GDB application for the Google Summer of Code 2009

GDB application for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Thiago Jung Bauermann]

Hi,

I put together a draft of our application for the GSoC. I'd appreciate
feedback about it:

http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/SummerOfCode2009/Proposal

It's on the wiki, so you can edit it away to improve what's there. Also,
we'll need to decide who will be the administrator of our organization.
This person will be Google's point of contact with the GDB community.

There's also a page for ideas, but it's very rough at the moment. I'll
see if I can better specify each idea there. Also, feel free to add
ideas or expand them as you like:

http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/SummerOfCode2009/Ideas

-- 
[]'s
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center

Re: GDB application for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Joel Brobecker]

Hi Thiago,

> http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/SummerOfCode2009/Proposal

I had a look at the page. Looks fine for the questions you answered.
No comment on the FIXMEs. I'm not sure what they mean about the
"backup organization adminstrator"...

> http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/SummerOfCode2009/Ideas

A couple of suggestions:

  - I think we should mention the reverse debugging project only
    it teawater is willing to get involved, if not mentor someone.
    Do we expect this to be a large project? Doesn't feel like it.
    Perhaps this should be included as part of the "bug-squashing-fest"
    idea?

  - For the "fix bugs in bugzilla" idea, perhaps we should include
    a few examples of issues that we'd like to work on. It doesn't
    have to be bugs, it could be code cleanup, etc.  I think some
    examples might help create interest.

-- 
Joel

Re: GDB application for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Thiago Jung Bauermann]

Hi Joel,

El jue, 05-03-2009 a las 10:59 -0800, Joel Brobecker escribió:
> > http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/SummerOfCode2009/Proposal
> 
> I had a look at the page. Looks fine for the questions you answered.
> No comment on the FIXMEs. I'm not sure what they mean about the
> "backup organization adminstrator"...

"An organization administrator oversees the overall progress of a
mentoring organization and its students throughout the program.
Organization administrators will have different responsibilities
depending on the organization, but at the very least they will need to:

     1. Submit the organization's program application to Google; 
     2. Act as the main point of contact between Google and the
        organization; 
     3. Respond to any inquiries from Google within 48 hours; 
     4. Assign a backup mentor should a mentor be unable to work with a
        student; 
     5. Ensure all program evaluations are completed on time, on or
        before the deadlines."

So we need to have one of those, and one as backup in case the
administrator has to step down for some reason.

Now is a good time to discuss who should have this role. For Google, it
could be anyone. But maybe in the GDB-side you want someone who is a
global maintainer, for instance? If not, I can volunteer.

> > http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/SummerOfCode2009/Ideas
> 
> A couple of suggestions:
> 
>   - I think we should mention the reverse debugging project only
>     it teawater is willing to get involved, if not mentor someone.
>     Do we expect this to be a large project? Doesn't feel like it.
>     Perhaps this should be included as part of the "bug-squashing-fest"
>     idea?

Indeed. I moved it under the bug-squashing fest. If teawater or Michael
won't be able to mentor, I'll remove it.

>   - For the "fix bugs in bugzilla" idea, perhaps we should include
>     a few examples of issues that we'd like to work on. It doesn't
>     have to be bugs, it could be code cleanup, etc.  I think some
>     examples might help create interest.

Good idea. I did just that now.

Thanks for your input!
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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center

Re: GDB application for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Joel Brobecker]

> "An organization administrator
[...]
> So we need to have one of those, and one as backup in case the
> administrator has to step down for some reason.
> 
> Now is a good time to discuss who should have this role. For Google, it
> could be anyone. But maybe in the GDB-side you want someone who is a
> global maintainer, for instance? If not, I can volunteer.

As far as I can tell, it does't look like having a Global Maintainer
as the administrator would make any difference, and I support your offer
to be the main administrator. I'm usually very busy during the summer
time so I'd rather not be the backup, but put me down if no one else
volunteers.

-- 
Joel

Re: GDB application for the Google Summer of Code 2009

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

Thiago> Now is a good time to discuss who should have this role. For Google, it
Thiago> could be anyone. But maybe in the GDB-side you want someone who is a
Thiago> global maintainer, for instance? If not, I can volunteer.

Joel> As far as I can tell, it does't look like having a Global Maintainer
Joel> as the administrator would make any difference, and I support your offer
Joel> to be the main administrator. I'm usually very busy during the summer
Joel> time so I'd rather not be the backup, but put me down if no one else
Joel> volunteers.

I can be the backup.

Tom