An exciting new app package? (I don't have a particular one in mind.) On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Steve Loughran <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe we should start with some discussion on the list. > > What do we think we could get someone with no knowledge of the project do > in 3 months. Assuming Java coding skills, but probably not OSS & test-first > processes? > > What would we like them to do? > > -steve > > > > On 3 February 2015 at 20:41:25, Sumit Mohanty ([email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>) wrote: > > I think we should. How do we gather project ideas? > Should we create JIRAs and then select one or more from the list and then > add the gsoc2015 labels to the selected ones. > > -Sumit > ________________________________________ > From: Steve Loughran <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 7:51 AM > To: Slider Dev > Subject: Fw: Google Summer of Code 2015 is coming > > Do we want to do some GSoC mentoring in the summer? > > This is a great chance to get something self-contained done. > > Of course, it must (a) be something interesting and (b) have the guarantee > of support from the rest of the team. The goal is to get someone used to > developing OSS projects, as part of a team: not coding on their own fixing > random JIRAs. > > > > > On 2 February 2015 at 22:46:09, Ulrich Stärk ([email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>) wrote: > > 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 by no later than > 2015-02-13 19:00 UTC (applications from organizations close a week later) > > 1. understand what it means to be a mentor [2]. > > 2. record your project ideas. > > Just create issues in JIRA, label them with gsoc2015, 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 [email protected] if you need assistance. > > [4] contains some additional information (will be updated for 2015 > shortly). > > 3. subscribe to [email protected]; restricted to potential > mentors, meant to be used as a > private list - general discussions on the public [email protected] > 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 might 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] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 > [2] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html > [3] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2015ideas > [4] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > [5] http://s.apache.org/gsoclabels > >
