[SoC] Status reports!

[Thierry Badard]

Wolf Bergenheim a écrit :
> On 06.06.2008 15:49, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>> Wolf Bergenheim wrote:
>>>
>>> You should write a mail to your project development mailing list 
>>> *and* Cc to discuss at lists.osgeo.org. Prefix your emails with "SoC 
>>> Report:", so that we can more easily spot them. ;) 
>>
>>
>> Should the status reports really be CC'd to the discuss list? That 
>> could result in quite a bit of noise on that list which is for general 
>> OSGeo discussion and not intended for specific info like this, 
>> especially at the rate of 20 reports per week.
>>
>> I think the most important is to get the report to the project's own 
>> dev list (and users list if there is one), perhaps with a CC to the 
>> SoC list, but I'd rather not see all the reports on the discuss list.
>>
>> What do others think?
>>
> 
> Sorry my bad. I meant to say soc at osgeo.org... OTOH sending the reports 
> to the discuss list will bring some attention to our SoC efforts to all 
> of our members, some who might not even be aware of the SoC. But if 
> others think it is too much, then I can make a formal correction.
> 
> So far we have Daniel and Frank against the general discuss list.
> 
> --Wolf
> 

I agree with Daniel and Frank (projects and soc mailing list should be 
enough) but I find the idea of a Wiki page in order to share progress 
reports very interesting. Why not create a dedicated area in the wiki 
for that purpose? Each student will be responsible for feeding and 
editing their page (it is an opportunity for them to learn and practice 
this collaborative tool which is central in OSGeo everyday activities). 
A page linking all the 20 progress report pages could be added to 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2008. Notices could 
thus be sent to the discuss mailing list on a regular basis (1/4, 
mid-term, 3/4 and at the end of the summer) in order to invite people to 
have a look on that page and all reports and milestones/goals achieved 
by the different projects. In addition, it allows students who will 
apply to the 2009 edition (and next) of the GSOc program to know more 
about previous projects and types of difficulties or challenges previous 
students have faced. It could also be usefull for OSGeo in order to 
provide (if required) Google or other parties with some info or reports 
about the GSoC projects.

Th.

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