Re: [Jython-dev] Google Summer of Code projects announced - JyNI on Windows support

[Jeff A. <ja...@fa...>]

Congratulations indeed! And good luck with the sprints this w/e too.

Jeff Allen

On 04/05/2017 21:16, Jim Baker wrote:
> Today the Google Summer of Code projects were announced, and Stefan 
> Richthofer's project  on JyNI support on Windows is one of them:
> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#4931062149939200
>
> Congratulations!!!
>
> I'm really happy about this summer funding to help support Stefan in 
> this valuable work. Every time Stefan has worked on JyNI, it has 
> inevitably led to improvements to Jython itself; and JyNI support 
> itself is course is highly useful. Such work is also something that we 
> will be readily able to use for Jython 3, once we are ready.
>
> Frank, Darjus, and I all look forward to help mentor Stefan in this 
> work; and it's also something we as a community of developers can do. 
> Mentorship here doesn't mean so much help on code — Stefan is 
> obviously awesome there. Instead it's a chance to provide feedback on 
> design and prioritization, much as we do for each other, when we have 
> a chance.
>
> - Jim
>