Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:54:51 +0100 From: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, soc-admins@FreeBSD.org Subject: Google Summer of Code 2016, unified ping/ping6, traceroute/traceroute6, ... Message-ID: <3c7c36bc8d7f0bdb4e04466d3d506960@mailbox.ijs.si>
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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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