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=== What will you do to encourage that your accepted students stick with the project after Google Summer of Code concludes? === | === What will you do to encourage that your accepted students stick with the project after Google Summer of Code concludes? === | ||
We will constantly merge their code into our codebase | We will constantly merge their code into our codebase. GNU Octave is a | ||
project with many | project with many tester-users who give constant feedback on new features and report bugs. As participants in the mailing lists and bug tracker, students get the feeling of doing | ||
something that is being used by others and that is useful to the community from | |||
something that is being used by others | |||
the very start. | the very start. | ||
In addition, many GSoC students will likely use Octave during their academic | In addition, many GSoC students will likely use Octave during their academic | ||
year and in | year and in their professional careers. As such, they are prone to | ||
stay involved with its development, even if at a lower | stay involved with its development, even if at a lower level than during the | ||
summer. | summer. | ||
Finally, we organize a developers' summit during the summer and have in previous | Finally, we organize a developers' summit during the summer and have in previous | ||
years provided | years provided support for GSoC students to attend. This strengthens | ||
relationships between community members and the new students. | relationships between community members and the new students. In fact, several previous SoC students have continued with | ||
regular contributions to GNU Octave, and most remain available to help us with any problems related to the code they wrote for the project. | |||
=== Are you a new organization who has a Googler or other organization to vouch for you? If so, please list their name(s) here. === | === Are you a new organization who has a Googler or other organization to vouch for you? If so, please list their name(s) here. === | ||