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Hi folks,
Following up on my previous mails about this...
I have just submitted the application for Linaro to be a mentoring
organisation in the Google Summer of Code 2013 [1]. The two admins
registered on the application are me and Ilias Biris; please ask us if
you have any questions. I've written a wiki page to cover our
participation so far [2].
First: at this point, there is no guarantee that we will actually be
accepted as a mentoring organisation for the summer. That decision
will be made by the people at Google. However, we should prepare in
the expectation that we will be. If we *are* accepted, we will find
out how many student project slots we will be allocated later in the
process - see the timeline below.
Now, we need two more things: potential projects and potential
mentors.
Project ideas
=============
I've started a project ideas page [3] with an initial suggestion of
AArch64 porting project(s), based on the assembly scanning work I've
just completed.
A few Linaro folks responded to my previous messages about potential
projects, which is great. Please write those up! If you have any
details of any other projects you think would:
a) be helpful to Linaro
b) be interesting as a student project
then please add to the page. If you're able and willing to act as a
mentor, then that's great. But even if you're not ready to be a
mentor, please list the project anyway: we may be able to find
somebody else to run it.
If you're listing a project, try not to be *too* explicit about what
you're looking for. Part of the application process involves students
contacting potential mentors to find out more, and to try and impress
them with existing skills, knowledge and background research. If you
spoon-feed too much to a student, you're likely to just get your own
words fed straight back to you.
The list of suggested projects matters in terms of whether Google will
accept us or not - the more likely-looking projects we suggest, the
better we will appear. However, our lists of suggested projects need
not be exhaustive and won't be the final choice anyway. I know from
running previous GSoC projects that it's common for students to look
at the suggestions then come up with their own ideas. We should expect
that and be prepared to work with students to develop their ideas.
Mentors
=======
We also need mentors for projects, ideally at least two per
project. It's possible to run a project with a single mentor, but it's
strongly recommended to have backups in place to cover for vacations
etc. Backup mentors don't need to have the same level of knowledge
about their project, but should be available to help the student if
needed.
If you would like to mentor and have a great project idea, awesome!
Equally, if you'd be happy to mentor a project but don't have any
suitable ideas of your own then that's fine too. In each case, please
add yourself to the list in the overview page. To be able to
participate in the program, you will *also* need to register in
Google's web app "Melange" (and this is where to get a "link id") -
follow links from the GSoC 2013 page [4] to do that.
As well as actually mentoring successful applicants, we will also be
asking mentors to help rank the incoming applications and help us
select students. Then, for any accepted projects, those mentors will
also be asked to compile progress reports and evaluations at various
points through the summer. You should expect to spend a few hours per
week working with your student.
Why should you get involved? This is your chance to work with new
people who want to take their first steps into the community. You get
to share your knowledge and experience and help them learn more. Let's
get the next generation of developers hooked on Linux, ARM and Open
Source!
Communication
=============
I've set up a new irc channel #linaro-gsoc, and we have a new mailing
list linaro-g...@lists.linaro.org. Please join and use those for
GSoC-related discussions.
Timeline and next steps
=======================
(Simplified - see the wiki page [2] for more info)
Mar 29: Mentoring organisation application deadline. (TOMORROW)
Apr 8: Google program administrators review organisation applications,
then list of accepted mentoring organisations published on the
Google Summer of Code 2013 site. If we're accepted, prepare for
more work below!
Apr 9-21: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with
mentoring organisations.
Apr 22: Student application period opens.
May 3: Student application deadline. Mentoring organisations review and
rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organisations
may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
May 8: Slot allocations published to mentoring organisations. Slot
allocation trades happen amongst organisations. Mentoring
organisations review and rank student proposals; where necessary,
mentoring organisations may request further proposal detail from
the student applicant.
May 24-27: Final project choices made, students and mentors paired up.
Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code
2013 site.
Jun 17: Coding starts
Jul 29 - Mid-term evaluations
Aug 2:
Sep 16: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write
tests, improve documentation, etc.
Sep 23: Hard deadline for end of coding.
Sep 27: Final evaluations due; students can begin submitting required
code samples to Google
Oct 1: Final results of Google Summer of Code 2013 announced
Oct 19-20: Mentor Summit at Google: Representatives from each successfully
participating organisation are invited to Google to greet,
collaborate and code. Our mission for the weekend: make the
program even better, have fun and make new friends.
Anything else?
==============
Feel free to ask me on irc or by mail...
[1] https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/
[2] https://wiki.linaro.org/SummerOfCode
[3] https://wiki.linaro.org/SummerOfCode/ProjectIdeas
[4] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013
Cheers,
--
Steve McIntyre steve.mcint...@linaro.org
<http://www.linaro.org/> Linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs
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