From: Thomas F. <tfj...@st...> - 2011-01-25 01:12:00
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On January 24, 2011, Elias Pschernig wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 15:16 -0800, scott mc wrote: > > I've noticed that Allegro hasn't been part of Google Summer of Code. > > Have you ever applied or thought about applying? Google announced > > earlier today that they are going to have GSoC again this year: > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-annou > > nced-at-lca.html Here's their FAQ: > > http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ > > faqs I attended the Google Summer of Code mentor summit representing > > Haiku in 2010 and it sounded like they were looking to expand the > > program in 2011, perhaps doubling the size, but after discussion it > > seemed the consensus was that the program could expand by 20-30% or so > > and still get decent quality projects from the students. I'm not sure > > how much if any Google has decided to expand it or not. In 2010 I think > > there were 150 orgs that participated, with 300-400 applying. > > Our problem in previous years was that we had no mentor volunteers nor > any students interested in it. Being a mentor is a lot of work after all > - need to come up with possible ideas and formulate them, read through > all the google stuff, with various deadlines and so on and then finally > look after the student. > > Anyway, if anyone wants to be a GSoC mentor for Allegro or has an idea > what to work on as a student, there won't be any opposition from us :) If I see any interest in it from students I may be interested in co-mentoring with someone else. -- Thomas Fjellstrom tfj...@st... |