General guidelines for mentors that want to propose a project idea.
Read the GSoC mentor manual
Mentoring a student for the GSoC is an amazing thing but it requires quite some deal of effort.
To be aware of what you are doing, please read the amazing GSoC Mentors Guide.
Adding a proposal
Follow the template of other proposals!
Title
Difficulty
Required skills
Brief explaination
Expected result
Mentor
When adding an idea to this section, please try to include the following data:
- if the application is not widely known, a description of what it does and where its code lives
- a brief explanation
- the expected results
- required skills for working on your project
- the difficulty level (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
- if applicable, links to more information or discussions
- mailing list or IRC channel for your application/library/module
- your name and email address for contact (if you're willing to be a mentor)
If you are not a developer but have a good idea for a proposal, get in contact with relevant developers first.
Subscribing as mentor
To subscribe as mentor, you need to complete a few easy steps.
- Send an email to contatti [at] ninux [dot] org to let us know which project you want to mentor for
Log in to Google Summer of Code 2015 Melange
- Apply as a mentor for Ninux
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