Hey there folks, I have spent some time writing up http://wiki.pitivi.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code
This document describes potential project ideas, our (my?) expectations towards the types of applicants we are looking for, as well as what we have to offer to them. Anything missing or incorrect in that page? After chatting a bit with Ed, I am hereby proposing myself as the "mentoring organization administrator" for this 2011 edition of the Google Summer of Code. Yes, this means that I will make pitivi apply as a standalone "mentoring organization". I think the above wiki page and the current state of pitivi makes us able to do that. If the request is denied, then we can still work under the umbrella of GStreamer. Here are some outstanding questions I would like to solve: - Have we ever attempted applying directly as a mentoring organization, or have we always worked under the umbrella of GStreamer? - Who would like to be a mentor? -- Do you (as a mentor) have particular fields of interests/expertise? -- Are you able to mentor more than one student? -- How much time can you allocate to this? - Do we have an "application template" we would like students to use? - I don't remember exactly what was done in SoC older than 2010; what happened (successes and challenges) in 2007 and 2008, considering that so much has changed since then? - We thankfully never had to use this, but what is our plan for dealing with disappearing students or mentors? - What is our plan to ensure that our accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes? - Crack idea: do we have the possibility for European students (or anyone willing to travel) to work with the pros in Collabora's Barcelona office? - What will be our policy for merging and reviewing students' work? Do we have assigned reviewers/mergers in addition to mentors? I would like to have feedback on this as soon as possible. The deadline for us to apply is Friday, March 11th. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Pitivi-pitivi mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pitivi-pitivi
