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Microproject-Information: the review interaction is a cooperative process
I admit that it was I who wrote the original of this section [*] but the use of verb "defend" here gives a wrong impression that it is a lot more adversarial exchange than it really is. It is not like your opponents are trying to shoot down your proposal, against which you need to successfully defend. It is more like the reviewers and the contributor together try to figure out a good solution to what the problem the proposal tries to solve. And it takes _understanding_ from all sides what others are bringing to the discussion. A better verb to use is "explain" to give others visibility into what you have in this paragraph. [Reference] * https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/
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accepted into our codebase. As a GSoC contributor, or Outreachy intern,
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you will be playing the role of the developer and engaging in a
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similar discussion. Get familar with the flow, need for clarity on
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both sides (i.e. you need to clearly defend your design, and need to
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both sides (i.e. you need to clearly explain your design, and need to
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ask for clarifications when questions/suggestions you are offered are
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not clear enough), the pace at which the discussion takes place, and
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the general tone of the discussion, to learn what is expected of you.

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