GSoC Proposals: Level of Detail

[dsimcha]

On 4/9/2011 9:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 4/9/11 7:02 AM, Jens Mueller wrote:
>>> 4. Is each mentor supposed to review all of the proposals, or just
>>> the ones in his/her domain that he/she feels qualified to evaluate?
>>> For example, I feel very comfortable reviewing a proposal about
>>> garbage collection or containers, but I would have little clue what
>>> I was doing if I reviewed an XML proposal. I'd be able to tell a
>>> mediocre XML proposal from a terrible one, but not a great one from
>>> a mediocre one.
>>
>> I'll guess you are not expected to review a proposal you're not
>> interested in. It make no sense.
>
> An experienced mentor can assess the quality of a proposal that's
> outside his direct interest.
>
> Andrei
>

Right.  Ironically I realized that when I actually tried.  I used XML as 
an example of something I know nothing about, but it's still painfully 
obvious whether a proposal is ridiculously vague or not.