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diff --git a/community/gsoc/student_application_form.mdwn b/community/gsoc/student_application_form.mdwn index bab2fe1a..4394a6fe 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/student_application_form.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/student_application_form.mdwn @@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ if necessary. And don't hesitate to ask us if you have any doubts :-) only guesses; but try to be specific about all the individual steps you will have to do to complete the task. +Note: By the end of the summer session, the code is expected to be in a state +ready to be merged to mainline. Experience shows that adding the "final +touches" necessary for that, tends to take up quite a lot of time -- there are +always some bugs here and there, some misunderstandings about how things are +supposed to work, build system issues, missing documentation, forgotten bits, +and so on. Thus, the schedule should suppose that a larger part of the main +implementation work will be done by midterm! + +Also note that by the beginning of the summer session, you need to be able to +work on the task at more or less full speed -- meaning that you need to get +familiar with the code, think through the design (and discuss it with us) etc. +already in the interim period *before* the summer session. + * What things will you have to learn to be able to complete the project? What do you already know? |