Thread: GSoC 2016

Hi all,

This is just an FYI that I'm planning on registering PostgreSQL with
Google Summer of Code 2016.

Regards

Thom

Hi,

Please count me in for mentor.

Regards,

Atri

On 19 February 2016 at 15:07, Alexander Korotkov
<a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Assuming a got no answer from you in hackers and application deadline is
> today, I've started to filling organization application myself.
> I've sent you an admin invitation. If you would like to sent new application
> from scratch, let me know and I'll delete my application.

Actually, I submitted the requested shortly after sending my email,
but thanks for covering this in case I had forgot.  So yes, you can
delete the application.

Thanks

Thom

Thom,

* Thom Brown (thom@linux.com) wrote:
> On 19 February 2016 at 15:07, Alexander Korotkov
> <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> > Assuming a got no answer from you in hackers and application deadline is
> > today, I've started to filling organization application myself.
> > I've sent you an admin invitation. If you would like to sent new application
> > from scratch, let me know and I'll delete my application.
>
> Actually, I submitted the requested shortly after sending my email,
> but thanks for covering this in case I had forgot.  So yes, you can
> delete the application.

Were we declined as an organization..?  I don't see PG listed, which is
quite disappointing.

I was hoping to visit the student-run Computing & Technology group at my
alma mater (George Mason University) to see about scaring up some PG
GSoC students (and/or interns to work with me over the summer...).

Thanks!

Stephen

On 15 March 2016 at 23:22, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> Thom,
>
> * Thom Brown (thom@linux.com) wrote:
>> On 19 February 2016 at 15:07, Alexander Korotkov
>> <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
>> > Assuming a got no answer from you in hackers and application deadline is
>> > today, I've started to filling organization application myself.
>> > I've sent you an admin invitation. If you would like to sent new application
>> > from scratch, let me know and I'll delete my application.
>>
>> Actually, I submitted the requested shortly after sending my email,
>> but thanks for covering this in case I had forgot.  So yes, you can
>> delete the application.
>
> Were we declined as an organization..?  I don't see PG listed, which is
> quite disappointing.
>
> I was hoping to visit the student-run Computing & Technology group at my
> alma mater (George Mason University) to see about scaring up some PG
> GSoC students (and/or interns to work with me over the summer...).

Yes, unfortunately we didn't make it this year.  We think it's
because, for the first time this year, they've asked us to put a lot
more detail, timescales and difficulty levels on all the project
ideas, and this was requested with very little notice, and we didn't
manage to get it done in time.

Thom

* Thom Brown (thom@linux.com) wrote:
> Yes, unfortunately we didn't make it this year.  We think it's
> because, for the first time this year, they've asked us to put a lot
> more detail, timescales and difficulty levels on all the project
> ideas, and this was requested with very little notice, and we didn't
> manage to get it done in time.

Alright.  I'm going to put together a more concrete list of ideas which
we can target for GSoC students next year.

Can you provide the specifics as to what they were looking for?

Thanks!

Stephen

On 15 March 2016 at 23:37, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> * Thom Brown (thom@linux.com) wrote:
>> Yes, unfortunately we didn't make it this year.  We think it's
>> because, for the first time this year, they've asked us to put a lot
>> more detail, timescales and difficulty levels on all the project
>> ideas, and this was requested with very little notice, and we didn't
>> manage to get it done in time.
>
> Alright.  I'm going to put together a more concrete list of ideas which
> we can target for GSoC students next year.
>
> Can you provide the specifics as to what they were looking for?

To quote: "We look for the Ideas to be written out with a few
sentences and then the skills/reqs listed, difficulty level, potential
mentors, expected outcomes, etc."

Thom

* Thom Brown (thom@linux.com) wrote:
> On 15 March 2016 at 23:37, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> > * Thom Brown (thom@linux.com) wrote:
> >> Yes, unfortunately we didn't make it this year.  We think it's
> >> because, for the first time this year, they've asked us to put a lot
> >> more detail, timescales and difficulty levels on all the project
> >> ideas, and this was requested with very little notice, and we didn't
> >> manage to get it done in time.
> >
> > Alright.  I'm going to put together a more concrete list of ideas which
> > we can target for GSoC students next year.
> >
> > Can you provide the specifics as to what they were looking for?
>
> To quote: "We look for the Ideas to be written out with a few
> sentences and then the skills/reqs listed, difficulty level, potential
> mentors, expected outcomes, etc."

Ok, great, thanks.

Looking at some of the other projects, they use things like the Github
issue tracking system to capture and track that detail.  Not sure if we
want to do that, but something to consider.

Thanks again!

Stephen

On 03/15/2016 04:56 PM, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 15 March 2016 at 23:37, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
>> * Thom Brown (thom@linux.com) wrote:
>>> Yes, unfortunately we didn't make it this year.  We think it's
>>> because, for the first time this year, they've asked us to put a lot
>>> more detail, timescales and difficulty levels on all the project
>>> ideas, and this was requested with very little notice, and we didn't
>>> manage to get it done in time.
>>
>> Alright.  I'm going to put together a more concrete list of ideas which
>> we can target for GSoC students next year.
>>
>> Can you provide the specifics as to what they were looking for?
>
> To quote: "We look for the Ideas to be written out with a few
> sentences and then the skills/reqs listed, difficulty level, potential
> mentors, expected outcomes, etc."

Here's what we used for Fedora, which got accepted (and also involved a
last-day major effort):

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2016

To be fair to Google, I think they did post the new requirements a
couple weeks ahead.  However, those of us who've done GSOC for years
didn't really pay attention, and they didn't really highlight that the
requirements were different.

What this means is that fro 2017, Postgres would need to have a team
working on the initial application, not just Thom.

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Josh Berkus
Red Hat OSAS
(any opinions are my own)