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1.1       jmmv        1: [[!meta title="Google Summer of Code project proposals"]]
                      2: 
1.6     ! jschauma    3: NetBSD participated successfully in all of Google's Summer of Code
        !             4: programs to date (see our results of
1.5       jmmv        5: [2005](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc-summary.html),
                      6: [2006](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2006-summary.html),
                      7: [2007](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2007-summary.html),
                      8: [2008](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2008-summary.html),
                      9: [2009](http://www.netbsd.org/foundation/press/soc2009.html),
1.6     ! jschauma   10: [2010](http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/google_summer_of_code_2010),
        !            11: [2011](http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_s_google_summer_of)) and
        !            12: we are planning of applying again as a mentoring organization in 2012.
1.5       jmmv       13: 
                     14: This page contains a list of concrete suggestions for projects we would
                     15: like to see applications for in the next Summer of Code. Note that they
                     16: vary a lot in required skills and difficulty. We hope to get applications
                     17: with a broad spectrum.
                     18: 
                     19: In addition, you may wish to discuss your proposal on IRC -- look for us on
                     20: Freenodes #netbsd-code or for pkgsrc-related discussions, #pkgsrc. If you
                     21: want to just meet the community, visit #netbsd.
                     22: 
                     23: We encourage you to come up with your own suggestions, if you cannot find a
                     24: suitable project here. You can find more project ideas on the
                     25: [[NetBSD projects page|projects]]). These are not directly applicable to
                     26: Summer-of-Code, but may serve as ideas for your own suggestions. You might
                     27: find other ideas in
                     28: [src/doc/TODO](http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/doc/TODO?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup)
                     29: and
                     30: [pkgsrc/doc/TODO](http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/doc/TODO?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup).
                     31: 
                     32: Deadlines and directions for students' applications to the Google
                     33: Summer-of-Code can be found
                     34: [on the Google pages](http://code.google.com/soc/).
                     35: 
                     36: # Application process
                     37: 
                     38: To make the job of sorting out proposals and applications for
                     39: NetBSD-related projects, e.g. in the Google Summer-of-Code, easier for us,
                     40: there are a few questions that we would like to see answered.
                     41: 
                     42: If you are interested in working on any of the projects below, please
                     43: contact the mailing list referenced on each item, and possibly answer as
                     44: many questions from our [[project application guidelines|application]] as
                     45: possible.  The interested developers will be glad to respond to you there.
1.1       jmmv       46: 
1.5       jmmv       47: **Please note that Google Summer-of-Code projects are a full (day-) time
                     48: job.**
1.1       jmmv       49: 
1.5       jmmv       50: A positive mid-term evaluation is only possible if usable code has been
                     51: committed by that time.  Make sure your schedule allows for this.
1.1       jmmv       52: 
                     53: # Kernel-level projects
                     54: 
                     55: ## Easy
1.4       jmmv       56: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:kernel) and tagged(difficulty:easy)"]]
1.1       jmmv       57: 
                     58: ## Medium
1.4       jmmv       59: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:kernel) and tagged(difficulty:medium)"]]
1.1       jmmv       60: 
                     61: ## Hard
1.4       jmmv       62: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:kernel) and tagged(difficulty:hard)"]]
1.1       jmmv       63: 
                     64: # Userland projects
                     65: 
                     66: ## Easy
1.4       jmmv       67: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:userland) and tagged(difficulty:easy)"]]
1.1       jmmv       68: 
                     69: ## Medium
1.4       jmmv       70: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:userland) and tagged(difficulty:medium)"]]
1.1       jmmv       71: 
                     72: ## Hard
1.4       jmmv       73: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:userland) and tagged(difficulty:hard)"]]
1.1       jmmv       74: 
                     75: # pkgsrc projects
                     76: 
                     77: ## Easy
1.4       jmmv       78: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:pkgsrc) and tagged(difficulty:easy)"]]
1.1       jmmv       79: 
                     80: ## Medium
1.4       jmmv       81: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:pkgsrc) and tagged(difficulty:medium)"]]
1.1       jmmv       82: 
                     83: ## Hard
1.4       jmmv       84: [[!map show="title" pages="projects/project/* and tagged(status:active) and tagged(gsoc) and tagged(category:pkgsrc) and tagged(difficulty:hard)"]]
1.1       jmmv       85: 
                     86: # Comments
                     87: 
                     88: We are trying to be fair; expect easy projects to require less knowledge and skill, but quite a bit of work.
                     89: 
                     90: 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.
                     91: 
                     92: 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.
                     93: 
                     94: 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.