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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org> on 2012/03/05 16:25:51 UTC
GSoC 2012 is coming
Hi;
As you know, once each year Google selects projects that they
would like to fund by paying students for tasks.
The Google Summer of Code program is a huge opportunity for
projects like OpenOffice in order to achieve technical objectives
and to get new blood into in the project.
Being under the ASF umbrella greatly simplifies the administrative
efforts to participate in such program but still we have homework
to do:
1) We need good project ideas. These necessarily have to be
coding projects and have to have an estimated difficulty that
permits effective results in a summer.
2) We need mentors; that is, people with technical skills that
know what to be done and can provide help in the details. It
obviously also means people with time to review code and
guide complete newcomers to the code.
It is not specifically required but some logic would imply that:
1) Mentors will have to be committers to ensure the results
will become part of source tree.
2) Selected students will have to submit an ICLA.
3) A proposed project must be backed by a mentor.
I would also expect that being very optimistic we will get
very few slots for AOO: we are under friendly competition
with other Apache projects that are interesting for students
and that have experience dealing with GSoC students from
previous years.
best regards,
Pedro.
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>.
On 03/19/12 05:28, eric b wrote:
>
> I just proposed to become a mentor for Apache. Waiting for the answer
> :-)
>
> If accepted, I'll propose several subjects.
>
>
I think it's done the other way around: You propose ideas *now*
(the students are already looking for projects) and in the same
JIRA issue you propose to mentor.
>
>
> Where can we see all the current proposals ?
>
Other than the ideas I posted I haven't seen none. I think we should
have a general purpose Wiki page for development ideas.
Pedro.
[update] Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by eric b <er...@free.fr>.
Hi again,
Le 19 mars 12 à 18:42, eric b a écrit :
>
>
>> 2) As a mandatory pre-requisite make sure your Apache ID and
>> Melange link_id are mapped in [2]
>
>
> After a quick check, It isn't.
>
> What is the process to make it happen ? (shall I commit something ?)
>
Done : GsocLinkId.txt is now up to date.
Regards,
Eric
--
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L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:42 PM, eric b <er...@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Le 19 mars 12 à 18:12, Rob Weir a écrit :
>
>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:28 AM, eric b <er...@free.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Rob,
>>>
>>> Le 16 mars 12 à 23:01, Rob Weir a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi;
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Mar 6/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, if anyone has a good idea but doesn't have time to
>>>>>> mentor, please post your ideas. There might be someone
>>>>>> else who has time to mentor but could use some ideas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are some ideas:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It looks like Apache was accepted in GSoC 2012.:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone entering any proposals?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just proposed to become a mentor for Apache. Waiting for the answer
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> If accepted, I'll propose several subjects.
>>>
>>
>> It is a good idea to get your ideas listed ASAP.
>
>
>
> Ok, then I'll do.
>
>
>> Students are already browsing and asking questions. I'm already talking
>> to two students about one of my ODF Toolkit ideas.
>>
>
>
> Yes, they are fast ;-)
>
>
>
>> The proposal needs to get into JIRA and labeled "gsoc2012" and "mentor"
>> if you are mentoring it. See what I have here:
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ODFTOOLKIT-308
>>
>
>
> Reading, thanks.
>
>
>
>> Since our project doesn't use JIRA, you would could add to the Community
>> Development JIRA.
>>
>
> Sorry, I'm not sure I got what you mean :-/
>
> What shall I do ?
>
JIRA is here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa
(Some Apache projects use JIRA, some like AOO use Bugzilla, but the
GSoC issues all need to be in JIRA)
Create an account if you don't already have one. Put your idea into
JIRA, assigned to the "Community Development" project. The target
audience is the student, so put your proposal right into a new issue.
And then label the issue with "mentor" and "gsoc2012". A view based
on those labels is used to show the students the available projects
from Apache.
