Re: [Xen-devel] Prepping for GSOC 2014 [URGENT] - deadline Feb 14 2014

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
I have not gotten any reply to this thread. I saw Wei Lui and Andrés 
Lagar-Cavilla make changes to the project list. Please go through the 
items below and make changes as suggested. Otherwise, our chances to get 
into GSoC 2014 will be relatively slim.
Lars

On 20/01/2014 09:18, Lars Kurth wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> the GSoC application deadline is coming up : Feb 2014. If we want to 
> have any chance of getting accepted this year, we ought to get our 
> project list into good shape. The project list and how the project and 
> menters present themselves has a bigger impact on whether we get 
> accepted than the actual application.
> Also, I would like to add a mentor section this year: a short bio, 
> what the mentor cares about and a picture. This will help make the 
> project list more real.
> We have *4 weeks* to do this. The bar for GSoC has been getting 
> increasingly high. I know, we are tied down with Xen 4.4, but this is 
> something you need to do if you want the Xen Project to participate.
> a) Please, update 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Development_Projects urgently 
> (these need to be in good shape *before* the application). What I need 
> you to do is:
> a.1) Remove items that are done
> a.2) Add new work items : we ought to have a few sexy topics on say 
> Real-time, mobile and some of the other segments (assuming we can get HW)
> a.3) All project proposals need to be peer reviewed *and* clear ... 
> The peer review process for projects we put in place last year worked 
> well, by which we had past mentors sign of project proposals that were 
> in good enough state.
> b) Anyone who has some kernel/linux/bsd/distro/qemu work-items, should 
> get these listed on the respective other programs. And we should link 
> to these from our project page.
> Best Regards
> Lars
> P.S.: I will also see whether we can participate as Xen Project under 
> the LF GSoC program, but last year there was push-back and I don't 
> expect this to change

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