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=== What is the main development mailing list for your organization? === | === What is the main development mailing list for your organization? === | ||
octave-maintainers@gnu.org (https:// | octave-maintainers@gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/octave-maintainers) | ||
=== What is the main IRC channel for your organization? === | === What is the main IRC channel for your organization? === | ||
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We have about 10 contributors who are potential mentors. They have participated in previous | We have about 10 contributors who are potential mentors. They have participated in previous | ||
SoC projects, either as students or | SoC projects, either as students or mentors, and are all active participants in the Octave community. All | ||
have previously contributed code, have commit access to either the Octave or | have previously contributed code, have commit access to either the Octave or | ||
Octave Forge source tree, and are active in the mailing lists. Many also keep a | Octave Forge source tree, and are active in the mailing lists. Many also keep a | ||
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=== What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? === | === What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? === | ||
Disappearing students haven't been a problem for us in previous years. To prevent disappearances, we aim to make all reasonable efforts to accommodate | Disappearing students haven't been a problem for us in previous years. To prevent disappearances, we aim to make all reasonable efforts to accommodate students and make them feel | ||
welcome. We will engage students frequently by email and IRC, provide prompt response to student queries, | welcome. We will engage students frequently by email and IRC, provide prompt response to student queries, | ||
and expect periodic reports from mentors about the project status. We will also | and expect periodic reports from mentors about the project status. We will also | ||
encourage the | encourage the students to participate on the public mailing list and IRC channel, | ||
with or without the mentor. Their progress should be regularly applied to our source | with or without the mentor. Their progress should be regularly applied to our source | ||
tree, if necessary in a side branch. All of these have shown to be effective | tree, if necessary in a side branch. All of these have shown to be effective | ||
with students. | with students. | ||
Should this fail and a student disappears | Should this fail and a student disappears (which we | ||
hope will be very unlikely, since it has never happened before and nobody | hope will be very unlikely, since it has never happened before and nobody | ||
vanishes without good reason), make | vanishes without good reason), make |
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