Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 06:31:09PM +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Likewise, if they want to contribute to some other project under the PSF > umbrella, they can start talking to the respective developers on the > respective channels. We could have a landing page listed in the topic of IRC pointi

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I'm a little confused by the > http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2011 page though. If I'm a > *member* of an approved project (CPython in this case), can I just add > an entry to the table? Or do I need to do something first to be > approved as a prospective mentor? It's a wiki, so feel f

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:19 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> Experimenting with this idea became significantly more feasible since >> Brett wrote importlib, but would still require a strong understanding >> of Python's import system. I suspect even a proof of concept that was >> tested against just

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 04.03.2011 13:35, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:35:38 +0100 > "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again >> be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later >> today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Are proof-of-concept projects acceptable as GSoC projects? I'd say so. It's more rewarding (both for the student and the project) if the code has a chance to be integrated, at least in principle. However, doing a project and then finding out that the real solution should be similar but different

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Would you consider working on benchmarking (http://speed.pypy.org but > also infrastructure for running it) a part of core GSoC work? I can > imagine this to be useful not only for pypy and preferably also > running CPython trunk on benchmarks. IMO, the question really is if this is "primarily"

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:35:38 +0100 "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again > be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later > today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects. We've had a couple of people asking questions abo

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:35 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again > be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later > today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects. > > Traditionally, people (students and other project

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:35 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again > be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later > today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects. > > Traditionally, people (students and other projec

[Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects. Traditionally, people (students and other projects) have been willing to give the Python Core the highest attention