Anyone can participate in Lucene/Solr! You don't need to be GSoC student to do so...
Browse the issues in Jira (maybe focusing on the ones marked for GSoC and not already "taken"), or open your own issues, discuss, post patches, iterate, etc. Find your itch and scratch it ;) And there are a great many itches out there that need scratching... Mike http://blog.mikemccandless.com On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Minh Doan <daywed...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi forks, > Receiving a bunch of emails recently about GSOC, I really want to join but > it seems like I'm not eligible to do even though I used to be a PhD student, > and currently on leave (I will be probably back soon). I really want to > contribute to lucene to implement some of my ideas. Can I have a lucene > "mentor" like those mentor experts who are excited to GSOC ? > > Best, > Minh > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Steven A Rowe <sar...@syr.edu> wrote: >> >> Hi Jayendra, >> >> From >> <http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs#who>: >> >> In order to participate in the program, you must be a student. Google >> defines a student as an individual enrolled in or accepted into an >> accredited institution including (but not necessarily limited to) colleges, >> universities, masters programs, PhD programs and undergraduate programs. You >> are eligible to apply if you are enrolled in an accredited university >> educational program provided you meet all of the other eligibility >> requirements. You should be prepared, upon request, to provide Google with >> transcripts or other documentation from your accredited institution as proof >> of enrollment or admission status. Computer Science does not need to be your >> field of study in order to participate in the program. >> >> You may be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student. You must also be >> eligible to work in the country in which you'll reside throughout the >> duration of the program, e.g. if you are in the United States on an F-1 >> visa, you are welcome to apply to Google Summer of Code as long as you have >> U.S. work authorization. For F-1 students applying for CPT, Google will >> furnish you with a letter you can provide to your university to get CPT >> established once your application to the program has been accepted. >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Jayendra Patil [mailto:jayendra.patil....@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:56 AM >> > To: dev@lucene.apache.org >> > Subject: Google Summer Code 2011 participation >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > Does the Google Summer Code 2011 apply only to students ?? >> > I have been working on Solr for quite some time now and would like to >> > start contributing back. >> > Have been using it to index structured and unstructured data and have >> > a fair bit of knowledge of the internals as well. (Have a few jiras >> > and patches submitted) >> > I don't have a specific proposal in mind yet, but would like to start >> > with any specific area or issues. >> > >> > Let me know if and how can i participate. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Jayendra >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > > > > -- > --- > Minh > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
