Google Summer of Code

What is it?

The [[[Summer of Code 2007|2007]], 2008, and 2009.

We will be applying for participation again in 2010.

Draft Project Ideas

This is a list of ideas for projects that we feel would add useful functionality to Geeklog (this is a work in progress - expect this list to change before GSoC 2010 is open for application):

• Add Support for Dynamic Feeds with Access Control
• Improve the Configuration GUI
• Cross Site Alerting and Publication API
• Core Notification Service
• Social Networking Support (SocNet)
• Calendar Plugin
• more ideas: GSoC Brainstorming

These ideas are currently under review and may be dropped:

• SWOT (Spam: Web of Trust)
• Spam-X plugin overhaul

We're also willing to accept new ideas from students. In that case, please check that what you're proposing isn't already available (e.g. with some existing add-on). For more inspiration, you can also refer to our list of leftover ideas (not all of them fully fleshed out) from previous years.

Notes for Students

We have collected some information for students here. Please take a moment to read them. Thanks.

Recommended reading

Google provides an extensive FAQ. There's also a very informative Advice for Students page. We recommend reading those first.

Required skills

Students interested in any of the above projects should have reasonable experience with PHP and some basic SQL knowledge. Being able to set up your own LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) would probably help but isn't a prerequisite.

Geeklog uses Mercurial for revision control (aka version control aka source code management). Students should have a basic grasp of revision control - we can help you with the specifics of Using Mercurial.

Background information

Geeklog (current version: 1.6.1) is the software you may have seen running websites such as Groklaw.

Contact

We suggest that you join our Development Mailing List, introduce yourself and the project(s) you are interested in. This list is the best place for any questions or discussions related to the projects and their development.

Or you can hop on our IRC channel, #geeklog at irc.freenode.net and talk to us directly (some patience required - not everyone may be online there all the time).

If you need a more private communication channel, you can also email us at

contact-us(AT)lists.geeklog.net

or use this web form. This is a private mailing list which is read only by the GSoC mentors.

For your (draft) proposal, please also have a look at our application template from 2009(!).

Further Reading

• Getting Started with Geeklog development
• The Summer of Code topic on geeklog.net provides coverage of our previous participation in the Google Summer of Code.