[tahoe-dev] Google Summer of Code! Mentors and Ideas wanted.

[zooko]

Folks:

Thanks to Nils Durner and Brian Warner for signing up on the wiki to  
be Mentors:

http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/GSoCIdeas

We could use more Mentors!  To be a Mentor does *not* necessarily  
require familiarity with the Tahoe code-base nor even with Python  
(because some of the best GSoC ideas are more about building on top  
of Tahoe through the wapi).

It does require:

1.  commitment; You commit to contacting your student and chatting  
with him/her at least twice a week all summer long.

2.  being a good programmer

3.  being nice and friendly

If you meet these qualifications, then please sign up on the  
GSoCIdeas wiki page!  Your role will mainly be about sharing your  
ideas and wisdom and reminding your student to follow the Tahoe best  
practices -- thorough tests, good documentation, many small frequent  
patches, and participating openly on the mailing list.

Tomorrow is the deadline for Tahoe to apply to GSoC to be a Mentoring  
Organization.  I think you might still be able to join as a Mentor  
after that point, but our chances of being accepted into the program  
are probably improved by having good mentors already signed up.  Note  
that not everyone who signs up will necessarily end up with a  
student.  Presumably you can always share your ideas and wisdom with  
someone else's student in that case.  ;-)

Regards,

Zooko