For details: http://dlang.org/gsoc2013.html

This year we have the accumulated experience of the previous two editions, a strong mentor lineup, and a community more welcoming and active than ever before. We hope to get a strong outcome from our participation this year at GSoC 2013.

The deadline is March 29 at noon PST. We can update our application until then. Please don't forget to brainstorm project ideas at our ideas wiki: http://wiki.dlang.org/GSOC_2013_Ideas.


Thanks,

Andrei

Unfortunately our application to GSoC 2013 has been rejected. The list of accepted organization is at https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013. We will consider applying again to GSoC in the future.

This is of course not the outcome we were hoping for, but not a major setback. Going forward let's continue ramping up work on improving the quality of implementation and the language definition.


Andrei

On Monday, 8 April 2013 at 22:55:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Unfortunately our application to GSoC 2013 has been rejected. The list of accepted organization is at https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013. We will consider applying again to GSoC in the future.
>
> This is of course not the outcome we were hoping for, but not a major setback. Going forward let's continue ramping up work on improving the quality of implementation and the language definition.
>
>
> Andrei

Do we know why it was rejected? Because if we can find out we might be able to work on those issues.

On 4/8/2013 9:49 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
> Do we know why it was rejected? Because if we can find out we might be able to
> work on those issues.

We don't know why.

Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps
there are still students and mentors that would be interested
in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :)

We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way
everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience
and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that
candidates can use the experience for reference.

The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to
a unstable community where references would mean nothing).
I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and
wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.



On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Walter Bright <newshound2@digitalmars.com>wrote:

> On 4/8/2013 9:49 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>
>> Do we know why it was rejected? Because if we can find out we might be
>> able to
>> work on those issues.
>>
>
> We don't know why.
>

On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote:
> Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps
> there are still students and mentors that would be interested
> in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :)
>
> We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way
> everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience
> and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that
> candidates can use the experience for reference.
>
> The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to a
> unstable community where references would mean nothing).
> I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and
> wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.

Very interesting idea!

On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 06:42:34 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:
> Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding? Perhaps
> there are still students and mentors that would be interested
> in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :)
>
> We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way
> everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience
> and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that
> candidates can use the experience for reference.
>
> The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to
> a unstable community where references would mean nothing).
> I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and
> wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.

Nice idea. I have been full of envy all the times when D + GSoC happened because you need to be somehow tied to formal education system to apply. Opportunity to work under the mentorship of experienced D developer should be valuable enough on its own, even without funding.

I'm still willing to mentor, whether under G or D Soc!

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Walter Bright <newshound2@digitalmars.com> wrote:
> On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote:
>>
>> Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding?
>> Perhaps
>> there are still students and mentors that would be interested
>> in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :)
>>
>> We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way
>> everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience
>> and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that
>> candidates can use the experience for reference.
>>
>> The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as opposed to
>> a
>> unstable community where references would mean nothing).
>> I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and
>> wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.
>
>
> Very interesting idea!
>

On 4/9/13 12:10 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote:
>> Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding?
>> Perhaps
>> there are still students and mentors that would be interested
>> in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :)
>>
>> We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way
>> everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience
>> and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that
>> candidates can use the experience for reference.
>>
>> The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as
>> opposed to a
>> unstable community where references would mean nothing).
>> I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and
>> wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.
>
> Very interesting idea!

In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of "hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of it?"

Brad Roberts wrote:
> In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of "hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of it?"

Celebration is good for the community.