GDB's application for the GSoC

GDB's application for the GSoC

[Thiago Bauermann]

Hi folks,

I just submitted GDB's application for the GSoC. You can view what was
submitted here:

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

We will know whether we were accepted on March 18th.
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Re: GDB's application for the GSoC

[Thiago Bauermann]

2009/3/12 Thiago Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@gmail.com>:
> I just submitted GDB's application for the GSoC. You can view what was
> submitted here:
>
> http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/SummerOfCode2009/Proposal
>
> We will know whether we were accepted on March 18th.

As it turns out, we were not accepted. :-(

The GNU Project was accepted though, so perhaps interested students
can work on GDB through that, I don't know...
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Re: GDB's application for the GSoC

[Joel Brobecker]

> As it turns out, we were not accepted. :-(

That's too bad. Did they give a reason? Or was it too many applications
and not enough grants?

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Re: GDB's application for the GSoC

[Joel Sherrill]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> As it turns out, we were not accepted. :-(
>>     
>
> That's too bad. Did they give a reason? Or was it too many applications
> and not enough grants?
>
>   
I recall someone saying (on IRC?) that there were over 800
organization applications and only about 150 would be accepted.

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Re: GDB's application for the GSoC

[Thiago Bauermann]

2009/3/18 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>:
>> As it turns out, we were not accepted. :-(
>
> That's too bad. Did they give a reason?

No, they didn't. I don't think they will, so we can only speculate.

> Or was it too many applications and not enough grants?

They always have that situation I think, so there's some selection
that has to happen. In the 2009 FAQ they say:

"We expect slightly fewer organizations to take part in 2009, as we've
capped the number of student participants at 1,000."

So the bar this year was higher. Also, they have a "Notes on
Organizations Selection Criteria" page [1], and its first bullet says:

"1) Have you been in GSoC before and done well?  We want to make sure
that all of our students have a good experience, and an established
track record of success is a great indicator for the future.  Keep in
mind, though, we vary the mix somewhat each year regardless of how
well an organization did in the past. We may vary it even more broadly
in the future."

So I believe we started with a disadvantage compared to other
projects, since most major free software projects have been in the
summer of code in the past...
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[1] http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/orgcriteria

Re: GDB's application for the GSoC

[Thomas Schwinge]

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Hello!

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 05:32:31PM -0300, Thiago Bauermann wrote:
> 2009/3/12 Thiago Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@gmail.com>:
> > I just submitted GDB's application for the GSoC.
> 
> As it turns out, we were not accepted. :-(

Same for the GNU Hurd, unfortunately.  (We were accepted and had four
slots last season.)


> The GNU Project was accepted though, so perhaps interested students
> can work on GDB through that, I don't know...

Yes, that possibility exists.  Just talk to <summer-of-code@gnu.org> (or
directly to Karl Berry) to get your ideas listed, or a link to a page
containing those.


Regards,
 Thomas

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Re: GDB's application for the GSoC

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Thiago" == Thiago Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@gmail.com> writes:

Thiago> As it turns out, we were not accepted. :-(

Bummer.

Thank you for submitting the application.

Tom

Re: GDB's application for the GSoC

[Thiago Bauermann]

2009/3/18 Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 05:32:31PM -0300, Thiago Bauermann wrote:
>> The GNU Project was accepted though, so perhaps interested students
>> can work on GDB through that, I don't know...
>
> Yes, that possibility exists.  Just talk to <summer-of-code@gnu.org> (or
> directly to Karl Berry) to get your ideas listed, or a link to a page
> containing those.

That's great! I just sent an e-mail to that address.
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Thiago Jung Bauermann