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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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=== What is the main IRC channel for your organization? === | === What is the main IRC channel for your organization? === | ||
<tt>#octave</tt> in Freenode | |||
=== How many potential mentors do you have for this year's program? What criteria did you use to select them? === | === How many potential mentors do you have for this year's program? What criteria did you use to select them? === | ||
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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 | ||
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No. | No. | ||