thanks for putting together the list, i will try and work through them once from my side as well overnight. - KB On 04/21/2015 07:10 AM, Karsten Wade wrote: > Based on the discussions so far and strength of the proposals I've > read, I suggest we accept the below list of at least 6 proposals in > that order of preference. There is a 7th alternative to choose - one > of the proposals that doesn't seem strong enough, and splitting the > doc project in two. > > Unexpectedly we have a difficult choice to make around the > documentation toolchain proposal. Both students are very strong, wrote > strong proposals, are ambitious, and have been engaging well in the > community (on centos-docs, for example, discussing together how to > improve their ideas!) > > There is a chance that the project could be split in to two, > independent efforts. This way each student could be successful with > their own part regardless of if the other student comes through. Alone > each part would be useful. Together they would be amazing. > > I've asked Shaun McCance to weigh in on this possibility, as he has > not only mentored GSoC students working on docs tools, but he's been > involved in designing and writing docs toolchains directly. > > What do you all think of that idea? > > If there are no objections by early AM Pacific time, I'll go ahead and > assign mentors and click accept on the first 6, while giving us time > to resolve about the 7th. > > Regards, Karsten > > 1. Develop a kpatch delivery mechanism > Mentor: Corey Henderson > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/louis_kragniz/5629499534213120 > > 2. A Single installer ISO that delivers a functional Xen4 stack on > CentOS 6 > Mentor: George Dunlap > Student: Gautam Malu > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/gautam_malu/5629499534213120 > > 3. ARM RootFS Build Factory for CentOS > Mentor: Ian McLeod > Student: Mandar Joshi > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/mndar/5629499534213120 > > 4. Implement and create new documentation toolchain > Mentor: Karsten Wade > Student: Kunal Jain OR Lei Yang > Kunal's -- > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/kunaalus/5685265389584384 > Lei's -- > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/yangl1996/5629499534213120 > > 5. Lightweight Cloud Instance Contextualization Tool > Mentor: Haikel Guemar > Student: Tamer Tas > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/tmrtas/5741031244955648 > > 6. Cloud in a box > Student: Asad (Syed Asadullah Hussain) > Mentor: Rich Bowen > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/asadullahhussain/5724160613416960 > > Questionable ... > > 7. One of the doc proposals split in two > > OR > > 7? On Premise Vagrant Boxes Hosting System > Mentor: Ian McLeod > Student: Hanok Kodavatikanti > https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/org/google/gsoc2015/hanokk/5629499534213120 > > OR > > Send back the 7th slot. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-gsocadmin mailing list > CentOS-gsocadmin at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-gsocadmin > -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc