[Mailman-Developers] [GSoC 2012] Metrics

[Richard Wackerbarth]

Steve,

I will take the blame for any misunderstanding in this area.

The GSoC calendar is based on the assumption that the students will have completed their spring academic work prior to the serious coding phase.

Since conditions in Greece have delayed George's academic year, his "spring" final exams will now occur during the summer.
I suggested that, in order to meet his mid-term goals in a timely fashion, he might expend some extra hours now, hopefully be ready to start coding a little early, and then be able to take a planned period of reduced effort during his finals.

I am not, in any manner, suggesting that he skip any steps in the process.

Richard

> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:04 AM, George Chatzisofroniou
> <sophron at latthi.com> wrote:
> 
>> I’m also thinking to rearrange the GSoC schedule a bit. I’ll start
>> writing code on the bonding period,
> 
> It's up to your coding mentors, but it's generally not a good idea to
> try to move up the coding stage by too much.  Make sure you have a
> clear spec before you start coding anything, and at least a rough
> sketch of a design.  Without those two pieces, there's no standard to
> evaluate progress, or whether your code is doing the right thing.
> 
>> so i can have more time during my
>> university’s exams (starting on half of June).
> 
> I'd say just take the time as needed, after negotiating with your mentors.