Re: GNU is looking for Google Summer of Code Projects

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, 2020-03-19 at 11:16 -0400, Rocky Bernstein wrote:
> In another list I see that GNU has been accepted for Summer of Code
> and is looking for projects. 
> 
> [If this is not appropriate here, let me know. I couldn't find a
> general make developers list.]
> 
> My suggesion regarding GNU Make has to do with getting some of the
> goodness in the GNU Make fork remake back into GNU Make.  But enough
> about me. What is most in need of help in GNU Make that a summer
> student might reasonably make progress on? 
> 
> Discuss the ideas here and contact me offline and I'll forward the
> GNU contacts. (Or you probably can look them up for yourself if so
> inclined. I am not a coordinator, I am just a backup mentor).

This is the right place to discuss this, I think.

There are probably various things that could be usefully done for GNU
make.  However, there's one big issue: there is no way I can mentor
anyone for GSoC.

In fact, we had a GSoC project a long time ago, in one of the first
years it was available.  I was optimistic that I could spend the needed
time but even back then I was an abject failure at it and things have
certainly not gotten any better since.

Proper mentoring requires significant time and resources, and I don't
have either of those in abundance unfortunately.