[CentOS-devel] GSoC application deadline Friday 20 Feb

[norwoods]

Merge Open Build Service (http://openbuildservice.org/) and Koji build 
system

On 2/18/2015 11:31 AM, Karsten Wade wrote:
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> Over the next 48 hours I'm going to be pulling together our CentOS
> Google Summer of Code application.
>
> Our shortfall last year was i) number of ideas, and ii) mentors
> associated with ideas.
>
> We can always adjust ii) as we go, but we really need a nice, wide
> pool of ideas.
>
> Here is what our application and ideas looked like last year:
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/GSoC/2014/Ideas
> http://wiki.centos.org/GSoC/2014/Application
>
> I'll be reaching out to SIG members/leaders directly to work on ideas.
>
> Ideally we have something more like 20 ideas with good starting details.
>
> Just a heads up -- several times in the past the GSoC organizers have
> put Fedora Project and JBoss Community together due to a relationship
> with Red Hat. While I've argued against that practice (totally
> unrelated projects, etc.), I do understand the organizers' rationale
> - -- they have a limited number of slots (budget.) Thus I'm preparing
> for that possibility and talking with the Fedora Project organizers[1].
>
> - - Karsten
>
> [1] tl;dnr here is that especially with the SIGs work, ideas for EPEL,
> similar tooling, etc. there are a lot of efforts that can benefit both
> projects. Especially since Fedora already has the mentoring culture,
> this could be a great way for the CentOS Project to learn how to do a
> GSoC without as much associated pain.
> - -- 
> Karsten 'quaid' Wade        .^\          CentOS Doer of Stuff
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