Le 9 mars 08 à 18:26, David Chisnall a écrit : > Hi everyone, > > We (and, by we, I mean Quentin ;-) need to submit our SoC application > in the next couple of days. From the list of questions on the Google > site I've come up with the following text for the application. I'd > appreciate any comments / suggestions / expansions of short parts: > > -Describe your organization. > > The Étoilé project aims to build a modern computing environment > designed for the end of the desktop era and the start of the post- > desktop era. We focus heavily on network-based services and > collaboration. > > What else do we want to say?
We could mention other things like composite document, project workflow, message-oriented persistency, live development etc. But I think the description is fine. May be the last sentence isn't really useful. > -Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2008? What > do you hope to gain by participating? > > The Étoilé project was founded three years ago with some complex > goals. The core frameworks which will form the base for our > environment are now nearing completion and so we are entering a stage > when applications can be built relatively easily using these > technologies. A bit optimistic but ok :) I suggest some minor rephrasing like the following one: The core frameworks which will form the base for our environment are now on the way to completion and so we are approaching a stage when applications can be built relatively easily using these technologies. > -Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please > summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your > participation. > -If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have > you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)? > > N/A We never applied in the past. > -Who will your organization administrator be? Please include Google > Account information. > > Quentin? ok > -What license(s) does your project use? > > We favour the 3-clause BSD license, however code is accepted under > other licenses for various reasons. A copy of our licensing policy > and rationale can be found here: > > http://staging.etoileos.com/etoile/0.3/overview/ ok > -What is the URL for your ideas page? > > Currently in SVN. We need to move it to the main site soon... http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/etoile/trunk/Etoile/Documentation/SoC > What is the main development mailing list or forum for your > organization? > > etoile-dev and etoile-discuss at gna.org. > > What is the main IRC channel for your organization? > > We do not use IRC, the SILC server silc.etoile-project.org hosts our > online chat presence. Developers can typically be found in the etoile > room. ok > - Does your organization have an application template you would like > to see students use? If so, please provide it now. > > We don't have one at the moment. Should we? We have a framework template available here: <http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/etoile/trunk/Etoile/Developer/Templates/FrameworkTemplate/ > It can serves as a base for an app template too. I think it helps to solve build issues and evolve the build infrastructure when all modules are based on a common template (GNUmakefiles and directory layout). The template is mentionned in the HACKING document <http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/etoile/trunk/Etoile/HACKING > > - Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include > Google Account information. > > Not sure who to use for this. I could do it if you want? Sure. Would be nice to you. > - Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information. > > I can be one, other volunteers? Well me too. Nicolas could you eventually mentor Camaelon work? > - What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? > Please be as specific as possible. > > The mentors are drawn from the project's Core Team. This is a group > who maintains overall oversight of the project and who is responsible > for the majority of the code. All of the core team have experience > assisting other developers working on the Étoilé code. ok > - What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students? > > No idea. Suggestions? I think we'll have to cancel the project the student was involved in. If some usable and well-written code has already been produced, the mentor in charge of the student work will take care to merge the code if needed and commit or update a TODO file explaining what remains to be done. What do you think? > - What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? > > We don't anticipate this being a problem, since the mentors are drawn > from the core team, who have shown a commitment to the project. In > the unlikely event that they should disappear, it is usually possible > to find at least one of the core developers in the Étoilé SILC room. > These are available to provide assistance to other developers whether > or not they are taking part in the SoC and can take over the mentoring > rôle should it be required. ok. > - What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your > project's community before, during and after the program? > > The best way of interacting with the Étoilé development community is > via the SILC channel. We will strongly encourage students to spend > some time in there before submitting their applications. This is > where the goals and overall plan of the project are discussed, and is > a great place to float ideas. ok. > - What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with > the project after GSoC concludes? > > We intend to prioritise applications from students who have already > submitted code to the project. In addition, we have a small hackathon > planned for the end of this month at Swansea University which will > give us the opportunity to give presentations to the student body and > hopefully garner some applicants. ok. Thanks a lot for writing the SoC application David :) I'll submit it either later today or tomorrow if there are no further modifications to do. Cheers, Quentin. _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
