From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 90976 invoked by alias); 7 Feb 2017 22:13:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 90955 invoked by uid 89); 7 Feb 2017 22:13:14 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*u:1.2.3, H*UA:1.2.3, H*f:sk:87wpd17, H*i:sk:87wpd17 X-HELO: simark.ca Received: from simark.ca (HELO simark.ca) (158.69.221.121) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:13:04 +0000 Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 33) id 9A9771E7EA; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 17:13:02 -0500 (EST) To: jose.marchesi@oracle.com Subject: Re: GSoC X-PHP-Originating-Script: 33:rcube.php MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:13:00 -0000 From: Simon Marchi Cc: gdb@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: <87wpd17k6r.fsf@oracle.com> References: <87wpd17k6r.fsf@oracle.com> Message-ID: <08b7dfffb6f5c908e3c8b5d25a8171e7@polymtl.ca> X-Sender: simon.marchi@polymtl.ca User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.2.3 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-02/txt/msg00010.txt.bz2 On 2017-02-07 16:41, jose.marchesi@oracle.com wrote: > A friend of mine suggested that the GDB project should participate in > the Google Summer of Code. However, the deadline to register as a > mentoring organization is this Thursday, in two days! So we need > to > act fast if we want to participate. From what I can see, the > application process is relatively straightforward, but somebody > needs > to take care of it (I don't think it has to be the person who will > be > the mentor, since this may depend on the actual chosen project). I > can be that somebody if nobody else wants to. > > Note that if for whatever reason you don't make it, or if you want to > avoid the overhead of organizing, GDB can still participate under the > GNU umbrella. > > We already applied as a mentoring application, and are currently > collecting project ideas in summer-of-code@gnu.org. Ok, good to know, thanks. I think it's still a good idea for projects to apply on their own to increase visibility. Simon