-Rob
>
>
>
>> The steps that were mailed out for signing up as a mentor are:
>>
>> ================
>>
>> If you are planning to mentor a student for this year's Google Summer
>> of Code for a ASF project, please follow the following steps:
>>
>> 1) Sign-in/Register and obtain your Melange link_id from GSOC website
>> [1]. If you have previously registered you can find your link_id
>> under "My Profile". If this is your first time, you will have to
>> first register and link your google account and obtain a link_id.
>
>
>
> Done, got one since 2006.
>
> If accepted could be something like my 5th participation as GSoC mentor :-)
>
>
>
>
>> 2) As a mandatory pre-requisite make sure your Apache ID and Melange
>> link_id are mapped in [2]
>
>
>
> After a quick check, It isn't.
>
> What is the process to make it happen ? (shall I commit something ?)
>
>
>
>>
>> 3) Go back to Melange website and sign up for ASF mentor, the direct
>> link for the same is [3]
>>
>
> "You have already applied to be a mentor for this organization"
>
>
>
>> Please don't do anything else yet, especially don't rate applications
>>
>
> I won't.
>
>
> Thanks for all the information.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>> when they start to coming in. We will inform you when to do that.
>> On-Behalf of gsoc-admins,
>> Suresh
>>
>> [1] - http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012
>> [2] https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/GsocLinkId.txt
>> [3] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
>>
>> ================
>
>
>
> --
> qɔᴉɹə
> Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
> L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
> Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news
>
>
>
>
>
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by eric b <er...@free.fr>.
Hi,
Le 19 mars 12 à 18:12, Rob Weir a écrit :
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:28 AM, eric b <er...@free.fr> wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> Le 16 mars 12 à 23:01, Rob Weir a écrit :
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi;
>>>>
>>>> --- Mar 6/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, if anyone has a good idea but doesn't have time to
>>>>> mentor, please post your ideas. There might be someone
>>>>> else who has time to mentor but could use some ideas.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here are some ideas:
>>>>
>>>
>>> It looks like Apache was accepted in GSoC 2012.:
>>>
>>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
>>>
>>> Is anyone entering any proposals?
>>
>>
>> I just proposed to become a mentor for Apache. Waiting for the
>> answer :-)
>>
>> If accepted, I'll propose several subjects.
>>
>
> It is a good idea to get your ideas listed ASAP.
Ok, then I'll do.
> Students are already browsing and asking questions. I'm already
> talking to two students about one of my ODF Toolkit ideas.
>
Yes, they are fast ;-)
> The proposal needs to get into JIRA and labeled "gsoc2012" and
> "mentor" if you are mentoring it. See what I have here:
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ODFTOOLKIT-308
>
Reading, thanks.
> Since our project doesn't use JIRA, you would could add to the
> Community Development JIRA.
>
Sorry, I'm not sure I got what you mean :-/
What shall I do ?
> The steps that were mailed out for signing up as a mentor are:
>
> ================
>
> If you are planning to mentor a student for this year's Google Summer
> of Code for a ASF project, please follow the following steps:
>
> 1) Sign-in/Register and obtain your Melange link_id from GSOC website
> [1]. If you have previously registered you can find your link_id
> under "My Profile". If this is your first time, you will have to
> first register and link your google account and obtain a link_id.
Done, got one since 2006.
If accepted could be something like my 5th participation as GSoC
mentor :-)
> 2) As a mandatory pre-requisite make sure your Apache ID and
> Melange link_id are mapped in [2]
After a quick check, It isn't.
What is the process to make it happen ? (shall I commit something ?)
>
> 3) Go back to Melange website and sign up for ASF mentor, the direct
> link for the same is [3]
>
"You have already applied to be a mentor for this organization"
> Please don't do anything else yet, especially don't rate applications
>
I won't.
Thanks for all the information.
Eric
> when they start to coming in. We will inform you when to do that.
