[Soc-2011-dev] congratulations and welcome

[Sven von Brand]

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Tom M <letterrip at gmail.com> wrote:
> I seem to have forgot the welcome message that Chris started for GSoC
> - so better late than never :)
>
> ***********
> Hi all,
>
> Congratulations to the successful Summer of Code applicants!
>
> Here is the list of the accepted students in alphabetical order, their
> project, and the individual who has agreed to help mentor them.  With
> your help we hope to make this the most successful GSoC yet.
>
> [...]
>
> Two other mailing lists that you are very strongly advised to
> subscribe to are the Blender development list,  and the Blender cvs
> list (sorry, you have to subscribe yourself):
>
> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-blender-cvs

done

> Commit log mails for Summer of Code go to the (poorly named)
> bf-blender-cvs mailing list mentioned above.
>
> If you don't have a p.b.o (projects.blender.org) account, please sign
> up for one and send your username to this list. If you already have an
> account, please send your username:

svbrand

> [...]
> We have weekly coding meetings in the #blendercoders channel on
> Sundays at 16:00 CEST (14:00 GMT, 08:00 MST, 07:00 PST -- if your time
> zone isn't listed, please try to figure out the meeting time).
>
> There are also development forums on 'w.b.o' (http://www.blender.org/)
> and Blender Artists
> (http://blenderartists.org/forum/).
>
> This would also be a good time
> to get some information from you, so if you have a moment sometime
> this week could you please send a mail to this list saying "Hi", and
> answering the following questions:
>
> * Have you every used subversion before?

yes, for some school projects and in an internship in a web development company.

> * What OS do you use for development?

Linux, Fedora.

> * What compiler do you use?

Scons

> * Have you built the blender sources before?

Yes, in 2008 for the first time, for a school project, and some times
after that to test some things.

> * Do you have an IRC nickname? (If I have it above, you can ignore)
> * What is your p.b.o username? (see above)
> * Feel free to include any other info you think
> it might be useful to share.

> For those of you new to the blender code base, here are some links to
> help get you started
>
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/Doc/Developers_Quickstart


> Again, congratulations to the students, and many thanks to those who
> have agreed to be mentors, and also thanks to those other interested
> parties who have helped evaluate proposals.

thanks for all you're good will and confidence in us!

> More to come later ...
>
> Thanks,

bye

-- 
Sven von Brand