On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:18 AM, Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 06:15:40PM -0800, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > > > I'm not on the DBI mailing list, but it seems like DBI should have a > > primary presence under the TPF Summer of Code umbrella. If the DBI > > community hasn't already made arrangements for applying as its own > > entity, please forward this along. > > > > Is anybody interested in mentoring students who want to submit > > DBI-related/using proposals for Google's Summer of Code? I'm trying to > > get together a proposal for The Perl Foundation this year, but if > > google is going to let us in this year, we need to redeem ourselves by > > gathering a sizable number of willing mentors and project ideas before > > the 8th. > > > > I would also like two volunteers to manage the DBI neck of the woods. > > That is, you will herd the cats and I will herd you ;-) If you're > > interested in managing, please join me in #soc on irc.perl.org or > > e-mail me directly. (This assumes that we have sufficient number of > > willing mentors in the DBI department to warrant management.) > > > > Potential mentors, please add yourselves and your project ideas here: > > > > http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_mentors > > http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects > > > > If you hate wikis as much as I do, please visit this handy form and I > > will batch the wiki edits on your behalf. > > > > http://scratchcomputing.com/loveperlhatewiki.html > > I've added myself as a mentor and I'm sending this to the dbi-users and > dbi-announce lists. > > I've also added a description of a DBI project I'd really like someone to > pick up and run with: > > http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects#dbi >
One more site, one more password to remember. Oh well... I've added myself as a possible mentor, and listed DBI as the area of interest. Admittedly, my interest is as much in ensuring that the tests can run with DBD::Informix as anything else - there are enough idiosyncracies to keep students happy for a long time. So, I'm willing to assist in the mentoring, but would hope/expect to have at least one other major DBMS driver writer on the team to ensure that things stay balanced. I need my head seeing to. I must remember that word, what is it now? ... Oh, yes; I remember. "No". Another time, perhaps. :) -- Jonathan Leffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2008.0229 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused."
