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Recent and ongoing improvements include a GUI and just-in-time compilation capabilities, both of which started as GSoC projects. | Recent and ongoing improvements include a GUI and just-in-time compilation capabilities, both of which started as GSoC projects. | ||
=== Organization home page url === | === Organization home page url === | ||
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http://www.octave.org | http://www.octave.org | ||
Logo: http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/raw-file/155d8e90ee1f/doc/icons/octave-logo.png | Logo : http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/raw-file/155d8e90ee1f/doc/icons/octave-logo.png | ||
=== Main organization license === | === Main organization license === | ||
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=== What is the main development mailing list for your organization? === | === What is the main development mailing list for your organization? === | ||
maintainers@octave.org | maintainers@octave.org | ||
=== What is the main IRC channel for your organization? === | === What is the main IRC channel for your organization? === | ||
<tt>#octave</tt> in Freenode | |||
=== What criteria did you use to select your mentors for this year's program? Please be as specific as possible. === | |||
Each project | Each project includes at least one core Octave developer as mentor. These | ||
are proven, veteran members of the project, active in its development, and familiar | are proven, veteran members of the project, active in its development, and familiar | ||
with the code base. | with the code base. | ||
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mentors with proven involvement in Octave or other free software projects. The vast | mentors with proven involvement in Octave or other free software projects. The vast | ||
majority of our mentors have been involved in Octave development | majority of our mentors have been involved in Octave development | ||
for several years, and new mentors with be paired with more experienced ones. | for several years, and new new mentors with be paired with more experienced ones. | ||
=== What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before and during the program? === | === What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before and during the program? === | ||
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We will constantly merge their code into our codebase, and GNU Octave is a | We will constantly merge their code into our codebase, and GNU Octave is a | ||
project with many test users that give constant feedback on new features and bug | project with many test users that give constant feedback on new features and bug | ||
reports. | reports. We will forward these to the students so they 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, and that is useful to the community from | ||
the very start. | the very start. | ||
In addition, | In addition, students are likely required to use Octave during their academic | ||
year and | year and even during their professional careers. As such, they are prone to | ||
stay involved with its development, even if at a lower lever than during the | stay involved with its development, even if at a lower lever than during the | ||
summer. | summer. | ||
Finally, we organize a developers | Finally, we organize a developers summit during the summer and have in previous | ||
years provided help | years provided to help GSoC students attend. This strengthens the | ||
relationships between community members and the new students. While only one of | relationships between community members and the new students. While only one of | ||
the previous GSoC students is currently a core developer, several continued with | the previous GSoC students is currently a core developer, several continued with |