[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] udp: do not wait for data from the receiving thread.

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 07:29:43PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 04:40:59PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> > Le sextidi 26 ventôse, an CCXX, Michael Niedermayer a écrit :
> > > i think its a good idea, do you want to mentor it ?
> > 
> > I would like to, actually, but I am quite intimidated by the prospect. Can
> > someone who mentored in the past say in a few words what it amounts to, or
> > point to such a document on the web?
> 
> a quick google points to this:
> http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors
> 
> iam not sure if this fits your question though.
> 
> But in my own words, if i have to describe the mentoring from my
> personal POV ...
> Its very dependant on the student, there are students who will work
> pretty much idependant and ask when they have a question, and there
> are students who need alot of active help to move forward.
> (there are also students who just dont do anything and just try to
>  get some money for nothing and there are students who really try hard
>  but just arent qualified enough to finish a project)
> 
> I think whats important is to make sure that each project has a
> qualified student (and mentor) and only accept projects that really
> have both. Some qualification task that is a small part of the project
> that will be done in the summer should ensure that mentor and student
> both get along with each other and can effectively get some work done.
> 
> From a technical side i think you are the best choice as mentor for
> this project as you are quite interrested in it and certainly
> qualified. And its too early to say anything about mentor and student
> matching up well or not ...
> 
> what a mentors job is exactly depends alot on the student and the
> project. Id say aim toward frequent communication unless the student
> is pretty good at working on her own, make sure work is reviewed early
> (a public git repo may help here) to avoid needing big changes later
> on. requireing some regular status reports may be a good idea,
> requireing the students presence on IRC once a week or so may be a
> good idea too. Also before the project starts / slots are assigned
> a mentors job is of course to decide who if any of the students are
> qualified for the project you want to mentor.

and of course, if you dont want to do it, thats perfectly fine too,
i just think you are the right person for mentoring this project in
case theres also a student who wants to work on it

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