GSOC - Holiday Edition

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 31/12/2014 4:25 p.m., Craig Dillabaugh wrote:
> I was hoping folks to take a brief break from bickering about features,
> and arguing over which posters have been naughty, and which have been
> nice, to get a bit of input on our 2015 Google Summer of Code Proposal
> ... :o)
>
>
> First off, I've been able to get some work done on the Idea's page, it
> is here:
>
> http://wiki.dlang.org/GSOC_2015_Ideas
>
> This is the most important part of our submission, but we are also
> supposed to submit a organizational proposal.  I've started on this too
> (still under construction, and have put it on Github at:
>
> https://github.com/craig-dillabaugh/dlang-gsoc2015
>
> Any feedback is welcome.
>
>
> There are currently six project proposals.  I think it would be good to
> have one or two more, and the ones that are there need a bit of
> polishing. A lot of what is there is stuff I have 'harvested' from
> previous proposals. For the GDC and Bare Metal D/Arm Support projects I
> am not even sure if the items listed are still needed since these are
> basically cut and paste jobs from 1 or 2 years ago.
>
> A few specific questions that I need answered.
>
> General Questions
>
> 1) I would like to include bio's for the mentors.  I have a very short
> one for Iain (which I stole from DConf) and a line on Deadalinx, but
> that is about that.  If you are a mentor I would really appreciate a
> brief 3-4 line bio. I think this makes our 'ideas' page stand out from
> others I have seen. Any mentors please provide bios, or if you are
> uncomfortable with that please let me know.
>
> 2) For all projects, in addition to mentor bios I want to have a section
> on what students should know (or be willing to learn), you can see SDC
> for an example. Could other potential mentors please fill me on your
> projects.  Basically, if you can give pointers to a few good resources
> for someone interested in your project that would be great.
>
> 3) I would like to have a 'backup' mentor for each project.  Any
> volunteers! I think we have enough for the Phobos project, but other
> projects could really use something.
>
> 4) Finally, I should have a backup administrator.  Any volunteers for that.
>
>
> Questions for Specific Individuals
>
> 5) For GDC, can Iain (or someone else related to that project) update
> the wiki, post something here, or get in touch with me to update the
> project proposal.
>
> 6) See #2 for Martin Nowak and the Bare Metal D/Arm projects.
>
> 7) Bruno Medeiros - you suggested a DDT project. I've added it. Can you
> provide me with a few more details, and a bio.   Also, under what
> license is DDT released, I couldn't access any code on your GitHub page
> to check this.
>
> 8) Russel Winder and QML ... see #4.
>
> 9) For the Phobos proposal, most of this is scrapped from last years
> proposal and from posts on the form by Jens and Russel. Are the
> libraries I've listed indeed the ones in need of the most attention.
> What about std.xml and std.json?
>
> 10) Rikki had mentioned a 'Web Development' project, but I don't have
> enough to post on the project ideas page.  Are you still interested in
> doing this.

Yes I am.
I don't know what I'm doing in the near future (need a job) so I can't 
explore this too much.
But I know I will be able to mentor for it.

> Hope that everyone has a great 2015, and I look forward to your feedback.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Craig