Author: atagar Date: 2012-02-25 19:58:43 +0000 (Sat, 25 Feb 2012) New Revision: 25476 Modified: website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml Log: Updating GSoC page for 2012 and rewriting some sections Changing the dates and linking to the 2012 GSoC page. Some of the sections were kinda rough or gave out of date advice so this includes quite a bit of rewording too. Modified: website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml 2012-02-23 18:11:00 UTC (rev 25475) +++ website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml 2012-02-25 19:58:43 UTC (rev 25476) @@ -9,28 +9,29 @@ <a href="<page about/gsoc>">Google Summer of Code</a> </div> <div id="maincol"> - <h2>Tor: Google Summer of Code 2011</h2> + <h2>Tor: Google Summer of Code 2012</h2> <hr> <p> - In the last four years, The Tor Project in collaboration with <a + In the last five years, The Tor Project in collaboration with <a href="https://www.eff.org/">The Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> successfully took part in <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2007/eff/about.html">Google Summer of Code 2007</a>, <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/eff/about.html">2008</a>, <a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/home/google/gsoc2009/eff">2009</a>, - and <a href="<blog>tor-google-summer-code-2010">2010</a>. - In total we had 21 students as full-time developers for the summers of 2007 to - 2010. Now we are applying to <a - href="https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/home/google/gsoc2011">Google - Summer of Code 2011</a>. + <a href="<blog>tor-google-summer-code-2010">2010</a>, and <a + href="https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/home/google/gsoc2011">2011</a>. + In total we had 27 students as full-time developers for the summers of 2007 to + 2011. Now we are applying to <a + href="https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/home/google/gsoc2012">Google + Summer of Code 2012</a>. </p> <p> The <a - href="https://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/timeline">timeline</a> - for GSoC 2011 is available. + href="https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012">timeline</a> + for GSoC 2012 is available. </p> <p> @@ -64,11 +65,11 @@ <h2><a class="anchor" href="#GettingInvolved">How To Get Involved</a></h2> <p> - The best way to get involved is to come listen on IRC (both "#tor" and - "#tor-dev"), read our docs and other webpages, try out the various tools - that are related to the projects that interest you, and ask questions - as they come to you: <a href="<page docs/documentation>#UpToSpeed">Getting - up to speed</a>. + The best way to get involved is to come <a href="<page + about/contact>#irc">listen on IRC</a> (both "#tor" and "#tor-dev"), read + our docs and other webpages, try out the various tools that are related to + the projects that interest you, and ask questions as they come to you: <a + href="<page docs/documentation>#UpToSpeed">Getting up to speed</a>. </p> <p> @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ <p> When it comes time for us to choose projects, our impression of how well - you'll fit into our community — and how good you are at taking + you'll fit into our community — and how well you are at taking the initiative to do things — will be at least as important as the actual project you'll be working on. </p> @@ -99,21 +100,22 @@ </p> <p> - The best kind of ideas are A) ones that we know we need done real soon - now (you can get a sense of urgency from the priority on the wishlist, - and from talking to the potential mentors), and B) ones where it's - clear what needs to be done, at least for the first few steps. Lots of - students try to bite off open-ended research topics; but if you're going - to be spending the first half of your summer figuring out what exactly - you should code, and there's a chance that the conclusion will be "oh, - that isn't actually a good idea to build", then your proposal will make - us very nervous. Try to figure out how much you can actually fit in a - summer, break the work down into manageable pieces, and most importantly, - figure out how to make sure your incremental milestones are actually - useful — if you don't finish everything in your plan, we want to - know that you'll still have produced something useful. + The best kind of ideas are well defined and easily broken into subtasks. + A lot of students try to bite off open-ended development and research + topics. But if you're going to spend the first half of your summer figuring + out what exactly you should code, there's a chance that the conclusion will + be "oh, that isn't actually feasible to build after all" and your proposal + will make us very nervous. </p> + <p> + Try to figure out how much you can actually fit in a summer, break the work + down into manageable pieces, and most importantly, figure out how to make + sure your incremental milestones are actually useful — if you don't + finish everything in your plan, we want to know that you'll still have + produced something useful. + </p> + <a id="Template"></a> <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Template">Application Template</a></h2> @@ -171,37 +173,45 @@ helps with the deduplication process and will not impact if we accept your application or not.</li> - <li>Is there anything else we should know that will make us like your + <li>Is there anything else that we should know that will make us like your project more?</li> </ol> <p> - We will pick out mentors for this year — most of the - people on the <a href="<page about/corepeople>">core Tor development team</a> - plus a few people from <a href="http://www.eff.org/about/staff">EFF's staff</a> - — so we should be able to accommodate a wide variety of projects, - ranging from work on Tor itself to work on supporting or peripheral - projects. We can figure out which mentor is appropriate while we're - discussing the project you have in mind. We plan to assign a primary - mentor to each student, along with one or two assistant mentors to help - answer questions and help you integrate with the broader Tor community. + We mostly pick mentors from the <a href="<page about/corepeople>">core Tor + development team</a> and <a href="http://www.eff.org/about/staff">EFF's + staff</a> so we should be able to accommodate a wide variety of projects. + These can range from work on Tor itself to work on supporting or peripheral + projects. </p> <p> + All selected projects are assigned both a primary and assistant mentor to + answer your questions and help you integrate with the broader Tor + community. Though your mentors are a primary point of contact please use + our public spaces (the <a href="<page about/contact>#irc">#tor-dev irc + channel</a> and <a href="<page docs/documentation>#MailingLists">tor-dev@ + email list</a>) to discuss your project. We want you to become a part of + the community by the end of the summer, not a stranger that's only known by + your mentor. + </p> + + <p> If you're interested, you can either contact the <a href="<page - about/contact>">tor-assistants list</a> with a brief summary of your proposal - and we'll give you feedback, or just jump right in and post your ideas - and goals to the <a href="<page docs/documentation>#MailingLists">tor-talk - mailing list</a>. Make sure to be responsive during the application - selection period; if we like your application but you never answer our - mails asking for more information, that's not a good sign. + about/contact>">tor-assistants list</a> (a private list) with a brief + summary of your proposal and we'll give you feedback, or just jump right in + and post your ideas and goals to the <a href="<page + docs/documentation>#MailingLists">tor-dev mailing list</a> (which is open). + Make sure to be responsive during the application selection period; if we + like your application but you never answer our mails asking for more + information, that's not a good sign. </p> <p> - The more applications we get, the more likely Google is to give us good - students. So if you haven't filled up your summer plans yet, please - consider spending some time working with us to make Tor better! + We're always happy to have new contributors so if you haven't filled up + your summer plans yet, please consider spending some time working with us + to make Tor better! </p> <a id="Example"></a>