From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: [RFH] GSoC 2015 application Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:32:34 -0500 Message-ID: <20150218193234.GA8298@peff.net> References: <20150218191417.GA7767@peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: msysGit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Feb 18 20:32:43 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YOAMU-0000fX-BS for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:32:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752321AbbBRTch (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:32:37 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:50683 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751531AbbBRTcg (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:32:36 -0500 Received: (qmail 5392 invoked by uid 102); 18 Feb 2015 19:32:36 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.1) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:32:36 -0600 Received: (qmail 20411 invoked by uid 107); 18 Feb 2015 19:32:44 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:32:44 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:32:34 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150218191417.GA7767@peff.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Cc-ing this to the msysgit list, which I should have done in the first place. Certainly ideas specific to Git for Windows would be welcome. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 02:14:17PM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > The response to my previous email was not overwhelming, but people did > express some interest in Git doing GSoC this year. So I've started on > the application, using last year's version as a template. > > The materials are all in: > > https://github.com/git/git.github.io > > If you'd like to help, I'm happy to take emailed patches, pull requests, > or just plain-English suggestions. If you want push access to that > repository, email me. > > A draft of the application is here: > > http://git.github.io/SoC-2015-Org-Application.html > > The questions are the same as last year, so with the exception of some > reviewing and updating for the new year, this shouldn't be too much > work. I do need somebody to volunteer as backup admin. This doesn't need > to involve any specific commitment, but is mostly about what to do if I > get hit by a bus. Of course helping with application review, > coordinating mentors, etc, is welcome from the backup admin. > > Where I really need help now is in the "ideas" page: > > http://git.github.io/SoC-2015-Ideas.html > > and the list of microprojects: > > http://git.github.io/SoC-2015-Microprojects.html > > Note that I've listed microprojects as required for students this year > (whereas last year, we only strongly encouraged them). I think they > worked very well, but that requirement is up for debate. > > We may be able to port over ideas or microprojects from last year, but I > want to do so only after somebody has confirmed that they are still in > need of doing. And of course new ideas and microprojects are very > welcome. > > The students will not begin looking at these until the participating > projects are announced. But the GSoC folks _will_ be looking at the > Ideas page, which is linked from the application. So while we can tweak > it later, it needs to have content now (in the next 48 hours). So if you > must choose which to focus your efforts on, do Ideas first. > > -Peff