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This wiki page is created to make it easier to plan and coordinate Debian's involvement in the [http://code.google.com/soc/2008 Google Summer of Code 2008].
You can read about previous Debian participation in Summer of Code: in [wiki:SummerOfCode2007 2007] and [wiki:SummerOfCode2006 2006].
Current Status (2008-03-05)
SteveMcIntyre will be lead admin again this year, and will deal with the administrative stuff with Google for Debian to be a mentoring organisation. He has applied formally on our behalf. Other admins will include:
- We're still looking for ideas and/or potential mentors. Please add yourself or your idea below
Timeline
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline
Mailing list
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination
Project proposals
- [wiki:/netconf netconf]: work on a next-generation network configuration management system (Python)
- [wiki:/smartcard smartcard]: add smartcard support to d-i
- [wiki:/biodata Biological databases manager]: manage and integrate biological databases with software packaged in Debian.
[wiki:/UltimateDebianDatabase ultimate debian database]: import, store and use data about various aspects of Debian in an SQL database
- [wiki:/security-beta security-beta]: Security update beta test program
- [wiki:/debgraph debgraph]: Software to analyse the dependency graph of debian packages
- [wiki:/DebianNAS DebianNAS]: Improve support of Debian on NAS devices
[wiki:/cran2deb cran2deb]: tools to generate Debian packages from the 1000+ [http://www.r-project.org R] packages on [http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages CRAN] and [http://www.bioconductor.org ?BioConductor]
[wiki:/MergeMaster ?MergeMaster]: port FreeBSD's mergemaster to Debian
[wiki:/PamNssDebianInstaller ?PamNssDebianInstaller]: add support for additional PAM and NSS modules configuration at install time.
[wiki:/BrowserJigdo Javascript jigdo client]: CD/DVD download tool useable in the browser
Your proposal here (use SummerOfCode2008/SampleProposal)
Project fields
Of course any Debian-related project is welcome!
Sub-projects with currently no 'proposals', but Mentors:
SELinux-Debian related stuff (Mentors: ErichSchubert)
Debtags enhancements (Mentors: ErichSchubert)
Template for student applications
See ?SummerOfCode2008/StudentApplicationTemplate for hints on what we're looking for.
Related links
Some information on what being a good mentor entails can be found here http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/index.html