> On-Behalf of gsoc-admins,
> Suresh
>
> [1] - http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012
> [2] https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/GsocLinkId.txt
> [3] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
>
> ================
--
qɔᴉɹə
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:28 AM, eric b <er...@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Le 16 mars 12 à 23:01, Rob Weir a écrit :
>
>
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi;
>>>
>>> --- Mar 6/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also, if anyone has a good idea but doesn't have time to
>>>> mentor, please post your ideas. There might be someone
>>>> else who has time to mentor but could use some ideas.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here are some ideas:
>>>
>>
>> It looks like Apache was accepted in GSoC 2012.:
>>
>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
>>
>> Is anyone entering any proposals?
>
>
> I just proposed to become a mentor for Apache. Waiting for the answer :-)
>
> If accepted, I'll propose several subjects.
>
It is a good idea to get your ideas listed ASAP. Students are already
browsing and asking questions. I'm already talking to two students
about one of my ODF Toolkit ideas.
The proposal needs to get into JIRA and labeled "gsoc2012" and
"mentor" if you are mentoring it. See what I have here:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ODFTOOLKIT-308
Since our project doesn't use JIRA, you would could add to the
Community Development JIRA.
The steps that were mailed out for signing up as a mentor are:
================
If you are planning to mentor a student for this year's Google Summer
of Code for a ASF project, please follow the following steps:
1) Sign-in/Register and obtain your Melange link_id from GSOC website
[1]. If you have previously registered you can find your link_id
under "My Profile". If this is your first time, you will have to
first register and link your google account and obtain a link_id.
2) As a mandatory pre-requisite make sure your Apache ID and Melange
link_id are mapped in [2]
3) Go back to Melange website and sign up for ASF mentor, the direct
link for the same is [3]
Please don't do anything else yet, especially don't rate applications
when they start to coming in. We will inform you when to do that.
On-Behalf of gsoc-admins,
Suresh
[1] - http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012
[2] https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/GsocLinkId.txt
[3] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
================
>
>
>
>> It looks like Pedro had some good ideas here. I entered one on the ODF
>> Toolkit project, where I can be
>> more "hands on" with the coding.
>>
>
>
> Where can we see all the current proposals ?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> --
> qɔᴉɹə
> Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
> L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
> Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news
>
>
>
>
>
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by eric b <er...@free.fr>.
Hi Rob,
Le 16 mars 12 à 23:01, Rob Weir a écrit :
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Hi;
>>
>> --- Mar 6/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>> ...
>>>
>>> Also, if anyone has a good idea but doesn't have time to
>>> mentor, please post your ideas. There might be someone
>>> else who has time to mentor but could use some ideas.
>>>
>>
>> Here are some ideas:
>>
>
> It looks like Apache was accepted in GSoC 2012.:
>
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
>
> Is anyone entering any proposals?
I just proposed to become a mentor for Apache. Waiting for the
answer :-)
If accepted, I'll propose several subjects.
> It looks like Pedro had some good ideas here. I entered one on the
> ODF Toolkit project, where I can be
> more "hands on" with the coding.
>
Where can we see all the current proposals ?
Thanks,
Eric
--
qɔᴉɹə
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>.
Hello;
--- Ven 16/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>
> It looks like Apache was accepted in GSoC 2012.:
>
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
>
> Is anyone entering any proposals? It looks like Pedro
> had some good ideas here.
I did offer some ideas but I am pretty new to this
code base (really!) so I would prefer someone else
in the role of mentor. If there is an option to
co-mentor I'd be glad to help but someone else
should lead.
Pedro.
>
> > Clang port.
> >
> > This is desirable to help keep the code very portable
> and
> > clean and is also a good opportunity for someone
> wanting
> > to polish his/her C++ skills, but beyond this it is
> > critical to maintain the MacOS X port working with the
> > latest tools. Ideally we should commit the gnumake4
> CWS
> > before this since it solves a issue defining the C
> > compiler.
> >
> > Adding support for CardDav addressbooks.
