[Lumiera] gsoc 2011

[Ichthyostega]

farid abdelnour schrieb:
> anyways i thought you might be interested to know (in case you havent heard)
> that gosc 2011 is announced: 
> http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announced-at-lca.html
>  maybe we could participate this year :D


:D would be a nice prospect...

But reading the application page had a somewhat sobering effect
-- but maybe I'm a bit too pessimistic?

1) Have you been in GSoC before and done well?
2) Do the projects on your ideas list look feasible for student developers?
(...)
4) Do we [google] use your software?  Do we know someone who does...?
5) Do we have a relationship with your developer community?
6) Will funding your organization have a significant impact on the open source
   world? Niche projects with few users and developers are less likely to be
   accepted.
7) Is your project community well established?


Speaking about ideas. Likely they should be
- doable in less than 2 man months
- not too intimidatingly complex, but interesting
- not tied too closely into the main development effort:
  - should not rely on crucial features which aren't implemented
  - progress on the application as a whole should not depend on it

Any such ideas?

Cheers,
Ichthyo