Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:59:07 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in Google Code-In 2012? You can help too! Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=%2B=dX6xioFXfHt2q-tprU5y3wLYdiVzFF2DvSs3A32Xg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5214043c002ef030f59c2045344b8725.squirrel@webmail.ee.ryerson.ca> References: <20121016101957.GB53800@FreeBSD.org> <20121022174457.GB59689@FreeBSD.org> <5086AC06.5070405@a1poweruser.com> <5214043c002ef030f59c2045344b8725.squirrel@webmail.ee.ryerson.ca>
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On 23 October 2012 12:54, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> wrote: > On Tue, October 23, 2012 10:39, Fbsd8 wrote: >> >> The subject is Google Code-In and all the posted tasks are directed at >> creating documentation. Not one deals with coding any programs. If I was >> 15-17 years old I sure would not be interested in writing documentation. >> I would want to use and develop my coding skills. To that end there a >> lot of simple PR's waiting for attention. This is an target area that >> young coders would find more interesting. > > It would depend on what one's interests were. Google code-in is aimed at *coders* and there is an expectation of people writing *code*. The biggest complaint for GCI last year was "not enough coding tasks" -- Eitan Adler
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