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On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 15:16 -0800, scott mc wrote:
> I've noticed that Allegro hasn't been part of Google Summer of Code.
> Have you ever applied or thought about applying? Google announced
> earlier today that they are going to have GSoC again this year:
> http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announced-at-lca.html
> Here's their FAQ:
> http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs
> I attended the Google Summer of Code mentor summit representing Haiku
> in 2010 and it sounded like they were looking to expand the program in
> 2011, perhaps doubling the size, but after discussion it seemed the
> consensus was that the program could expand by 20-30% or so and still
> get decent quality projects from the students. I'm not sure how much
> if any Google has decided to expand it or not. In 2010 I think there
> were 150 orgs that participated, with 300-400 applying.
>
Our problem in previous years was that we had no mentor volunteers nor
any students interested in it. Being a mentor is a lot of work after all
- need to come up with possible ideas and formulate them, read through
all the google stuff, with various deadlines and so on and then finally
look after the student.
Anyway, if anyone wants to be a GSoC mentor for Allegro or has an idea
what to work on as a student, there won't be any opposition from us :)
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Elias Pschernig <elias.pschernig@xxxxxxxxxx>