Brian Cameron wrote: > > Ghee: > >> Where is the communication channel? I would like to submit project and >> also consolidate project ideas from the Desktop side. > > I know the GNOME community is going to do GSOC this year, so if there > are desktop related projects, it might make more sense to submit them > via the GNOME community rather than Sun, unless you are planning to > submit a Sun-specific desktop project. I would not call it Sun-specific desktop project. There should be *not* Sun specific project. There should be only OpenSolaris specific projects here. I am talking about GSOC for OpenSolaris.
Yes, GNOME is the right place for the desktop projects, there were over 200 submissions last year in GNOME and Google has given GNOME funding for 40 projects. However, there are technologies which are very much OpenSolaris specific (though not exclusively) such as DTrace/ZFS/SMF probably harder to get patches upstream in GNOME. Though it is not impossible. I believe the OpenSolaris community can contribute to the greater values for FOSS by developing the OpenSolaris technologies even on the desktop and in time to come may even give back to GNOME (dreaming of the day when DTrace/ZFS is part of the Linux offering). I like to see some native/orignal development in OpenSolaris, GSOC can be a excellent source to stimulate that development. -Ghee > > The odds of a project getting a knowledgeable mentor would be better > using the GNOME community since there are many more GNOME developers in > the overall GNOME community than at Sun alone. > > Brian > > >>> On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:54 AM, John Sonnenschein wrote: >>> >>>> Hey everyone. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if we're putting together a bid for GSoC this year? >>>> Applications open on the 9th. I'd be interested in helping out by >>>> mentoring or just helping put together the bid. >>>> >>>> -JohnS >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> opensolaris-discuss mailing list >>>> opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> request-sponsor mailing list >>> request-sponsor at opensolaris.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> request-sponsor mailing list >> request-sponsor at opensolaris.org >
