Re: [Audacity-devel] GSoC 2009

[Vaughan J. <va...@au...>]

Gale Andrews wrote:

> If we can actually get 1.4.0 out sooner by not
> doing GSoC (because doing it pins us to an October release) then we 
> shouldn't do it. 
I thought the consensus was there's no way to complete it by mid-May, before GSoC, so I thought another 3-4 months was likely required, even with additional help from students. With "pencils down" on August 17, we could target ~September 1.

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>  The only counter argument to that is we might get one 
> or two extra people who could function as additional developers, and 
> they might be comfortable with doing further fixing and maintenance
> after GSoC.
>   
That seems a very strong point to me.

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>  
> There is also the danger if we are not accepted as a mentor, or can't
> find a suitable student (possible given the nature of the projects) then
> we've wasted yet more time. 
>   
It will take a lot less time to do that process this year. We won't 
review any student-generated ideas, or have a long list of our own 
ideas, only Ace Bugfixer and Feature Completer, and I'd bet we'll get 
fewer applicants.

- Vaughan