I can see three benefits as of now: 1. "We have ideas that are half-finished and issues that we want to fix," Some part of project will be done by a student which IMO is good. bpython does need fixes. Improvement is always good.
2. High chances that the student will stick to bpython-contribution. there bpython gaining new developers. Basically that is the aim of gsoc, to attract students who later sticks with organzations. I think this is a big plus because projects smaller than bpython are in gsoc. My thoughts were why not this project which I use on my daily basis. gsoc is not about bigger idea but implementing smaller ideas. projects like zenmap and py2to3 are gsoc ideas. 3. Number of applicants in gsoc is high which will lead to few people applying in bpython thereby learning about it. This is good in a sense that people will dig the code-base. I personally don't see any losses here. Why not try applying this year and assess the result? If the results are unsatisfactory, no need applying next year however if the results are good then it should participate in gsoc program yearly. Regards, ~l0nwlf On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Bob Farrell < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anand, thanks for the email. > > On Feb 13, 9:05 pm, l0nwlf <[email protected]> wrote: > > bpython is a fantastic project but the issue with it is that it had > > not yet gained desired publicity. > > Well, that depends on your definition of "desired publicity". :-) > > Personally I've never been much of a fan of "publicising" my free > software. If people like stuff, they will blog about it or stick it on > reddit or whatever. I'm happy if other people want to use it, but I > don't see bpython's current level of publicity as being an issue. If > you disagree, you're welcome to blog as much as you like ! ;-) > > > Google Summer of Code is an event organized by google in which google > > funds projects, 5500$ each idea which is carried by a student under a > > mentor. It has been already announced for this year - > http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/browse_t... > > .PSF has been into GSoC since its beginning. Here is their last year > > pages - > http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/home/google/gsoc2009/pythonhttp://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2009?action=show&redirect=Su. > .. > > I feel bpython should apply for GSoC, may be under the umbrella of > > PSF. However it will take someone to take the effort to apply, create > > ideas-list and propose themselves as mentor for that idea. But I feel > > the gain is worth it. What is the community take on this ? > > If you could give me a rough idea of what specifically you think the > project will gain from this, I'd be happy to hear it. I'm not against > the idea; I just don't really understand what we stand to gain here. > We have ideas that are half-finished and issues that we want to fix, > but there's not a great deal of major work that needs doing. Somebody > is working on an implementation of bpython that interfaces with pdb > and somebody else is working on porting bpython to urwid. We also have > preliminary GTK support, which means we're not far away from having a > Windows version. > > Once these things are done, I don't really see a great deal more we > want to do with the project other than fix bugs as they arise. If you > can think of a particular "big" feature that you think would benefit > bpython, and one that isn't already being worked on by somebody else, > then please propose it and outline why you think applying to GSoC > would be a good idea. > > I'm of course interested in bpython growing and improving as a > project, but attempting to raise awareness and the number of users of > the software just isn't something I have any interest in personally. > > Thanks a lot for your email though; it's always nice to hear positive > feedback. :-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "bpython" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<bpython%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/bpython?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bpython" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bpython?hl=en.