> >
> > Shipping Seamonkey is rather inconvenient for us in
> AOO,
> > it's also a huge package to carry and build only
> > to support external addressbooks. Supporting WebDav,
> > perhaps with the help of the Mulberry vCard Library,
> > would enable us to support standard addressbooks.
> > Familiarity with Webdav is required for this project.
> > More information is here:
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/IP_Clearance_Address+Book
> >
> > Report builder as an external extension.
> >
> > This may also be applicable for the wordperfect filter
> > or the mysql connector: we cannot ship this
> functionality
> > with Apache OO due to licensing issues but making them
> > available through external extensions in Apache Extras
> > would be just fine. Some familiarity with the UNO API
> > is a prerequisite.
> >
> > PDF import extension
> >
> > We need to replace xpdf with Apache PDFBox or
> something
> > similar and add support OCR support with something
> like
> > Tesseract: http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/
> >
> > I think that's enough ... for now ;).
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Pedro.
>
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> --- Mar 6/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
> ...
>>
>> Also, if anyone has a good idea but doesn't have time to
>> mentor, please post your ideas. There might be someone
>> else who has time to mentor but could use some ideas.
>>
>
> Here are some ideas:
>
It looks like Apache was accepted in GSoC 2012.:
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache
Is anyone entering any proposals? It looks like Pedro had some good
ideas here. I entered one on the ODF Toolkit project, where I can be
more "hands on" with the coding.
-Rob
> Clang port.
>
> This is desirable to help keep the code very portable and
> clean and is also a good opportunity for someone wanting
> to polish his/her C++ skills, but beyond this it is
> critical to maintain the MacOS X port working with the
> latest tools. Ideally we should commit the gnumake4 CWS
> before this since it solves a issue defining the C
> compiler.
>
> Adding support for CardDav addressbooks.
>
> Shipping Seamonkey is rather inconvenient for us in AOO,
> it's also a huge package to carry and build only
> to support external addressbooks. Supporting WebDav,
> perhaps with the help of the Mulberry vCard Library,
> would enable us to support standard addressbooks.
> Familiarity with Webdav is required for this project.
> More information is here:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/IP_Clearance_Address+Book
>
> Report builder as an external extension.
>
> This may also be applicable for the wordperfect filter
> or the mysql connector: we cannot ship this functionality
> with Apache OO due to licensing issues but making them
> available through external extensions in Apache Extras
> would be just fine. Some familiarity with the UNO API
> is a prerequisite.
>
> PDF import extension
>
> We need to replace xpdf with Apache PDFBox or something
> similar and add support OCR support with something like
> Tesseract: http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/
>
> I think that's enough ... for now ;).
>
> cheers,
>
> Pedro.
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>.
Hi;
--- Mar 6/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
...
>
> Also, if anyone has a good idea but doesn't have time to
> mentor, please post your ideas. There might be someone
> else who has time to mentor but could use some ideas.
>
Here are some ideas:
Clang port.
This is desirable to help keep the code very portable and
clean and is also a good opportunity for someone wanting
to polish his/her C++ skills, but beyond this it is
critical to maintain the MacOS X port working with the
latest tools. Ideally we should commit the gnumake4 CWS
before this since it solves a issue defining the C
compiler.
Adding support for CardDav addressbooks.
Shipping Seamonkey is rather inconvenient for us in AOO,
it's also a huge package to carry and build only
to support external addressbooks. Supporting WebDav,
perhaps with the help of the Mulberry vCard Library,
would enable us to support standard addressbooks.
Familiarity with Webdav is required for this project.
More information is here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/IP_Clearance_Address+Book
Report builder as an external extension.
This may also be applicable for the wordperfect filter
or the mysql connector: we cannot ship this functionality
with Apache OO due to licensing issues but making them
available through external extensions in Apache Extras
would be just fine. Some familiarity with the UNO API
is a prerequisite.
