Do you think it'd be good for the project, to get a Crash Detection and Reporting Tool, Apport, into Debian.
Apport (and abrtd in the Fedora world) are system-wide tools that intercept any crashes reported by the kernel, and do their best to generate a complete and developer friendly report. For many apps and libraries that crash in the background, the end-user has no idea of such issues. I'd like to propose a revival of apport for Debian, through this SoC, if accepted. What do you guys think ? Will this qualify as a SoC for Debian ? PS: This is the first time I'm proposing something like this. I may need your help to comply with the process. On 02/13/2015 01:49 PM, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Do you feel that it's been a long time since Debian participated in a > mentoring > program? Well, fear not, this is your lucky day: Google Summer of Code [0] is > starting its 11th edition right now, and the Debian Project will be applying > for a mentoring organization spot again this year, for the tenth time [1]. > > Our application can only be accepted if we have published a list of project > proposals by the time Google reviews organization applications. Google ends > their review on February 27th, so we need your help! > > = What does Google Summer of Code do for Debian? = > > Google Summer of Code is a series of student internships, paid in full by > Google, where the student works for a Free Software organization such as > Debian > during the summer, and receives a stipend if the project is successful. > > We have found that GSoC is a good way to get new (and old) contributors > interested in the parts of Debian that you consider important, and to keep > some > of them involved with Debian even after the program ends. > > Putting together project proposals for GSoC allows you to showcase your part > of > the project, in part for prospective GSoC students, but also for the Debian > community at large. > > = How do I propose a project for an intern? = > > If you have an idea for a project, please do TWO things: > - Publish the idea on the wiki page [2], filling out the template > - Drop us a mail on the coordination mailing-list [3,4] > > This two-step process helps us track project ideas and allows us to discuss > the > project proposals in detail (scope-wise and length-wise). You need to know (or > remember) that the raw coding phase for GSoC lasts a bit less than three > months, and therefore plan the project accordingly. > > If you're a student, and you have an idea for a project, please submit it too! > Everyone (Member of the Debian project or not, student or not) is welcome to > submit their ideas, and to try and find people willing to mentor the projects. > > However, the project wiki page is split in two parts: "Project ideas" and > "Projects with confirmed mentors". Please put your project in the right > section, and note that mentors are critical to the success of a GSoC project. > We WILL remove "Projects ideas" without confirmed mentors before the student > application period starts. > > Don't panic! mentoring takes time, but not _that_ much time, and all the less > if you find a motivated co-mentor (something we very strongly encourage you to > do). Furthermore, we admins will be here all the way to help you when and if > you need it. > > Should you need help about drafting a project proposal, or anything else > related to GSoC, please drop us a mail on the ML [3,4], or drop by on our IRC > channel [5], and we'll see what we can do! > > Cheers, > - Nicolas, Sylvestre and Tom, your GSoC'15 admins > > [0] https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/ > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015 > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015/Projects > [3] [email protected] > [4] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination > [5] irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-soc -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System
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