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Re: [IMPORTANT][DEADLINE] number of slots
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Raphael Mack |
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Re: [IMPORTANT][DEADLINE] number of slots |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:55:00 +0200 |
Jose, thanks for the explanation. As we currently do not have a clear
priority view between the two proposals, I'd like to adjust the Minimum
of LibertyEiffel to 2.
Thanks,
Rapha
Am Dienstag, den 05.04.2016, 20:49 +0200 schrieb Jose E. Marchesi:
> what is the criteria to ask for an optional or mandatory slot (if the
> mandatory are the minimal numbers and the optionals are the difference
> max-min. LibertyEiffel for example really wants to have 2 slots, but we
> have given 1 as minimum and 2 as maximum, to be fair to the other
> projects under the GNU umbrella in case not all optional slots are
> granted, by allowing a prioritization.
>
> The system we use every year in order to allocate slots is the
> following:
>
> 1. Each participating GNU project expresses how many "essential" slots
> and "desired" slots they want. This year Google changed a bit the
> program and these are now called "minimum" and "maximum" slots, but
> it is still the same concept, just different names. It is up to each
> GNU program to decide how many slots to ask for, based on the number
> of good proposals and available mentors.
>
> 2. We (the GNU org admins) add everything and ask google for a total
> number of desirable and essential slots for GNU. Like, for example,
> this year it will be 19 essential slots and 24 desired slots. Let's
> call them TotalEssential and TotalDesired.
>
> 3. Google gives us a number N of slots, that could be any number 0..24.
>
> 4. We then distribute the obtained slots using the following criteria:
>
> 4.a If N == TotalDesired, then perfect, everyone gets what they asked
> for. This happened in the last 6 editions of the program and is
> the most likely scenario.
>
> 4.b If TotalEssential <= N < TotalDesired then everyone get their
> essential slots. The rest of the slots will be distributed as
> evenly as possible among the projects.
>
> 4.c If N < TotalEssential, then we will distribute the slots as
> evenly as possible among the projects, making sure (if possible)
> that every participating project get at least one slot.
>
> Note that in the potentially conflicting scenarios (4.b and 4.c) the org
> admins have the last word on how to assign slots to projects.
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