Final evaluations, end of GSoC

[Aman Kumar Gupta]

We are thinking if the phabricator diff links would be good? As they are
always valid (open-able) even when closed.


On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Aman Kumar Gupta <gupta2140 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a doubt regarding submitting the overall work and commit link.
>
> Is it fine to give the branch link where I'm working, in the status report?
>
> I and my mentors were discussing on it and have a concern that the branch
> will not remain forever..when it'll be merged into master later, the branch
> will be deleted and the URL to the branch won't be valid anymore.
> So this may cause some difficulties if someone (a recruiter) in future may
> want to have a look at the commits link and land on an invalid URL.
>
> What should we do? How should we preserve it?
>
> Thanks,
> Aman Kumar Gupta
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <
> valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi again students,
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Valorie Zimmerman
>> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi students!
>> >
>> > I can't believe, but we're already nearing the end of GSoC for the
>> > year.  According to a recent email from GSoC staff to me:
>> >
>> > "Next week students will begin submitting their Final Evaluations for
>> > GSoC 2018 (starting Monday, August 6). We have encouraged students to
>> > reach out to you to share a preview of their submission URL and let
>> > you verify it meets Google's and your requirements before they submit.
>> > Students can not edit their evaluations once they have submitted them
>> > — it's in their best interest to have you review the link first.
>> > Students must submit their Final Evaluations (with the submission URL)
>> > before Tuesday, August 14 at 16:00 UTC."
>> >
>> > Please do share your final with your mentors ASAP. Many of them will
>> > be traveling to Akademy (along with some of you) so don't wait! If you
>> > aren't quite done, still ask them to look, and listen to their
>> > suggestions.
>> >
>> > All the best wishes for a successful conclusion,
>> >
>> > Valorie for the KDE GSoC admins
>>
>> Update: now is the time to finish your evaluation. Please remember to
>> update your Status Page first, because once you submit it the URL will
>> be locked. Once the program is over you can continue to update with
>> more screenshots etc. as you support your code, and will be able to
>> use this link in uni situations and applications for employment.
>>
>> Some of your mentors are now in transit to Akademy -- along with some
>> of you! So please get the evaluation done soon. If you do not finish
>> it before the deadline you will fail yourself, which would be a
>> terrible pity.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Valorie
>>
>
>
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