On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:37 AM, David Nemeskey <nemeskey.da...@sztaki.hu> wrote: > Hey Simon and all, > > May we get an update on this? I understand that Google has published the list > of accepted organizations, which -- not surprisingly -- includes the ASF. Is > there any information on how many slots Apache got, and which issues will be > selected? > > The student application period opens on the 28th, so I'm just wondering if I > should go ahead and apply or wait for the decision.
David, you should go ahead and apply via the GSoC website and reference the issue there this is how I understand it works. We will later rate the proposals from the GSoC website and decide which we choose. This is also when slots get assigned. simon > > Thanks, > David > > On 2011 March 11, Friday 17:23:58 Simon Willnauer wrote: >> Hey folks, >> >> Google Summer of Code 2011 is very close and the Project Applications >> Period has started recently. Now it's time to get some excited students >> on board for this year's GSoC. >> >> I encourage students to submit an application to the Google Summer of Code >> web-application. Lucene & Solr are amazing projects and GSoC is an >> incredible opportunity to join the community and push the project >> forward. >> >> If you are a student and you are interested spending some time on a >> great open source project while getting paid for it, you should submit >> your application from March 28 - April 8, 2011. There are only 3 >> weeks until this process starts! >> >> Quote from the GSoC website: "We hear almost universally from our >> mentoring organizations that the best applications they receive are >> from students who took the time to interact and discuss their ideas >> before submitting an application, so make sure to check out each >> organization's Ideas list to get to know a particular open source >> organization better." >> >> So if you have any ideas what Lucene & Solr should have, or if you >> find any of the GSoC pre-selected projects [1] interesting, please >> join us on dev@lucene.apache.org [2]. Since you as a student must >> apply for a certain project via the GSoC website [3], it's a good idea >> to work on it ahead of time and include the community and possible >> mentors as soon as possible. >> >> Open source development here at the Apache Software >> Foundation happens almost exclusively in the public and I encourage you to >> follow this. Don't mail folks privately; please use the mailing list to >> get the best possible visibility and attract interested community >> members and push your idea forward. As always, it's the idea that >> counts not the person! >> >> That said, please do not underestimate the complexity of even small >> "GSoC - Projects". Don't try to rewrite Lucene or Solr! A project >> usually gains more from a smaller, well discussed and carefully >> crafted & tested feature than from a half baked monster change that's >> too large to work with. >> >> Once your proposal has been accepted and you begin work, you should >> give the community the opportunity to iterate with you. We prefer >> "progress over perfection" so don't hesitate to describe your overall >> vision, but when the rubber meets the road let's take it in small >> steps. A code patch of 20 KB is likely to be reviewed very quickly so >> get fast feedback, while a patch even 60kb in size can take very >> - Hide quoted text - >> long. So try to break up your vision and the community will work with >> you to get things done! >> >> On behalf of the Lucene & Solr community, >> >> Go! join the mailing list and apply for GSoC 2011, >> >> Simon >> >> [1] >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQu >> ery=labels+%3D+lucene-gsoc-11 [2] >> http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/mailinglists.html >> [3] http://www.google-melange.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
