Hey Gris, podlings are projects which are still in the incubator. I suspect Kevin meant to send this email to gene...@incubator.apache.org
: o), Myrle On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 6:38 PM Griselda Cuevas <g...@google.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi Kevin, what are podlings? > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 10:29 AM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org > wrote: > > > Podlings, please take a look at this and ask me questions. This can be > > a great way of getting some fresh eyes on a project. > > > > > > Regards, > > KAM > > > > > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Subject: Google Summer of Code 2019 is coming > > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:50:23 +0700 > > From: Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: ment...@community.apache.org > > To: ment...@community.apache.org > > > > > > > > Hello PMCs (incubator Mentors, please forward this email to your > podlings), > > > > Google Summer of Code [1] is a program sponsored by Google allowing > > students to spend their summer > > working on open source software. Students will receive stipends for > > developing open source software > > full-time for three months. Projects will provide mentoring and > > project ideas, and in return have > > the chance to get new code developed and - most importantly - to > > identify and bring in new committers. > > > > The ASF will apply as a participating organization meaning individual > > projects don't have to apply separately. > > > > If you want to participate with your project we ask you to do the > > following things by no later than > > 2019-01-31 19:00 UTC (applications from organizations close a week later) > > > > 1. understand what it means to be a mentor [2]. > > > > 2. record your project ideas. > > > > Just create issues in JIRA, label them with gsoc2019, and they will > > show up at [3]. Please be as > > specific as possible when describing your idea. Include the > > programming language, the tools and > > skills required, but try not to scare potential students away. They > > are supposed to learn what's > > required before the program starts. > > > > Use labels, e.g. for the programming language (java, c, c++, erlang, > > python, brainfuck, ...) or > > technology area (cloud, xml, web, foo, bar, ...). > > > > Please use the COMDEV JIRA project for recording your ideas if your > > project doesn't use JIRA (e.g. > > httpd, ooo). Contact dev@community.apache.org if you need assistance. > > > > [4] contains some additional information (will be updated for 2019 > > shortly). > > > > 3. subscribe to ment...@community.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). Use a recognized address when subscribing (@apache.org or one > > of your alias addresses on > > record). > > > > Note that the ASF isn't accepted as a participating organization yet, > > nevertheless you *have to* > > start recording your ideas now or we might not get accepted. > > > > Over the years we were able to complete hundreds of projects > > successfully. Some of our prior > > students are active contributors now! Let's make this year a success > again! > > > > P.S.: this email is free to be shared publicly if you want to. > > > > [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ > > [2] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html > > [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=labels+%3D+gsoc2019 > > [4] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html > > >
