Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-14 Thread Thomas Schilling
As Heinrich said, write a proposal. It's a good idea to write one (or more) before the actual deadline since that will leave enough time for discussion. The proposal is not just between you and the mentors -- it's a good thing to have a public discussion about this, and it's a good way to find a

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-14 Thread Heinrich Apfelmus
Johan Tibell wrote: Hi all, Here's a heads-up that this year's Google of Code is kicking off. My experience from the last few years is that we can maximize the output we get from GSoC by being proactive and writing down semi-detailed explanations of what kind of projects we'd like to see, instea

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-14 Thread Heinrich Apfelmus
Sergiu Ivanov wrote: Heinrich Apfelmus wrote: What's the time frame for project proposals? I have two ideas in my head that I think are unusually cool. To make a successful SOC project, they need a bit of preparation on my part, though, so I'm wondering how much time I have to implement a proof

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-14 Thread Heinrich Apfelmus
Andrei Varanovich wrote: One question to more experienced GSoC'ers. I do understand that this is important to find mentors in advance. As soon as I think nowadays it is critical for the programming language ecosystem to handle BigData [1], have a proposal to implement HDFS [1] support for CloudH

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-14 Thread Andrei Varanovich
Hi all, One question to more experienced GSoC'ers. I do understand that this is important to find mentors in advance. As soon as I think nowadays it is critical for the programming language ecosystem to handle BigData [1], have a proposal to implement HDFS [1] support for CloudHaskell [2] with som

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-13 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Heinrich Apfelmus wrote: > > What's the time frame for project proposals? I have two ideas in my head > that I think are unusually cool. To make a successful SOC project, they need > a bit of preparation on my part, though, so I'm wondering how much time I

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-13 Thread Johan Tibell
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Heinrich Apfelmus < apfel...@quantentunnel.de> wrote: > What's the time frame for project proposals? I have two ideas in my head > that I think are unusually cool. To make a successful SOC project, they > need a bit of preparation on my part, though, so I'm wonderi

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-13 Thread Heinrich Apfelmus
Johan Tibell wrote: Here's a heads-up that this year's Google of Code is kicking off. My experience from the last few years is that we can maximize the output we get from GSoC by being proactive and writing down semi-detailed explanations of what kind of projects we'd like to see, instead of lett

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-06 Thread Rogan Creswick
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Johan Tibell wrote: > >  2. Advertise the projects on haskell-cafe, reddit, twitter, Google+ Does anyone know if the GSOC trac is in use this year? (or will be?). I started advocating for an extension to cabal to specify Setup.hs build dependencies last year, wit

[Haskell-cafe] Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

2012-02-06 Thread Johan Tibell
Hi all, Here's a heads-up that this year's Google of Code is kicking off. My experience from the last few years is that we can maximize the output we get from GSoC by being proactive and writing down semi-detailed explanations of what kind of projects we'd like to see, instead of letting the stude