Google Summer of Code 2017 is starting!

(A previous version of this post recommended #gentoo-soc-mentors on Freenode as the preferred discussion channel for GSoC, please use #gentoo-soc instead as the former is invite-only or ask us to invite you to it)

It’s time to send us your GSoC ideas whether you can/want to mentor or not. We need as many good ideas as possible to make sure Google will select us as an organization again this year. Experience has shown us that we’re not automatically selected. You can submit them yourself on the wiki or let us do it. Don’t waste any time because some polishing typically needs to occur before the deadline (February 27th). You can discuss your ideas with us on Freenode in #gentoo-soc (preferred), or by email at soc-mentors@gentoo.org.

If you’re potentially interested in being a mentor, only want to help during the early phases of discussing and reviewing projects, or are just curious and want to see what goes on there, please let us know and we’ll add you to the mail alias. Everybody from last year was removed so don’t assume you’ll be on the alias because you were last year. Note that you do not have to be a Gentoo developer to be a mentor or help us with GSoC in any way.

Finally, if you’re a student it’s not quite time yet to ask us about projects. Please be patient, we’ll let you know.

Now go and submit that idea!