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As many of you know by now, Gentoo has been chosen to fill one of the |
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last spaces in this year's Google Summer of Code. This is a great |
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opportunity for developers and users to interact and help out Gentoo as |
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well as the OSS community. |
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For those of you who haven't heard of Google's Summer of Code, here is a |
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quick overview. Google's SoC is an initiative whereby Google funds the |
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development of a selected number of OSS projects. This year, only |
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students are allowed to do actual development for Google's SoC. But |
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anyone who is a Gentoo developer can mentor a Student on one of the |
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projects for which Gentoo is the Mentoring Organization. |
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The role of a Mentor is as someone who has knowledge in the project |
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domain and can assist the student in a strategic development role, as |
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opposed to actually writing code. Mentors are involved in evaluating |
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the work of the student and monitoring the project's progress, and is |
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also instrumental in enabling the student to complete the project by |
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providing the student with the tools needed to complete the project |
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(think about someone who needs read-only cvs access to the tree, for |
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example). |
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Prospective Mentors: |
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All Gentoo developers should have received the mail sent to -core about |
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Gentoo's acceptance into Google SoC. The information and links to sign |
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up as a Mentor for Gentoo are enclosed in that mail, whose message ID |
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has been provided for your reference [1]. If you are interested please |
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see the -core e-mail for details, as well as the Mentor FAQ[6]. You |
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cannot be both a Mentor and a Student in SoC. Please choose carefully |
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which role you will play. Those who are not Gentoo developers may stll |
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apply for the role of Mentor on behalf of Gentoo. If you are |
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not a Gentoo developer but are interested in applying, please stop by |
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the IRC[4] channel or send mail to Gentoo User Relations[7]. Please |
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have a few projects in mind when applying for Mentorship. The Gentoo |
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SoC team is hoping to have more Mentors than projects; backup Mentors |
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are encourage by Google. |
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Attention Gentoo developers: You cannot be both a Mentor and a Student, |
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so please be aware that you must work on a proposal that is different |
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from your normal Gentoo work if you are looking to participate in SoC as |
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a Student. |
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Mentors, if you have applied and have not yet heard back please contact |
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the Gentoo SoC project leads for the outcome of your application[2]. |
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Prospective Students: |
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If you are interested in participating as a student with Gentoo for the |
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SoC, please take a look at our current project list[2]. Note that it is |
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undergoing continuous improvement as we add proposals, Mentors, etc. |
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All interested students should refer to Google's Student FAQ[3] to check |
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whether they are eligible to participate in the SoC with Gentoo. For |
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Gentoo developers who are also Students, you are probably eligible to |
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work on SoC for Gentoo provided you work on a proposal that is in a |
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different area than your normal Gentoo developer work. Once again |
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please check the Student FAQ[3] for more details. Student applications |
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are open May 1st through the 8th. The URL for the student application |
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is not yet known. The project page will be updated with the link as |
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soon as we receive it from Google. |
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Project Ideas/Discussion: |
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Anyone can submit project ideas and contribute to the discussion of |
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existing project ideas. Those who have new ideas or comments on |
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existing ideas for Gentoo's SoC, please submit them via E-mail to the |
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Gentoo SoC mailing list[4] or on IRC[5]. If you are unsure of your idea |
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or wish to ask questions you may do so via the same means. As always, |
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feel free to ask any questions using those two avenues of communication |
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to ensure that the correct people receive your thoughts. |
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Thanks, |
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The Gentoo Summer Of Code Project |
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[1] Message-ID: <1146097652.4299.117.camel@gaspode> |
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[2] |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/user-relations/summerofcode/index.xml |
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[3] http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html |
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[4] gentoo-soc@g.o |
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[5] #gentoo-soc @ irc.freenode.net |
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[6] http://code.google.com/soc/mentorfaq.html |
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[7] user-relations@g.o |
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