[X2Go-Dev] GSOC-2013 rejection feedback (IRC protocol)

Fri Apr 19 20:32:01 CEST 2013

Hi Devs,

below you see the feedback on why X2Go got rejected by GSOC2013:

20:18 <@carols> x2go folks
20:18 <+sunweaver> hi!
20:18 <+sunweaver> thanks for taking your time on this btw!
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20:19 <+sunweaver> carols: you start with some basic feedback first?
20:19 <@carols> alright
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20:19 <@carols> yes :-)
20:19 <@carols> firstly, the ideas page
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20:19 <@carols> it's a bit hard to parse.
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20:20 <@carols> i'd like to have prerequisite languages or knowledge,  
potential mentors from your community, a
                 clear summary, and then any supporting information
20:20 <@carols> not necessarily in that order, but certainly divided  
up and easy to navigate
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20:20 <+sunweaver> ok
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20:21 <@carols> secondly, your project is a bit niche :-/
20:21 <@carols> normally this wouldn't be such a bad thing
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20:21 <@carols> as we like a wide breadth
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20:21 <+sunweaver> terminal server solutions are a niche? Why do you  
think that?
20:21 <@carols> but we just had so many apps this year, we were both  
trying to balance orgs that would appeal
                 to a wide variety of students as well as things that  
would be "fun"
20:22 <+sunweaver> ah, ok, getting what you mean...
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20:22 <+sunweaver> mostly people contributing are people who deploy  
terminal services or SaaS with X2Go to
                    customers (or students at Uni)
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20:22 <@carols> yeah, understandable.
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20:23 <@carols> but combined with the nitpicks about the ideas page,  
they worked together against you :-(
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20:23 <@carols> let me just check your app for anything else.
20:23 <+sunweaver> so for next year, we have to work hard on the ideas  
page and hope we will not fall into the
                    niche again?!?
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20:24 <@carols> well, that also has to take into consideration the  
other apps we get.
20:24 <@carols> but yes, please spruce up the ideas page for sure.
20:24 <+sunweaver> how many code project ideas do you recommend?  
simply as many as possible?
20:24 <@carols> no, not as many as possible.
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20:25 <@carols> i actually like the *quantity* of ideas on your page.
20:25 <@carols> just not the way they are structured.
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20:25 <+sunweaver> ok... the project core team is not that strong so  
any more would be hard to handle anyway...
20:25 <+sunweaver> ok.
20:25 <@carols> also, as i've said to a couple other folks, having  
someone to vouch for you would have given
                 you a nice little bonus.
20:26 <@carols> it didn't make or break the application, but would  
have helped.
20:26 <+sunweaver> yeah, I did not get how that could be done.
20:26 <@carols> well, it would mean collaborating in some way with  
another org that has participated in gsoc.
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20:26 <@carols> which may or not may even be possible for you.
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20:26 <+sunweaver> so I have to advertise X2Go to other applying  
projects and hope they vouch for me? Or how
                    does it work (in short).
20:26 <@carols> which is why it's not something we hinge the application on.
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20:27 <+sunweaver> ah, ok.
20:27 <@carols> hope that helps.
20:27 <+sunweaver> I will do a BoF on DebConf2013 on the project, so  
maybe we find some supporters there.
20:27 <@carols> awesome.
20:27 <+sunweaver> :-)
20:27 <@carols> that's a great idea.
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20:27 <@carols> anything else?
20:27 <+sunweaver> the application?
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20:28 <@carols> the only thing i saw a problem with in the application  
was the vouching.
20:28 <@carols> everything else looks fine.
20:28 <+sunweaver> ok, thanks!
20:28 <@carols> :-)
20:28 <@carols> you're welcome.
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20:28 <+sunweaver> last question: is it ok to quote our part of the  
meeting and post it to our dev mailing
                    list?
20:28 <@carols> hope you have a nice summer/winter
20:28 <@carols> sure
20:28 <+sunweaver> thx!
20:28 <@carols> it's a logged channel, you can quote all of it
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20:29 <+sunweaver> have a nice summer/winter, as well, maybe more next year!
20:29 <@carols> yes, for sure!
20:29 <@carols> cheers
20:29 <@carols> moving along!

Greets,
Mike (aka sunweaver)

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