On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 08:20:34PM +0100, Remigiusz Modrzejewski wrote: > 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 thanks for the info, and sorry for the late reply Linux-VServer did register as organization with GSoC at the earliest possible time. the ideas suggested can be found here: http://linux-vserver.org/GSoC_Ideas we'll see what the GSoC folks decide soon ... best, Herbert > Kind regards, > Remigiusz 'lRem' Modrzejewski > > -- > Cz??onek Ko??a Naukowego Sfera > Administrator sphere.pl > JID: lrem@maxnet.org.pl > http://lrem.net