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Updating GSoC page for 2012 and rewriting some sections
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Damian Johnson

Damian Johnson commited on 2012-02-25 20:58:43
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Changing the dates and linking to the 2012 GSoC page. Some of the sections were
kinda rough or gave out of date advice so this includes quite a bit of
rewording too.
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     <a href="<page about/gsoc>">Google Summer of Code</a>
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   </div>
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   <div id="maincol">
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-    <h2>Tor: Google Summer of Code 2011</h2>
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+    <h2>Tor: Google Summer of Code 2012</h2>
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     <hr>
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     <p>
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-    In the last four years, The Tor Project in collaboration with <a
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+    In the last five years, The Tor Project in collaboration with <a
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     href="https://www.eff.org/">The Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>
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     successfully took part in
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     <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2007/eff/about.html">Google Summer of Code
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     2007</a>, <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/eff/about.html">2008</a>,
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     <a
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     href="http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/home/google/gsoc2009/eff">2009</a>,
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-    and <a href="<blog>tor-google-summer-code-2010">2010</a>.
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-    In total we had 21 students as full-time developers for the summers of 2007 to
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-    2010. Now we are applying to <a
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-    href="https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/home/google/gsoc2011">Google
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-    Summer of Code 2011</a>.
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+    <a href="<blog>tor-google-summer-code-2010">2010</a>, and <a
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+    href="https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/home/google/gsoc2011">2011</a>.
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+    In total we had 27 students as full-time developers for the summers of 2007 to
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+    2011. Now we are applying to <a
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+    href="https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/home/google/gsoc2012">Google
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+    Summer of Code 2012</a>.
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     </p>
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     <p>
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     The <a
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-    href="https://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/timeline">timeline</a>
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-    for GSoC 2011 is available.
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+    href="https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012">timeline</a>
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+    for GSoC 2012 is available.
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     </p>
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     <p>
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     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#GettingInvolved">How To Get Involved</a></h2>
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     <p>
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-    The best way to get involved is to come listen on IRC (both "#tor" and
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-    "#tor-dev"), read our docs and other webpages, try out the various tools
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-    that are related to the projects that interest you, and ask questions
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-    as they come to you: <a href="<page docs/documentation>#UpToSpeed">Getting
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-    up to speed</a>.
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+    The best way to get involved is to come <a href="<page
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+    about/contact>#irc">listen on IRC</a> (both "#tor" and "#tor-dev"), read
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+    our docs and other webpages, try out the various tools that are related to
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+    the projects that interest you, and ask questions as they come to you: <a
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+    href="<page docs/documentation>#UpToSpeed">Getting up to speed</a>.
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     </p>
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     <p>
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     When it comes time for us to choose projects, our impression of how well
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-    you'll fit into our community &mdash; and how good you are at taking
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+    you'll fit into our community &mdash; and how well you are at taking
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     the initiative to do things &mdash; will be at least as important as
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     the actual project you'll be working on.
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     </p>
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     </p>
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     <p>
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-    The best kind of ideas are A) ones that we know we need done real soon
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-    now (you can get a sense of urgency from the priority on the wishlist,
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-    and from talking to the potential mentors), and B) ones where it's
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-    clear what needs to be done, at least for the first few steps. Lots of
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-    students try to bite off open-ended research topics; but if you're going
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-    to be spending the first half of your summer figuring out what exactly
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-    you should code, and there's a chance that the conclusion will be "oh,
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-    that isn't actually a good idea to build", then your proposal will make
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-    us very nervous. Try to figure out how much you can actually fit in a
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-    summer, break the work down into manageable pieces, and most importantly,
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-    figure out how to make sure your incremental milestones are actually
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-    useful &mdash; if you don't finish everything in your plan, we want to
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-    know that you'll still have produced something useful.
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+    The best kind of ideas are well defined and easily broken into subtasks.
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+    A lot of students try to bite off open-ended development and research
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+    topics. But if you're going to spend the first half of your summer figuring
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+    out what exactly you should code, there's a chance that the conclusion will
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+    be "oh, that isn't actually feasible to build after all" and your proposal
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+    will make us very nervous.
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+    </p>
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+    <p>
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+    Try to figure out how much you can actually fit in a summer, break the work
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+    down into manageable pieces, and most importantly, figure out how to make
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+    sure your incremental milestones are actually useful &mdash; if you don't
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+    finish everything in your plan, we want to know that you'll still have
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+    produced something useful.
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     </p>
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     helps with the deduplication process and will not impact if we accept your
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     application or not.</li>
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-    <li>Is there anything else we should know that will make us like your
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+    <li>Is there anything else that we should know that will make us like your
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     project more?</li>
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     <p>
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-    We will pick out mentors for this year &mdash; most of the
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-    projects. We can figure out which mentor is appropriate while we're
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-    discussing the project you have in mind. We plan to assign a primary
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+    We mostly pick mentors from the <a href="<page about/corepeople>">core Tor
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+    development team</a> and <a href="http://www.eff.org/about/staff">EFF's
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+    staff</a> so we should be able to accommodate a wide variety of projects.
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+    All selected projects are assigned both a primary and assistant mentor to
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+    answer your questions and help you integrate with the broader Tor
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+    community. Though your mentors are a primary point of contact please use
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+    our public spaces (the <a href="<page about/contact>#irc">#tor-dev irc
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+    channel</a> and <a href="<page docs/documentation>#MailingLists">tor-dev@
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+    email list</a>) to discuss your project. We want you to become a part of
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     If you're interested, you can either contact the <a href="<page
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-    about/contact>">tor-assistants list</a> with a brief summary of your proposal
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-    mailing list</a>. Make sure to be responsive during the application
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-    selection period; if we like your application but you never answer our
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+    about/contact>">tor-assistants list</a> (a private list) with a brief
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+    summary of your proposal and we'll give you feedback, or just jump right in
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+    and post your ideas and goals to the <a href="<page
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+    docs/documentation>#MailingLists">tor-dev mailing list</a> (which is open).
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+    Make sure to be responsive during the application selection period; if we
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-    The more applications we get, the more likely Google is to give us good
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-    students. So if you haven't filled up your summer plans yet, please
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-    consider spending some time working with us to make Tor better!
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+    We're always happy to have new contributors so if you haven't filled up
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+    your summer plans yet, please consider spending some time working with us
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