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General information
This wiki page will be the central point for information about the Google Summer of Code 2020 at Debian.
Google Summer of Code is a program where Google pays students stipends to work over the summer on free software projects such as Debian. Each student works with one or more mentors from the community to complete a software project.
Debian has been selected as a mentoring organization for 2020! We want to make the experience even more exciting and fulfilling this year for the students, the mentors and the whole Debian community this year, so please join us!
You can find information about the previous years on SummerOfCode2006, SummerOfCode2007, SummerOfCode2008, SummerOfCode2009, SummerOfCode2010, SummerOfCode2011 SummerOfCode2012, SummerOfCode2013, SummerOfCode2014, SummerOfCode2015, SummerOfCode2016, SummerOfCode2017, SummerOfCode2018, SummerOfCode2019.
Ideas list / Participating / Applying
The list of proposed projects is available at: Projects.
I want to participate as student
Be sure you are eligible; check https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/rules/ 6.1 "Students Eligibility" for some of the rules.
Familiarize yourself with the communication tools of Debian:
IRC on general or team development channels
the general and particular Mailing-lists of various teams
this wiki
Join the communication channels of the teams or persons involved with the subject you would like to work on and discuss it. Don't be afraid to suggest seemingly unfeasible or vague ideas, we'll help you and give you suggestions. If you're lost (or even not!), drop in the communication channels of the Summer of Code team mentioned below. Remember that early preparation is a guarantee that your proposal will be better!
There is some interesting introductory documentation on this wiki about what Debian is and what Debian is for a developer.
I want to mentor (or co-mentor) a project in Debian
Come see us on IRC or on the mailing-list mentioned below.
A practical mentoring guide can be found here.
Guidelines for GSoC Projects in Debian
Our mentors are required to provide prospective students with some small (i.e. that can be accomplished in at most a few hours) task related to the proposed project. This will help both the mentor and student decide if they are a suitable match for each other and the project. In the case that the Debian GSoC team has to rank projects, the results of this small task will also help give confidence in a project-mentor-student matchup.
The proposed project should also follow some rules:
- All proposed projects must directly relate to Debian and fit into the pre-existing work of a Debian team
- All projects must have at least one mentor with a formal affiliation to the Debian project or be widely recognized as a contributor to the Debian community
- Mentors are only mentors for one project (That applies to mentors and co-mentors)
Contact
We use the following mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/ All students and mentors are welcome to subscribe.
We're also on IRC: #debian-outreach in the OFTC network (irc.debian.org). Just drop in and ask your questions.
The Google's Summer of Code general IRC channel is #gsoc in Freenode.
Crew
Administrators
Name |
IRC nick |
Comment |
Molly de Blanc |
mollydb |
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Alexander Wirt |
formorer |
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Pranav Jain |
pjain |
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Jaminy Prabaharan |
JaminyP |
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Google timeline
The full timeline is available here.
Meta
Promotion
Organize the promotion of the Google Summer of Code at Debian here.
Flyers can put on university bulletin boards, etc.
See also
Other paid internships and mentor opportunities are available.
To register in the web application, you need to create a profile on Melange. Then, you should request a connection with Debian to be added as a mentor.