Hi, I would like to propose the FAT Python project subject to the Google Summer of Code: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ I have a long list of optimization ideas for fatoptimizer: http://fatoptimizer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/todo.html The fatoptimizer project is written in pure Python and has a simple design. I implemented quite simple optimizations which are learnt at school. IMHO such project fits well for a student. Does the PSF already plan to apply to the GSoC? Are there other projects? Victor
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 at 02:14 Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I would like to propose the FAT Python project subject to the Google Summer of Code: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/
I have a long list of optimization ideas for fatoptimizer: http://fatoptimizer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/todo.html
The fatoptimizer project is written in pure Python and has a simple design. I implemented quite simple optimizations which are learnt at school. IMHO such project fits well for a student.
Does the PSF already plan to apply to the GSoC? Are there other projects?
Terri Oda has already emailed the core-mentorship mailing list looking for core projects, so the PSF is definitely doing it again and is looking for core projects.
As long as it's been brought up here: Yes, the PSF is applying. Google has been deliberately stirring things up in the last couple of years, so no promises, but it is very likely that we will be approved and core Python will have at least two slots allocated (although I'm not sure core Python even has a suborg admin yet, Terri will recruit someone). Please see the Wiki page at https://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2016 for more details. To contact the org admins (for wiki permissions and to join the mentors' mailing list), use the python.org mailbox gsoc-admins. core-mentorship is a good place to recruit students as well as to get advice on mentoring (or mentor-mentoring, if you're a suborg admin with new mentors). @Victor: I agree with you that implementing FATPython optimizations is a good student-level project, and one that is likely to attract continuing participation. You should get in touch with the admins[1] about updating the wiki page at: https://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2016/python-core. It's looking kinda lonely at the moment. Note that we can still add suborgs and projects after we've been approved (in 2-3 weeks) up to March 7, but the more projects and the more attractive they are, the better our chances of being accepted, and the better the students we'll attract. Footnotes: [1] I'm an assistant admin, but just recovering from Faculty Hell Month and a nasty cold, and don't have a handle on my own tools yet. Somebody else is likely to get to it more quickly. :-(
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