Greetings,
The PostgreSQL Project is excited to announce that we have been accepted
to participate in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program for the 13th
time.
The GSoC program focuses on introducing students to Open Source software
development by awarding stipends to university students who complete a
free and open-source software project during their break from
university. Students will propose a project and work with mentors from
the PostgreSQL Community to complete that project over the course of
three months, from May until August.
In order for PostgreSQL’s GSoC 2020 program to be successful, we need
both students and mentors. If you are interested in being a mentor,
please contact me (Stephen Frost, sfrost@snowman.net).
Students should be sure to review the requirements at the GSoC website:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
After reviewing the guidelines and requirements, students should reach
out through one of the community channels, which include IRC, Slack, and
the mailing lists, information about which is available here:
https://www.postgresql.org/community/
Note that there is a dedicated gsoc2020-students channel on Slack, while
on IRC the general #postgresql channel can be used. Regarding
modifications to PostgreSQL core, the pgsql-hackers mailing list is
best, and for sub-projects, please use their appropriate list.
Students may also reach out directly to mentors of projects they are
interested in. Note that a student may propose any project they wish
that meets the GSoC guidelines - so don’t feel limited to choosing one
from the list if you have a great idea for how to improve PostgreSQL or
other Open Source Software projects in the PostgreSQL ecosystem.
The full GSoC 2020 timeline is available here:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline
We invite students and mentors to join and work together on enhancing
the PostgreSQL ecosystem.
For more information about working with the PostgreSQL project as part
of GSoC, please visit our GSoC website:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/GSoC
Thanks!
Stephen
