We have completed our GSoC 2013 application

[Rory McGuire]

It is only different in that it is official, and there is a deadline.
It's good PR. When you hear "D summer of code" project you know there is at
least one person working hard on the project and that they definitely have
a mentor.

It would be on record that you were involved in DSoC 2013.

:) plus a group would get to approve or disapprove projects.

If you don't complete your project it is a lot worse than if it were just
an idea mentioned on a forum somewhere.

There really is something to it being official and having a deadline though.
 On 9 Apr 2013 18:33, "Brad Roberts" <braddr at puremagic.com> wrote:

> On 4/9/13 12:10 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote:
>>
>>> Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding?
>>> Perhaps
>>> there are still students and mentors that would be interested
>>> in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :)
>>>
>>> We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way
>>> everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience
>>> and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that
>>> candidates can use the experience for reference.
>>>
>>> The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as
>>> opposed to a
>>> unstable community where references would mean nothing).
>>> I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and
>>> wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.
>>>
>>
>> Very interesting idea!
>>
>
> In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of
> "hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of
> it?"
>
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