From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 8 17:47:56 2014
Return-Path: The FreeBSD Project is looking forward to participating as a mentoring
organization in Google
- Summer of Code 2013.
+ href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014">Google
+ Summer of Code 2014.
This program funds students to contribute to an open source project over
the summer break.
- We have had over 150 successful
+ We have had over 160 successful
students working on FreeBSD as part of this program in 2005, 2006, 2008,
2009,
2010,
- 2011
+ 2011,
+ 2012
and
- 2012.
This page will be updated throughout the application period to include new information, such as project ideas, proposal information, @@ -77,6 +78,8 @@
For a complete list of student projects from previous years, visit:
The FreeBSD Project maintains an Ideas Page on our - wiki. - Projects specifically tagged as "GSoC" are believed to be sized for a +
The FreeBSD Project maintains a list of possible ideas + on our wiki. + All projects listed are believed to be sized for a useful summer hacking, and have technical contacts who can help answer questions as you write your proposal. - Ideas not marked as GSoC-friendly are also fine to propose, but may be + We also maintain a more generic Ideas Page. These projects + are less suitable as Summer of Code projects as they may be scoped larger or smaller than a summer, or might not have such a clear mentor — we suggest e-mailing our soc-admins alias for help if you do decide to propose one of them. - You are, of course, welcome to propose your own ideas, and if the - proposal is strong, we'll try to match you with a mentor!
+ These pages exist to help provide inspiration. Students are also welcome, + and indeed encouraged to propose your own ideas, and if the proposal is + strong, we'll try to match you with a mentor!For additional ideas about upcoming development projects in
FreeBSD, take a look at recent
22 April - Student application period opens.
+ 10 March - Student application period opens.
3 May 19:00 UTC - Student application period closes.
+ 27 March 19:00 UTC - Student application period closes.
27 May - Accepted students announced. 21 April - Accepted students announced. Note that these dates may change, and the Google FAQ timeline is the
authoritative source of detailed schedule information: All students must register with, and submit applications via, the
Google Summer of Code home page:
-
What advice do you have for a student who might want to submit a proposal?
@@ -322,8 +328,9 @@ href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCo in previous summers?Please see the 2012 FreeBSD + href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2013Projects">2013 FreeBSD Summer of Code page, as well as older project pages from + 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009,