Cc-ing this to the msysgit list, which I should have done in the first place. Certainly ideas specific to Git for Windows would be welcome. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 02:14:17PM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > The response to my previous email was not overwhelming, but people did > express some interest in Git doing GSoC this year. So I've started on > the application, using last year's version as a template. > > The materials are all in: > > https://github.com/git/git.github.io > > If you'd like to help, I'm happy to take emailed patches, pull requests, > or just plain-English suggestions. If you want push access to that > repository, email me. > > A draft of the application is here: > > http://git.github.io/SoC-2015-Org-Application.html > > The questions are the same as last year, so with the exception of some > reviewing and updating for the new year, this shouldn't be too much > work. I do need somebody to volunteer as backup admin. This doesn't need > to involve any specific commitment, but is mostly about what to do if I > get hit by a bus. Of course helping with application review, > coordinating mentors, etc, is welcome from the backup admin. > > Where I really need help now is in the "ideas" page: > > http://git.github.io/SoC-2015-Ideas.html > > and the list of microprojects: > > http://git.github.io/SoC-2015-Microprojects.html > > Note that I've listed microprojects as required for students this year > (whereas last year, we only strongly encouraged them). I think they > worked very well, but that requirement is up for debate. > > We may be able to port over ideas or microprojects from last year, but I > want to do so only after somebody has confirmed that they are still in > need of doing. And of course new ideas and microprojects are very > welcome. > > The students will not begin looking at these until the participating > projects are announced. But the GSoC folks _will_ be looking at the > Ideas page, which is linked from the application. So while we can tweak > it later, it needs to have content now (in the next 48 hours). So if you > must choose which to focus your efforts on, do Ideas first. > > -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html