From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Np0X8-0006yy-1V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:35:43 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44130 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Np0Wy-0006qQ-IO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:35:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Np0Hs-00069t-Dg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:19:57 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:6846) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Np0He-0005qj-N6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:19:56 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com ([209.85.220.224]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Np0Fv-0002QH-Q3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:17:56 -0500 Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so615259fxm.17 for ; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:14:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B9657C8.3080605@codemonkey.ws> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:14:32 -0600 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Summer of Code 2010 References: <20100308172047.6a0371b6@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20100308172047.6a0371b6@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Luiz Capitulino Cc: aliguori@us.ibm.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, avi@redhat.com On 03/08/2010 02:20 PM, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > Hi there, > > Google has this wonderful program called Summer of Code, in which open source > projects like ours, suggest possible projects and provide mentors to help > selected students to do them. > > It's a great opportunity for students to get in touch with open source > development, also good for us to get some projects done and more people > involved (students are paid too, btw). > > The dead-line is a bit short: next friday (March, 12), more information > in the program's page: > > http://socghop.appspot.com/ > I'd suggest creating a page on the qemu.org wiki and start collecting ideas. I'd strongly suggest that all ideas are constructed like a release feature and have an appropriate wiki page. I think the key to success with a student project is to have a wide range of success criteria. If people post ideas to a common wiki page, we can review them and come up with a set of suggested items. Regards, Anthony Liguori > I didn't read it fully yet, but I _guess_ the most important is to come > up with project ideas and mentors. Everything should be in a wiki. > > PS: I have participated as a student some years ago, didn't produce anything > useful, but was a great experience. > > >