PDF import extension
We need to replace xpdf with Apache PDFBox or something
similar and add support OCR support with something like
Tesseract: http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/
I think that's enough ... for now ;).
cheers,
Pedro.
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com> wrote:
> in reply to at least some of Robs queries:
>
> Google Summer of Code is the ideal opportunity for you to attract new
> contributors to your projects.
>
I just entered a proposal for the ODF Toolkit project:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ODFTOOLKIT-308
It would be great if we had a few proposals for OpenOffice as well.
Anyone want to be a GSoC mentor? You can get started by reading
here:
http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html
Also, if anyone has a good idea but doesn't have time to mentor,
please post your ideas. There might be someone else who has time to
mentor but could use some ideas.
-Rob
> If you want to participate with your project you NOW need to
>
> - understand what it means to be a mentor [1] - propose your project ideas.
> Just label your issues with gsoc2012 in JIRA and they will show up at [2].
> See also [1]. - subscribe to code-awards@apache.org (restricted to
> potential mentors, meant to be used as a private list - general discussions
> on the public dev@community.apache.org list as much as possible please)
>
> The ASF will apply as a participating organization with GSoC, your project
> doesn't need to do that. See [3] for more information. Note that the ASF
> isn't accepted yet, nevertheless you *really* should start recording your
> ideas now.
>
> Last year we had 38 students completing GSoC successfully, some of which
> are now active contributors to the projects they worked on. Let's make this
> a success again this year!
>
> On behalf of the GSoC 2012 admins,
>
> Uli
>
> [1] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html [2]
> http://s.apache.org/gsoc2012tasks [3] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html
>
> Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity.
> On Mar 5, 2012 6:16 PM, "Pedro Giffuni" <pf...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> --- Lun 5/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>>
>> >
>> > Looking at the timeframe for this, it looks like the program
>> > is mainly mid-May through mid-August. So this will be after
>> > AOO 3.4 is out, but before AOO 4.0 is out.
>> >
>>
>> I think we will likely start using branches for some
>> projects by then.
>>
>> > Does it need to be be core AOO C++ code projects? Or
>> > could it be, for example, test suite development in
>> > Java? What about OpenOffice extensions?
>> >
>>
>> Both are pretty valid. I meant you can forget about
>> marketing, documentation, or translation projects. Google
>> Code-in is more appropriate for that.
>>
>> FWIW, the process has been revised several times by Google
>> but there will likely be a midterm evaluations and final
>> evaluations, ohh and mentors are also paid.
>>
>> >
>> > Maybe we can get started by collecting ideas on a wiki
>> > page?
>> >
>>
>> Absolutely. I highly recommend using a format with
>> at least this fields:
>>
>> [Project Idea Title]
>>
>> [Contact information]
>>
>> [Project Description ....]
>>
>> [Links]
>>
>>
>> Pedro.
>>
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com>.
in reply to at least some of Robs queries:
Google Summer of Code is the ideal opportunity for you to attract new
contributors to your projects.
If you want to participate with your project you NOW need to
- understand what it means to be a mentor [1] - propose your project ideas.
Just label your issues with gsoc2012 in JIRA and they will show up at [2].
See also [1]. - subscribe to code-awards@apache.org (restricted to
potential mentors, meant to be used as a private list - general discussions
on the public dev@community.apache.org list as much as possible please)
The ASF will apply as a participating organization with GSoC, your project
doesn't need to do that. See [3] for more information. Note that the ASF
isn't accepted yet, nevertheless you *really* should start recording your
ideas now.
Last year we had 38 students completing GSoC successfully, some of which
are now active contributors to the projects they worked on. Let's make this
a success again this year!
On behalf of the GSoC 2012 admins,
Uli
[1] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html [2]
http://s.apache.org/gsoc2012tasks [3] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity.
