[pypy-dev] idea for Summer of PyPy - call for feedback

[Matt Revelle]

Hi Holger,
Sure thing.  =)

On 1/16/06, holger krekel <hpk at trillke.net> wrote:
> Hey Matt,
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:42 -0500, Matt Revelle wrote:
> > Hi Holger,
> > It might be better to see if a second Summer of Code is going to occur
> > and to be one of the listed projects.  I'm curious about how many
> > students would be interested in and capable of writing code for PyPy.
> > The program sounds like fun, though.
>
> The thing with summer-of-code is: we could not easily fund
> the sprint attendances and also we might not be able
> to push 6-10 proposals through although they could be
> interesting ...
>
> cheers,
>
>     holger
>
> P.S.: are you ok with cross-posting our conversation
>       to pypy-dev?  I think it's interesting for
>       everyone ... i have heard this comment a number
>       of times before :)
>
>
> > On 1/16/06, holger krekel <hpk at trillke.net> wrote:
> > > Hey again,
> > >
> > > so right after this mail was sent out there was a
> > > codespeak downtime lasting 12 hours.
> > >
> > > Anyway, let me clarify that this mail was not addressed
> > > to the core PyPy developers (who endorse the idea already)
> > > but to everybody else so please speak up if you are interested
> > > or have comments regarding the idea.  Hum, or should we
> > > post to comp.lang.python?
> > >
> > > you can of course also mail me privately - it doesn't mean
> > > that you have to guarantee to propose something later.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > >
> > >     holger
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 21:31 +0100, holger krekel wrote:
> > > > while many of us are gearing up for the EU review end next
> > > > week (we should sent our last reports in, puh!)
> > > > there is an idea where i'd enjoy your feedback on.
> > > >
> > > > We'd like to propose to the EU that we can fund
> > > > a Summer of PyPy (modelled after Google's Summer of Code
> > > > last year) which would roughly work like this:
> > > >
> > > > - all students can send in proposals for roughly two-months
> > > >   projects that leverage PyPy in some way - e.g. in areas like
> > > >   new backends or frontends, optimisations, new fun
> > > >   tools, security, distributed systems, logical programming,
> > > >   whatever.
> > > >
> > > > - 6-10 people get accepted from a board of experts
> > > >   and everyone gets a personal mentor
> > > >
> > > > - you would be invited to the PyPy Post-EuroPython sprint
> > > >   which serves as a kickoff meeting
> > > >
> > > > - two months implementation time
> > > >
> > > > - participants are invited to another closing-off sprint
> > > >
> > > > - results get reviewed if they achieved the goals
> > > >   if so: a sum of 3000-4000 euro is payed flat
> > > >
> > > > This is the rough idea - no guarantee it will work this
> > > > exact way or any way at all :)
> > > >
> > > > So what do you think about this whole idea?
> > > >
> > > > And would you personally consider wanting to participate?
> > > > Are you not a student and would like to participate anyway?
> > > >
> > > > Summer of PyPy would involve a noticeable organisational
> > > > effort on our side so it's good to have an idea how much
> > > > interest there might be.
> > > >
> > > > thanks & cheers,
> > > >
> > > >     holger
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