[FFmpeg-cvslog] random thoughts about SoC (was: Re: random thoughts about refactoring)

[Jai Menon]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:08:22AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:

[...]

> > > Kartikey Mahendra Bhatt and Xiaohui Sun were complete failures, then
> > > there's a bunch of incompetent ones that failed during qualification.
> > > 
> > > > also jai is indian if iam not mistaken and he wrote the alac stuff
> > > > jai failed on jpeg2k but kamil who i think was from poland failed on that
> > > > before.
> > > 
> > > Jai worked well one year and milked SoC for the money the next year..
> > 
> > i think lack of communication was one of the main reasons of jais
> > failing in the 2nd year.
> 
> That's hard to believe for a student that has been around for such
> a long time.

Yes, and thats where I guess our opinions differ. I believe gsoc to be
more of a stepping stone and that projects benefit more from getting
long term contributors, rather than N number of decoders (where N =
No. of allotted slots). I guess I dont look at it like a one-time
bounty/paid job. I'm sure you and maybe others will disagree, but
thats fine, we are all entitled to our opinions and interpretation of
the "gsoc manifesto".

I'm no longer a student (atleast for the time being) so the good news
is you won't have to worry about me living up to the gsoc terms and
conditions. And ofcourse If i someday were to submit a gsoc
application for ffmpeg, please feel free to quote this text and
reject me :)

-- 
Jai Menon