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These might vary somewhat depending on the mentors and coordinators for a particular Summer of Code, but typically the main factors considered would be:
These might vary somewhat depending on the mentors and coordinators for a particular Summer of Code, but typically the main factors considered would be:


* '''Importance of the project to Octave developers and the user community'''
* '''Applicant has demonstrated an ability to make substantial modifications to Octave'''
: If it already appears here as a project idea, chances are that someone cares about it. You can also ask in the mailing lists and IRC to gauge interest.
: The most important thing is that your application has some interesting code samples to judge you by. It's ok during the application period to ask for help on how to format these code samples, which normally are Mercurial patches.


* '''Applicant shows understanding of topic'''
* '''Applicant shows understanding of topic'''

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