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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:38:48 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Of possible interest. --=-=-= Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Envelope-to: david@tethera.net Delivery-date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 06:35:11 -0500 Received: from atreus.tartarus.org ([80.252.125.10] ident=Debian-exim) by fethera.tethera.net with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aUuxL-0000ib-Js for david@tethera.net; Sun, 14 Feb 2016 06:35:11 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=atreus.tartarus.org ident=list) by atreus.tartarus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aUuxY-00055I-0n; Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:35:24 +0000 Received: from olly by atreus.tartarus.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aUuxV-00054f-7G for xapian-discuss@lists.xapian.org; Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:35:21 +0000 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:35:21 +0000 From: Olly Betts To: xapian-discuss@lists.xapian.org Subject: GSoC 2016 Message-ID: <20160214113521.GA14010@survex.com> Mail-Followup-To: xapian-discuss@lists.xapian.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: xapian-discuss@lists.xapian.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Xapian Discussion List-Id: Mailing list for discussions about the Xapian project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xapian-discuss-bounces@lists.xapian.org Sender: "Xapian-discuss" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Google are running their Summer of Code again this year. If you're not familiar with it, see: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ We decided to apply a while back, but it's now time for orgs to actually apply - the deadline is just a few days away (Feb 20th). The main priorities right now are: * Refreshing the list of project ideas. I've done some cleaning up, but the better the breadth and depth of ideas we have, the more likely we are to be selected: https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoCProjectIdeas Ideas do *NOT* have to be for work on Xapian itself - projects related to Xapian in other software are within scope (e.g. integrating Xapian into a framework, or adding Xapian search to an application). You'll need to provide mentoring related to the other software, but we can help out with Xapian-specific questions. Ideas don't need to be fully planned out - we expect the students to do some research, planning and to discuss the project as part of getting from the project idea to their proposal. But we do need to clearly say what the aims are, give some pointers to useful resources, and a list of required or beneficial skills. And the scope needs to be suitable for taking a student developer about 12 weeks of full time work to complete (ideally including getting it merged). If you have a suitable idea, feel free to add it to the page, or raise it for discussion here or on IRC. This list is one of the key things google look at when reviewing org applications, so we want it to be in great shape by 20th. You can still add or improve ideas after then, but it's less likely to make a difference to us being selected. * Identifying potential mentors. Every idea on the list should have at least one suitable potential mentor attached. If you're interested in acting as a mentor for one of the ideas there, please update the page. One of the questions I need to answer in the org applications is how many mentors we have, so if you are interested in mentoring, then speaking up in the next few days would be helpful. It's OK for us to end up with more mentors than we say at this point, but being able to realistically respond will likely help our application. * Talking to the students who've started to appear. If you are a student eligible for GSoC and interested in working on Xapian, please feel free to get in touch. You don't have to choose from the ideas on the list - you're welcome to propose your own project ideas. If you want to discuss being a mentor or a student, or a project idea, you can do so on the mailing list or on #xapian on freenode (if you aren't already an IRC user, see https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoC_IRC for links to a web IRC client). There's also a general GSoC IRC channel - #gsoc on freenode. Cheers, Olly --=-=-=--