I believe Sachin (CCed) was showed interest in becoming a student a couple of months back. Might be good to get him and a potential mentor talking.
On 6 February 2017 at 10:19, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > I think we should be able to muster some quickly: > > project = CLOUDSTACK AND issuetype in (Improvement, "New Feature", Wish) > AND status = Open AND assignee in (EMPTY) > > leads me to 321 open, unassigned, wishes, improvements and new features > [image: > 😉] > > > I'll do some filtering and maybe we can group ideas in this thread quickly > > daan.hoogl...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > @shapeblue > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Daan Hoogland > *Sent:* 06 February 2017 11:02:29 > *To:* Giles Sirett; dev@cloudstack.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: FW: Google Summer of Code 2017 is coming > > > I'll do some jira grooming the next couple of days, maybe we find some. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> > *Sent:* 06 February 2017 10:59:07 > *To:* Giles Sirett; dev@cloudstack.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: FW: Google Summer of Code 2017 is coming > > > > Op 6 februari 2017 om 9:51 schreef Giles Sirett < > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>: > > > > > > All > > See below - Google Summer of code 2017 isn't far away. > > Previously, we've had a number of project committers who have come to us > through a GSOC project > > > > Do we have small sized projects / ideas ready to be submitted for GSOC? > > > Become a mentor isn't something to be taken lightly but I would > encourage as many of our community as possible to consider it - it will > hopefully help wth the next generation of people excited to work on > cloudstack > > Did this for the Ceph project. It is a lot of work. > > Wido > > > > > > > > > > > Kind Regards > > Giles > > > > > > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > > www.shapeblue.com > > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > > @shapeblue > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ulrich Stärk [mailto:u...@apache.org <u...@apache.org>] > > Sent: 03 February 2017 19:51 > > To: ment...@community.apache.org > > Subject: Google Summer of Code 2017 is coming > > > > Hello PMCs (incubator Mentors, please forward this email to your > podlings), > > > > 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 by no later than 2017-02-09: > > > > 1. understand what it means to be a mentor [2]. > > > > 2. record your project ideas. > > > > Just create issues in JIRA, label them with gsoc2017, and they will show > up at [3]. Please be as specific as possible when describing your idea. > Include the programming language, the tools and skills required, but try > not to scare potential students away. They are supposed to learn what's > required before the program starts. > > > > Use labels, e.g. for the programming language (java, c, c++, erlang, > python, brainfuck, ...) or technology area (cloud, xml, web, foo, bar, ...) > and record them at [5]. > > > > Please use the COMDEV JIRA project for recording your ideas if your > project doesn't use JIRA (e.g. > > httpd, ooo). Contact d...@community.apache.org if you need assistance. > > > > [4] contains some additional information (will be updated for 2017 > shortly). > > > > 3. subscribe to ment...@community.apache.org; restricted to potential > mentors, meant to be used as a private list - general discussions on the > public d...@community.apache.org list as much as possible please). Use a > recognized address when subscribing (@apache.org or one of your alias > addresses on record). > > > > Note that the ASF isn't accepted as a participating organization yet, > nevertheless you *have to* start recording your ideas now or we will not > get accepted. > > > > Over the years we were able to complete hundreds of projects > successfully. Some of our prior students are active contributors now! Let's > make this year a success again! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Uli > > > > P.S.: Except for the private parts (label spreadsheet mostly), this > email is free to be shared publicly if you want to. > > > > [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > [2] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html > > [3] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2017ideas > > [4] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > > [5] http://s.apache.org/gsoclabels > > > > >
