[Soc-coordination] Request for Debian to vouch for LibreCAD for GSOC

Scott Howard showard at debian.org
Fri Mar 29 14:13:07 UTC 2013


On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:19:34AM -0400, Scott Howard wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> Hi, Scott!
>
> > I'm Scott, a DD, maintainer for the librecad package [1-3], and work a
> > bit with upstream development. We're submitting to GSOC this year and
> > would appreciate it if Debian could vouch for us. Last year Ana
>
> Done.
>
> > Guerrero agreed, and we appreciated it. Would it be possible to do
> > again?
>
> So, like Olly said, you've missed the deadline by about 3 weeks and you
> should feel bad.
>
> Today is literally the last day of applications, and waiting this long
> isn't a cool, causes a bit of stress, and I don't think anyone had any
> objection to advocating librecad except that it was super late.

Thank you! I was embarrassed when I saw that debian GSOC page (and I
did feel bad). I didn't expect to get endorsed so late, but appreciate
the last-minute help!
Regards,
Scott



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