Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:46:21 +0530 From: Rohit Dua <8ohit.dua@gmail.com> To: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, soc-admins@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code 2016, unified ping/ping6, traceroute/traceroute6, ... Message-ID: <CAKh%2BL72w2V5bL310h24QoMA2AqmGiPy4aMoxFJ%2BNR%2BzsWSUzng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3c7c36bc8d7f0bdb4e04466d3d506960@mailbox.ijs.si> References: <3c7c36bc8d7f0bdb4e04466d3d506960@mailbox.ijs.si>
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Hi I'm willing to work on this project for GSOC 2016. I'm looking forward to a more elaborate description on these topics. I'm not sure but can't we just use the freebsd-net mailing list for these GSOC project(s) Thanks Rohit Dua On 9 Feb 2016 23:24, "Mark Martinec" <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> wrote: > There is now a timeline published for Google Summer of Code 2016: > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline > > Will FreeBSD apply for this year's participation in GSoC 2016? > > I'm not a committer or a mentor, although last year I have > submitted two ideas for GSoC projects, for which I still have > great interest as a user: > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Task_name.2A:_Unified_ping_and_ping6 > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Task_name.2A:_Unified_traceroute_and_traceroute6 > > Last year there were two or three seemingly highly qualified and > motivated candidates for these two tasks. This year I have just > received a query from a new interested candidate. Unfortunately, > despite posting to freebsd-hackers ML and possibly elsewhere, > last year these candidates did not receive any reply (apart > from mine, suggesting contacts and indicated on a Wiki page). > > So the problem is finding a mentor that is willing to accept > the task of mentoring these two projects. I'm willing to > participate with comments, review and technical suggestions, > but someone (or preferably two persons) familiar with FreeBSD > coding styles and practices is needed, and to fill the > GSoC role of a mentor. Finding an interested qualified mentor > is also probably a pre-requisite that a student's work won't be > in vain and get a chance of being adopted in a FreeBSD project. > > I'm willing to elaborate more on my two proposed projects, > as the submission form (links above) had a word count limit > on a project description and on justifying a need. > > Is there a better mailing list that freebsd-hackers@ to cover > GSoC topics? > > Mark >
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