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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. | ||
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c++, mathematics, math, numerical, matlab, mercurial, scientific, computing | |||
=== 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? === | ||
irc://irc.freenode.net/octave | |||
=== How many potential mentors do you have for this year's program? What criteria did you use to select them? === | |||
We have about 10 contributors have mentored previous summer projects and continue to be active participants in the Octave community | |||
Each project | Each project will include 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 | for several years, and 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. 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, and that is useful to the community from | ||
the very start. | the very start. | ||
In addition, students | In addition, many GSoC students will likely use Octave during their academic | ||
year and | year and in 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 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 help for GSoC students to 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. | ||
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