Hi all, Apache is gearing up for Google Summer of Code 2018. All Apache projects have been invited to submit their ideas for GSoC projects.
For those not familiar with GSoC, the idea is during that students will use their summer break to embark on a 3-month programming project with an open source organisation. If we want to take part then we simply need to come up with some suitable ideas and open a JIRA ticket with suitable labels. We'll also need mentors to work with our students - mentors will need to keep a continuous dialog with their student and expect to consume 3-5 hours a week in that role. **Deadline for this is 30th January - Tuesday next week** Any ideas for GSoC projects - projects that can be completed in 3 months by a student? Our GUI is somewhat dated - a replacement GUI project? A project to add support for updating a blueprint of a running application? Anything else? A bit more information from Ulrich Stärk who is running the Apache side of GSoC: Google Summer of Code [1] is a program sponsored by Google allowing students to spend their summer working on open source software. Students will receive stipends for developing open source software full-time for three months. Projects will provide mentoring and project ideas, and in return have the chance to get new code developed and - most importantly - to identify and bring in new committers. The ASF will apply as a participating organization meaning individual projects don't have to apply separately. If you want to participate with your project we ask you to do the following things as soon as possible but please no later than 2017-01-30: 1. understand what it means to be a mentor [2]. 2. record your project ideas. [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ [2] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html
