Hi Kaartic and all, On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 7:12 PM Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Excuse my curiosity. I'm not sure if there has been discussion about > Git's participation in GSoC 2021 but my search in the archives > didn't get me anything. The deadline for Org application seems > to be around the corner (this Friday, Feb 19th at 1900 UTC). Yeah, sorry for not discussing that before, and thanks for starting the discussion. > So, I was curious to know if we've already applied to participate > in GSoC 2021 (or) if we're planning to participate? I don't think we have applied yet, but I would be ok to apply. I think I will do it soon unless people objects. > In case we're participating we'll need ideas that fit the new > structure of GSoC 2021. Concise entry about the new structure > from Rev News 68 [1]: > > Google Summer of Code 2021 has been announced with significant > changes compared to previous editions. Notably coding hours and > period will be reduced from 350 hours and 12 weeks to 175 hours > and 10 weeks; there would be 2 evaluations (instead of 3). > Additionally, eligibility requirements will be relaxed, among > others allowing people participating in a variety of different > licensed academic programs, not just students of accredited > university programs. > > See the related blog [2] for detailed information. I have just created an Idea page with 2 project ideas: https://git.github.io/SoC-2021-Ideas/ Other ideas are very welcome. > Speaking of GSoC, unlike last year I'll not be able to actively > co-mentor this year due to certain circumstances in my family. > I'll be able to help passively, though. Ok, thanks for helping passively! > Also, one thing about project ideas. Shourya Shukla who worked > last year on the builtin conversion of `git submodule` > (currently stalled [3]) has told me privately that he isn't > interested in continuing the port further. So, finishing the > port of `git submodule` could be a nice project for GSoC 2021. > I believe it would fit the new GSoC structure but I might be wrong. Yeah, I agree. In the ideas list Shourya is mentioned as a possible (co-)mentor to a project to finish the builtin conversion of `git submodule`, as he told me that he could be ok with co-mentoring on this. Best, Christian.
