On 31/12/2014 4:25 p.m., Craig Dillabaugh wrote:
I was hoping folks to take a brief break from bickering about features,
and arguing over which posters have been naughty, and which have been
nice, to get a bit of input on our 2015 Google Summer of Code Proposal
... :o)
First off, I've been able to get some work done on the Idea's page, it
is here:
http://wiki.dlang.org/GSOC_2015_Ideas
This is the most important part of our submission, but we are also
supposed to submit a organizational proposal. I've started on this too
(still under construction, and have put it on Github at:
https://github.com/craig-dillabaugh/dlang-gsoc2015
Any feedback is welcome.
There are currently six project proposals. I think it would be good to
have one or two more, and the ones that are there need a bit of
polishing. A lot of what is there is stuff I have 'harvested' from
previous proposals. For the GDC and Bare Metal D/Arm Support projects I
am not even sure if the items listed are still needed since these are
basically cut and paste jobs from 1 or 2 years ago.
A few specific questions that I need answered.
General Questions
1) I would like to include bio's for the mentors. I have a very short
one for Iain (which I stole from DConf) and a line on Deadalinx, but
that is about that. If you are a mentor I would really appreciate a
brief 3-4 line bio. I think this makes our 'ideas' page stand out from
others I have seen. Any mentors please provide bios, or if you are
uncomfortable with that please let me know.
2) For all projects, in addition to mentor bios I want to have a section
on what students should know (or be willing to learn), you can see SDC
for an example. Could other potential mentors please fill me on your
projects. Basically, if you can give pointers to a few good resources
for someone interested in your project that would be great.
3) I would like to have a 'backup' mentor for each project. Any
volunteers! I think we have enough for the Phobos project, but other
projects could really use something.
4) Finally, I should have a backup administrator. Any volunteers for that.
Questions for Specific Individuals
5) For GDC, can Iain (or someone else related to that project) update
the wiki, post something here, or get in touch with me to update the
project proposal.
6) See #2 for Martin Nowak and the Bare Metal D/Arm projects.
7) Bruno Medeiros - you suggested a DDT project. I've added it. Can you
provide me with a few more details, and a bio. Also, under what
license is DDT released, I couldn't access any code on your GitHub page
to check this.
8) Russel Winder and QML ... see #4.
9) For the Phobos proposal, most of this is scrapped from last years
proposal and from posts on the form by Jens and Russel. Are the
libraries I've listed indeed the ones in need of the most attention.
What about std.xml and std.json?
10) Rikki had mentioned a 'Web Development' project, but I don't have
enough to post on the project ideas page. Are you still interested in
doing this.
Yes I am.
I don't know what I'm doing in the near future (need a job) so I can't
explore this too much.
But I know I will be able to mentor for it.
Hope that everyone has a great 2015, and I look forward to your feedback.
Cheers,
Craig
