Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:20:34 +0100 Hi, As probably most of you have heard, Google is organizing a thing called /Summer of Code/. This is a program where they pay students to work on open source projects. This means, that projects who participate, may get some students to work for them full time for more than two months. On the other hand, the students get paid 4500$ for their work (and the project gets another 500$ per student). As all of us know, there are some areas where VServer could use some extra manhours. It's also a very interesting and widely-used project, probably attractive for many would-be GSoC students. Therefore I suggest trying to get Google Summer of Code students working on Linux-VServer. What needs to be done is: - form the needs into projects that can be realized by a single person in two months - find volunteers to be mentors for these projects - apply before the deadline of March 13 Mentor is a person that should have the skills and knowledge to lead the student - show him where to start, what to read, ask his questions, review his code and so on. He should be reasonably available through most of the time. Being a good mentor takes about 6-10 hours per week. What can be expected depends heavily on students individual capabilities, but at general a couple thousand lines of quality C code are realistic. On the other hand, participating at this kind of movements helps to promote the project (SoC receives a fair share of press attention, especially at universities). A good place to start reading would be the FAQ: http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html Kind regards, Remigiusz 'lRem' Modrzejewski -- Członek Koła Naukowego Sfera Administrator sphere.pl JID: lrem@maxnet.org.pl http://lrem.net