[Mageia-discuss] GSOC 2012

Wed Feb 8 13:24:01 CET 2012

Hi,
+
+Google announced during FOSDEM that the summer of code program 2012 have
+been launched officially :
+http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-summer-of-code-2012-is-on.html
+
+( for people who never have heard of, just follow the links and then ask
+questions here )
+
+I have opened a page on our wiki so we can try to apply to the program
+this year : 
+https://wiki.mageia.org/en/SummerOfCode2012
+
+There is the application proposal, as long as answers for the questions
+( found in the FAQ )
+
+I also put 2 draft proposals, that I found after taking a shower, but do
+not hesitate to place more. Please also follow the format I used, since
+it should explain to student what they need, what they learn, and who to
+contact. Feel free to add almost complete proposal, but do not try to
+add too much. To cope with possible problem, please find a backup mentor
+ 
+The deadline is rather tight, so do not lose much time. I propose to
+review the various proposals in 2 weeks, and keep those that follow
+simple criterias :
+- have a committed member of the community as mentor
+- take only a limited number of proposal per mentor ( to avoid him being
+overloded ), I guess 2 or 3 would be enough
+- have a backup ( no backup, no proposal, no exception )
+- have realistic and interesting project for a student in a 2 months
+time frame.
+
+Keep in mind that the deadline will be around the release of Mageia 2,
+so this may affect availability of mentors. 
+
+What to do :
+- complete the page started on the wiki. There is still various TODO to
+put what is still needed to be fixed. 
+- add links to various sources of information, be it others
+organisations applying, or summary of do and don't, etc.
+- review
+http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/org_admin_agreement
+and see if we can accept that
+- find a backup for the administration of the program. Also, if someone
+is volunteer to be the main admin, I would be relived  to not be that
+one ( even if, as the one proposing that we participate, I am the de
+facto volunteer for that position )
+- clean the proposal page from drafts before applying
+- apply
+
+I guess we could use a blog post for that, but we have first to speak of
+fosdem, of the sysadmin trip to datacenter, etc.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+