Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 06:31:09PM +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Likewise, if they want to contribute to some other project under the PSF > umbrella, they can start talking to the respective developers on the > respective channels. We could have a landing page listed in the topic of IRC pointi

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I'm a little confused by the > http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2011 page though. If I'm a > *member* of an approved project (CPython in this case), can I just add > an entry to the table? Or do I need to do something first to be > approved as a prospective mentor? It's a wiki, so feel f

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:19 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> Experimenting with this idea became significantly more feasible since >> Brett wrote importlib, but would still require a strong understanding >> of Python's import system. I suspect even a proof of concept that was >> tested against just

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 04.03.2011 13:35, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:35:38 +0100 > "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again >> be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later >> today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Are proof-of-concept projects acceptable as GSoC projects? I'd say so. It's more rewarding (both for the student and the project) if the code has a chance to be integrated, at least in principle. However, doing a project and then finding out that the real solution should be similar but different

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Would you consider working on benchmarking (http://speed.pypy.org but > also infrastructure for running it) a part of core GSoC work? I can > imagine this to be useful not only for pypy and preferably also > running CPython trunk on benchmarks. IMO, the question really is if this is "primarily"

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:35:38 +0100 "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again > be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later > today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects. We've had a couple of people asking questions abo

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:35 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again > be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later > today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects. > > Traditionally, people (students and other project

Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: call for ideas and mentors

2011-03-04 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:35 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Google Summer of Code is coming up again, and we will again > be participating. Arc Riley will setup infrastructure later > today, and we need to start thinking about possible projects. > > Traditionally, people (students and other projec