Can we please have somewhat like conclusion post/thread for last GSoC (2017)? what projects are done and likely to be included in main branch soon (or not soon)?
2018-01-10 18:14 GMT+03:00 Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]>: > Hi everyone, > > It's time of the year again. Looks like GSoC starts earlier each year. > We just have two more weeks to finish the application! > > I've done all the forms already. I will also check with the team here in > the studio to make a fun "onboarding" video, explaining where to find > everything and how to get involved. > > What needs to be done in the next weeks is: > - get a list of mentor candidates (people who review proposals). Contact > me! > - present an ideas page > > To start, I copied most of the ideas over from last year: > https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/GoogleSummerOfCode/2018/Ideas > > Please check and update! Remember, it's not a feature request listing, it > should be projects supported by the module teams, with mentors candidates. > > I also want to propose to improve the GSoC experience in some ways: > > - Active recruitment locally on you university or your city - especially > studios/companies who use Blender can be co-mentoring students as well. Get > your own well paid intern! > - Actively recruiting among students who already work with Blender (code). > - Be more strict to student applicants. They should really bring in > experience and knowledge. > - GSoC is not an introduction to become a developer! > - But we should also keep proposed projects simple and feasible. And it > has to fit 2.8. > - Get students to work on projects a mentor is also working on. That way > mentorship goes more natural. > > Laters, > > -Ton- > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org > Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute > Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
