[Tuxpaint-devel] Tux4Kids project(s) and Google Summer of Code

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Seen on the libSDL mailing list.  I happen to know two of the people
at Google (Chris DiBona and Leslie Hawthorn), and had mentioned Tux Paint
participating in GSOC to Leslie.  She suggested applying.

Would the Tux Paint, TuxMath and/or Tux Typing projects like to participate?
I'd be happy to act as the 'administrator/main contact' for Tux4Kids.

We'd want to think about what kind of assistance we'd like from students,
and who would like to be mentors.

In Tux Paint, I'd like to see:

  * Open, New and Slideshow dialog code rolled back into once piece of code,
    instead of three nearly identical pieces

  * Documentation rewritten and put into a more sensible format

  * UI themeability (including different sizes of buttons, which will be
    quite a bit of an overhaul!)

  * Selection tool

  * Cut-and-paste between Tux Paint and other applications

  * Platform-specific Open/Save dialog (requested a lot)

  * Alternate text tool that allows text to be re-positioned/edited
    later (ouch!)


We have until TOMORROW to apply (March 12th!)  See the various links below.

Sorry for not bringing this up earlier. Lasrt time I looked at GSOC,
it was _before_ they were accepting applications from organizations.

Thanks,

-bill!


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The deadline for mentor applications is very soon
March 12: Mentoring organization application deadline (12 noon PDT/19:00 UTC).





Here's more information:

Here's the google Summer Of Code(SOC) page:
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/

How does a mentoring organization apply:
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_org_apply

mentoring organisations:
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_mentoring_orgs

deadlines:
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline

Notes on student allocations:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/notes-on-student-allocations

Notes on organisation selection criteria:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/notes-on-organization-selection-criteria
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