[LLVMdev] [llvm][gsoc] Where we at?

[Tanya M. Lattner]

>>> I am wondering about the status of GSoc this year. The mailing list seems to be rather quiet on the topic. Has anyone thought of project ideas?
>> We just received confirmation that LLVM was accepted for this year GSoC.
>> The ideas list, as usual, is placed at
>> http://llvm.org/OpenProjects.html (it also contains links to
>> subproject's ideas pages).
>>
>> Please consider looking into
>> http://socghop.appspot.com/org/show/google/gsoc2009/llvm for more
>> details like application requirements, etc.
>
> Also I think it was agreed that we would not accept applications from
> students who have never contributed to LLVM in any way.  So, if you want
> to be a GSoC LLVM student, rummage through the bugreports, find one you
> can solve, solve it, send in your solution, and pray it gets applied!
> The idea is that we want proof that students are actually capable of
> contributing before accepting applications; we don't want to discover
> that a student is never going to produce anything halfway through their
> GSoC project (as has happened in the past).

First, thanks to Anton for enrolling the LLVM organization into GSOC and 
setting up the application template!

Anton and I are the organization admin's for LLVM's GSOC participation. 
I'd like to clarify the statement above.

Not having contributed to LLVM before will **not** disqualify you. 
However, prior LLVM contributions and experience is is taken into 
consideration when selecting and ranking applications. Mentors may also 
take it into consideration when selecting which students they would like 
to mentor. The application asks you to include this information.

Thanks,
Tanya Lattner