Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-mahout-dev-archive@locus.apache.org Received: (qmail 50416 invoked from network); 6 Mar 2008 21:21:21 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 6 Mar 2008 21:21:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 56619 invoked by uid 500); 6 Mar 2008 21:21:18 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-mahout-dev-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 56503 invoked by uid 500); 6 Mar 2008 21:21:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact mahout-dev-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: mahout-dev@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list mahout-dev@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 56494 invoked by uid 99); 6 Mar 2008 21:21:17 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:21:17 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [208.97.132.145] (HELO spunkymail-a8.g.dreamhost.com) (208.97.132.145) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:20:27 +0000 Received: from [192.168.0.3] (adsl-074-229-189-244.sip.rmo.bellsouth.net [74.229.189.244]) by spunkymail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81F0910BD8B for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:20:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: From: Grant Ingersoll To: mahout-dev@lucene.apache.org In-Reply-To: <200803060747.16844.mainec@isabel-drost.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:20:43 -0500 References: <200803052052.05583.apache_mahout@isabel-drost.de> <200803060747.16844.mainec@isabel-drost.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I think we can split the duties a bit, too. Simon, can you share your experience since you did a GSOC for Lucene a few years back? I seem to recall there being a couple of Lucene mentors. On Mar 6, 2008, at 1:47 AM, Isabel Drost wrote: > Finally found a general answer to my question: > > | While the answer to this question will vary widely depending on > the number > | of students a mentor works with, the difficulty of the proposals > and the > | skill level of the students, most mentors have let us know that they > | underestimated the amount of time they would need to invest in > GSoC. Five > | hours per student per week is a reasonable estimate. > > Sounds like doing it part time after work is going to be a bit tough > - but > five hours per student per week in summer should be doable, at least > for me. > > As these are summer projects and certainly some of us are going to > be on > vacation during that time we should plan for having one backup for > each > mentor that goes on vacation at a different time. > > > Isabel > > > -- > You were s'posed to laugh! > |\ _,,,---,,_ Web: > /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ > |,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'-' > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) (fL) IM: