if they want to participate.  A combined application
> encourages the belief that OI occupies a privileged position in the
> community relative to other distributions, which as we all know is not
> the case.  I also fear that it might make it difficult to convey the
> right message around what illumos is and the type of work we're
> interested in sponsoring (namely, OS work).  For the same reasons, I
> would also oppose a combined application with any other distribution.
> 
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