My understanding of the Apache process for working with GSoC is that each community will need to define a set of JIRA issues labeled with gsoc for inclusion in the list of mentored projects [1].
http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html -Matt >-----Original Message----- >From: Henry Saputra [mailto:henry.sapu...@gmail.com] >Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 4:56 PM >To: dev@shindig.apache.org >Subject: Re: Fwd: Google Summer of Code 2012 upcoming > >Ah so we just tell ASF the Shindig project available for GSoC students? > >- Henry > >On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Paul Lindner <lind...@inuus.com> wrote: >> Students can pick whatever they want to work on. It's just up to us to >> provide mentorship. >> >> I almost had someone for this last year, but she decided to work on another >> project. >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Henry Saputra ><henry.sapu...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I was thinking about adding analytics extension module to Shindig to >>> help analyzing user patterns on the gadgets and API calls. >>> >>> The only thing is with Shindig supporting both Java and PHP version I >>> am not sure if students could pick one version over the other or need >>> to implement in both languages >>> >>> - Henry >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Ryan J Baxter <rjbax...@us.ibm.com> >wrote: >>> > Sure, do you have something in mind? >>> > >>> > -Ryan >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > From: Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> >>> > To: dev@shindig.apache.org, >>> > Date: 03/04/2012 01:19 PM >>> > Subject: Fwd: Google Summer of Code 2012 upcoming >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Do you guys think this is a good opportunity to attract new contirbutors? >>> > >>> > With effort to align with OS 2.0 and 2.5 specs there could be some >>> > projects that Shindig community could offer >>> > >>> > - Henry >>> > >>> > >>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> > From: Ulrich Stärk <u...@apache.org> >>> > Date: Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:01 AM >>> > Subject: Google Summer of Code 2012 upcoming >>> > To: p...@apache.org >>> > Cc: d...@community.apache.org >>> > >>> > >>> > Hello PMCs, >>> > >>> > Google Summer of Code is the ideal opportunity for you to attract new >>> > contributors to your projects. >>> > >>> > If you want to participate with your project you NOW need to >>> > >>> > - understand what it means to be a mentor [1] >>> > - propose your project ideas. Just label your issues with gsoc2012 in >>> JIRA >>> > and >>> > they will show up at [2]. See also [1]. >>> > - subscribe to code-awa...@apache.org (restricted to potential >>> > mentors, meant to be used >>> > as a private list - general discussions on the public >>> > d...@community.apache.org list as much as possible please) >>> > >>> > The ASF will apply as a participating organization with GSoC, your >>> project >>> > doesn't need to do that. See [3] for more information. Note that the ASF >>> > isn't >>> > accepted yet, nevertheless you *really* should start recording your ideas >>> > now. >>> > >>> > Last year we had 38 students completing GSoC successfully, some of >which >>> > are >>> > now active contributors to the projects they worked on. Let's make this a >>> > success again this year! >>> > >>> > On behalf of the GSoC 2012 admins, >>> > >>> > Uli >>> > >>> > [1] http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html >>> > [2] http://s.apache.org/gsoc2012tasks >>> > [3] http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Paul Lindner -- lind...@inuus.com -- profiles.google.com/pmlindner