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1.1       jmmv        1: [[!meta title="Google Summer of Code project proposals"]]
                      2: 
1.5     ! jmmv        3: NetBSD participated successfully in Google's Summer of Code
        !             4: [2005](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc-summary.html),
        !             5: [2006](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2006-summary.html),
        !             6: [2007](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2007-summary.html),
        !             7: [2008](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2008-summary.html),
        !             8: [2009](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2009.html),
        !             9: [2010](http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/google_summer_of_code_2010) and
        !            10: 2011 (report still TBD).
        !            11: 
        !            12: This page contains a list of concrete suggestions for projects we would
        !            13: like to see applications for in the next Summer of Code. Note that they
        !            14: vary a lot in required skills and difficulty. We hope to get applications
        !            15: with a broad spectrum.
        !            16: 
        !            17: In addition, you may wish to discuss your proposal on IRC -- look for us on
        !            18: Freenodes #netbsd-code or for pkgsrc-related discussions, #pkgsrc. If you
        !            19: want to just meet the community, visit #netbsd.
        !            20: 
        !            21: We encourage you to come up with your own suggestions, if you cannot find a
        !            22: suitable project here. You can find more project ideas on the
        !            23: [[NetBSD projects page|projects]]). These are not directly applicable to
        !            24: Summer-of-Code, but may serve as ideas for your own suggestions. You might
        !            25: find other ideas in
        !            26: [src/doc/TODO](http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/doc/TODO?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup)
        !            27: and
        !            28: [pkgsrc/doc/TODO](http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/doc/TODO?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup).
        !            29: 
        !            30: Deadlines and directions for students' applications to the Google
        !            31: Summer-of-Code can be found
        !            32: [on the Google pages](http://code.google.com/soc/).
        !            33: 
        !            34: # Application process
        !            35: 
        !            36: To make the job of sorting out proposals and applications for
        !            37: NetBSD-related projects, e.g. in the Google Summer-of-Code, easier for us,
        !            38: there are a few questions that we would like to see answered.
        !            39: 
        !            40: If you are interested in working on any of the projects below, please
        !            41: contact the mailing list referenced on each item, and possibly answer as
        !            42: many questions from our [[project application guidelines|application]] as
        !            43: possible.  The interested developers will be glad to respond to you there.
1.1       jmmv       44: 
1.5     ! jmmv       45: **Please note that Google Summer-of-Code projects are a full (day-) time
        !            46: job.**
1.1       jmmv       47: 
1.5     ! jmmv       48: A positive mid-term evaluation is only possible if usable code has been
        !            49: committed by that time.  Make sure your schedule allows for this.
1.1       jmmv       50: 
                     51: # Kernel-level projects
                     52: 
                     53: ## Easy
1.4       jmmv       54: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:kernel) and tagged(difficulty:easy)"]]
1.1       jmmv       55: 
                     56: ## Medium
1.4       jmmv       57: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:kernel) and tagged(difficulty:medium)"]]
1.1       jmmv       58: 
                     59: ## Hard
1.4       jmmv       60: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:kernel) and tagged(difficulty:hard)"]]
1.1       jmmv       61: 
                     62: # Userland projects
                     63: 
                     64: ## Easy
1.4       jmmv       65: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:userland) and tagged(difficulty:easy)"]]
1.1       jmmv       66: 
                     67: ## Medium
1.4       jmmv       68: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:userland) and tagged(difficulty:medium)"]]
1.1       jmmv       69: 
                     70: ## Hard
1.4       jmmv       71: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:userland) and tagged(difficulty:hard)"]]
1.1       jmmv       72: 
                     73: # pkgsrc projects
                     74: 
                     75: ## Easy
1.4       jmmv       76: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:pkgsrc) and tagged(difficulty:easy)"]]
1.1       jmmv       77: 
                     78: ## Medium
1.4       jmmv       79: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:pkgsrc) and tagged(difficulty:medium)"]]
1.1       jmmv       80: 
                     81: ## Hard
1.4       jmmv       82: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:pkgsrc) and tagged(difficulty:hard)"]]
1.1       jmmv       83: 
                     84: # Comments
                     85: 
                     86: We are trying to be fair; expect easy projects to require less knowledge and skill, but quite a bit of work.
                     87: 
                     88: Medium and hard projects are hard enough to qualify as practical part of a master's thesis (it'll qualify as thesis topic if you can add sufficient quality theoretical parts). We had the honor to mentor several in past GSoCs. Talk to your adviser(s) if and how you can claim academic credit for the project you do with us.
                     89: 
                     90: We have not yet failed a student who worked hard and actually talked (and listened) to their mentors and the community. If unexpected roadblocks make your project goals too hard to reach in the time given, the goals can be re-negotiated. They will not be for rampant slacking, though.
                     91: 
                     92: What we expect from contributors (both GSoC students and generally) is that they cooperate, that they are able to communicate (this will mean some English skills, sorry), and that they meet a minimum of good manners towards other people on our lists and other venues. Note that being a specific color, gender, nationality, religion, etc is not listed: If you are willing and able to contribute in a constructive manner, you are welcome.