Re: [libvirt] Call for mentors and project ideas for Google Summer of Code 2016

From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
To: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
Cc: qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>,
	"libvir-list@redhat.com" <libvir-list@redhat.com>,
	kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [libvirt] Call for mentors and project ideas for Google Summer of Code 2016
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:06:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56A8A4AE.7070801@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160127105612.GD7103@stefanha-x1.localdomain>

On 27.01.2016 11:56, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:13:16AM +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> On 25.01.2016 18:28, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>>> The QEMU wiki page for Google Summer of Code 2016 is now available here:
>>>
>>> http://qemu-project.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016
>>>
>>> QEMU will apply for Google Summer of Code 2016 (https://g.co/gsoc/).
>>> If QEMU is accepted there will be funding for students to work on
>>> 12-week full-time open source projects remotely from May to August
>>> 2016.  QEMU provides a mentor for each student who gives advice and
>>> evaluates their progress.
>>>
>>> If you have a project idea, especially if you are a regular
>>> contributor to QEMU and are willing to mentor this summer, please go
>>> to this wiki page and fill out the project idea template:
>>>
>>> http://qemu-project.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016
>>>
>>> The project ideas list is part of the application so that QEMU can
>>> participate in GSoC.  It's useful to have your project ideas on the
>>> wiki by February 8th 2016.
>>>
>>> If you have any questions about project ideas or QEMU applying to
>>> GSoC, please reply to this thread.
>>
>> Hey Stefan,
>>
>> so as we spoke earlier in person, I think it's time for libvirt to try
>> and apply as a separate organization.
> 
> Great!
> 
>> I went ahead and created similar GSoC ideas page for libvirt:
>>
>> http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016
>>
>> My question is, is qemu willing to back libvirt in case we don't get
>> selected and if so, should we duplicate the idea list into qemu wiki too?
> 
> I'm worried that this would look like orgs trying to game the system.

You're right. Maybe we should not do it after all.

> 
> Are there project ideas that involve both QEMU and libvirt changes?  For
> those I think it's fair to have them in both org's lists.  Anything that
> is purely QEMU or libvirt shouldn't be duplicated.
> 

So far none. But I have adjusted both our wikis to note that.

Michal