SoC March 2007

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Fwd: Google Summer of Code
by Andrew P. Black 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Folks, I've been on the selection committee for the PSU GSoC projects for the last couple of years; one of my colleagues, Bart Massey, is pretty-well tied in with the Google selection process. We will talk on Wednesday, and I'll try and get the inside track on what it will take to get accepted as an organization. Appended is our conversation so far. Andrew Begin forwarded message: > From: Barton C Massey <bart(a)cs.pdx.edu> > Date: 25 February 2007 12:08:24 PST > To: "Andrew P. Black" <black(a)cs.pdx.edu> > Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code > > I think it can't hurt to apply again. I plan to try to bug > Chris, Greg, Leslie and the gang again to try to improve the > org selection process, which is unarguably a bit broken > currently. > > If it doesn't work out, I'd also be willing to put a Squeak > project up for PSU. I need to start getting a project list > together for this year. I'm hoping you'd be willing to be > on the PSU board again this year? > > I want to talk to you about open source stuff in any case > and make some plans. Late Monday afternoon or sometime > Tuesday morning or early afternoon? > > Bart > > In message <7CE5D174-74E2-4DA8-BDC0-656970431695(a)cs.pdx.edu> you > wrote: >> Do you have any insight into whether it is worthwhile for Squeak to >> apply as a mentor organization for GSoC? >> >> Apparently, last year the Squeak Foundation was rejected as being >> "not mainstream", whatever that means. >> >> Andrew

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Status report: application questions, ideas, mentors
by Giovanni Corriga 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi all a quick status report. - I've revised the application questions, and I'd say they are now in a "final draft" stage. Please review them so that we can fix the (possible) errors. - Three mentors have no Google Accounts listed. - The ideas list has 12 entries. Of these, 3 should have mentors. You don't have to be an expert in the domain to act as a mentor, so anyone can step up. I'll act as backup mentor, so if noone steps up for those three projects, I'll cover them. - The descriptions in the ideas list need to be reviewed and revised. Giovanni

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Re: Fwd: [SoC] Project Ideas deadline - Saturday 3rd 12:00 GMT
by Giovanni Corriga 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Il giorno ven, 02/03/2007 alle 12.39 +0100, stephane ducasse ha scritto: > un mentor pour un projet > > EEE 754-compliant floating point support. > "But what about a Smalltalk implementation of IEEE 754 numbers with > the exact math (precision, rounding) like Excel, OpenOffice and other > spreadsheets. Could be a nice project, good to test using SUnit and > hopefully with > value for Squeak. If there is a library available with the precision > of spreadsheets this may help people choosing Squeak for commercial > systems..." Nicolas, are you available for mentoring? If so, please provide me you google account, so that I may add you to the list of mentors. I will also add you to the soc mailing list. Giovanni

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SoC mentoring
by Giovanni Corriga 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi Keith, I've added you to the list of mentors, but I need your Google Account. If you don't have one, you can create it at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount . Giovanni

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Project Ideas deadline - Saturday 3rd 12:00 GMT
by Giovanni Corriga 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi all, Since our application has to be ready by Monday 5th, the deadline for proposing new ideas is Saturday 3rd at 12:00 GMT (noon). This leaves us one and a half days to review the ideas and formulate them in an acceptable form. Giovanni

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Missing Google Accounts
by Giovanni Corriga 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi, the mentors list is still missing a couple of (required) Google accounts. Bryce, Todd: please add your accounts to the list. If you don't have one, you can create it at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount . Giovanni

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Re: Project Ideas
by Giovanni Corriga 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Il giorno mer, 28/02/2007 alle 19.55 +0100, Torsten Bergmann ha scritto: > Hi Giovanni, > > read your posting about project ideas for Squeak. > [SNIP] > But what about a Smalltalk implementation of IEEE 754 > numbers with the exact math (precision, rounding) like > Excel, OpenOffice and other spreadsheets. Could be a nice > project, good to test using SUnit and hopefully with > value for Squeak. > > If there is a library available with the precision > of spreadsheets this may help people choosing Squeak for > commercial systems... > > What do you think? Hi Torsten, sounds like a good idea. I'll add it to the project ideas list. Giovanni

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