On Mar 5, 2012 6:16 PM, "Pedro Giffuni" <pf...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>
> --- Lun 5/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>
> >
> > Looking at the timeframe for this, it looks like the program
> > is mainly mid-May through mid-August. So this will be after
> > AOO 3.4 is out, but before AOO 4.0 is out.
> >
>
> I think we will likely start using branches for some
> projects by then.
>
> > Does it need to be be core AOO C++ code projects? Or
> > could it be, for example, test suite development in
> > Java? What about OpenOffice extensions?
> >
>
> Both are pretty valid. I meant you can forget about
> marketing, documentation, or translation projects. Google
> Code-in is more appropriate for that.
>
> FWIW, the process has been revised several times by Google
> but there will likely be a midterm evaluations and final
> evaluations, ohh and mentors are also paid.
>
> >
> > Maybe we can get started by collecting ideas on a wiki
> > page?
> >
>
> Absolutely. I highly recommend using a format with
> at least this fields:
>
> [Project Idea Title]
>
> [Contact information]
>
> [Project Description ....]
>
> [Links]
>
>
> Pedro.
>
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>.
--- Lun 5/3/12, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ha scritto:
>
> Looking at the timeframe for this, it looks like the program
> is mainly mid-May through mid-August. So this will be after
> AOO 3.4 is out, but before AOO 4.0 is out.
>
I think we will likely start using branches for some
projects by then.
> Does it need to be be core AOO C++ code projects? Or
> could it be, for example, test suite development in
> Java? What about OpenOffice extensions?
>
Both are pretty valid. I meant you can forget about
marketing, documentation, or translation projects. Google
Code-in is more appropriate for that.
FWIW, the process has been revised several times by Google
but there will likely be a midterm evaluations and final
evaluations, ohh and mentors are also paid.
>
> Maybe we can get started by collecting ideas on a wiki
> page?
>
Absolutely. I highly recommend using a format with
at least this fields:
[Project Idea Title]
[Contact information]
[Project Description ....]
[Links]
Pedro.
Re: GSoC 2012 is coming
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> As you know, once each year Google selects projects that they
> would like to fund by paying students for tasks.
> The Google Summer of Code program is a huge opportunity for
> projects like OpenOffice in order to achieve technical objectives
> and to get new blood into in the project.
>
> Being under the ASF umbrella greatly simplifies the administrative
> efforts to participate in such program but still we have homework
> to do:
>
Looking at the timeline here:
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012
Mentoring organizations (that would be the ASF) have until this Friday
to apply. Assuming ASF is approved,
Google notifies the accepted organizations on March 16h.
Students look at open projects from the 17th through the 25th,
So, if we want to be involved, we need to move fast.
But I'm not sure who "we" is. Do Apache projects, including podlings
apply for this? Or is it up to individual GSoC mentors to do this?
Is there any community or PMC review or approval required?
> 1) We need good project ideas. These necessarily have to be
> coding projects and have to have an estimated difficulty that
> permits effective results in a summer.
Looking at the timeframe for this, it looks like the program is mainly
mid-May through mid-August. So this will be after AOO 3.4 is out, but
before AOO 4.0 is out.
Does it need to be be core AOO C++ code projects? Or could it be, for
example, test suite development in Java? What about OpenOffice
extensions?
> 2) We need mentors; that is, people with technical skills that
> know what to be done and can provide help in the details. It
> obviously also means people with time to review code and
> guide complete newcomers to the code.
>
> It is not specifically required but some logic would imply that:
> 1) Mentors will have to be committers to ensure the results
> will become part of source tree.
> 2) Selected students will have to submit an ICLA.
> 3) A proposed project must be backed by a mentor.
>
> I would also expect that being very optimistic we will get
> very few slots for AOO: we are under friendly competition
> with other Apache projects that are interesting for students
> and that have experience dealing with GSoC students from
> previous years.
>
Maybe we can get started by collecting ideas on a wiki page?
> best regards,
>
> Pedro.