Spend a great "Summer of Code" with NetBSD!

[Mark Weinem <weinem%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Dear NetBSD users,

this announcement is for anyone interested to implement a Google Summer of 
Code project with NetBSD. 

April 9th 2010 (19:00 UTC) will be the deadline for student applications.

In case you never have heard about "Summer of Code" (GSoC) before, Google 
provides a website with detailed information:

   http://socghop.appspot.com


You can also watch a video about why it is cool to be part of the GSoC 
community and what is
necessary to participate:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBRRR0BQyz0&feature=player_embedded#


If you want to apply you can suggest your own projects or pick up 
projects form the "NetBSD Summer of Code Projects" webpage:

   http://netbsd.org/contrib/soc-application.html

   http://netbsd.org/contrib/soc-projects.html


The NetBSD mentors of this year's GSoC have also presented some of their 
projects on the NetBSD mailinglists:

  Curses testframe  :
  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2010/04/07/msg013066.html

  Rewrite pkg_comp : 
  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2010/04/06/msg012017.html

  Improving sysinst, the NetBSD installer :
  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2010/03/29/msg005916.html

  Improved Automounter Support :
  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2010/04/06/msg002004.html

  Extending the libintl implementation with newer gettext features :   
  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2010/04/06/msg003458.html

  Full multibyte support  :
  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2010/04/06/msg003458.html

   Implement file system flags to scrub data blocks before deletion: 
   http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2010/04/06/msg000299.html

   Optimize and speed-up ATF :    
   http://www.netbsd.org/~jmmv/atf/news.html#20100324-gsoc-2010

   ATF: Reorganize  and improve modularity : 
   http://www.netbsd.org/~jmmv/atf/news.html#20100324-gsoc-2010

   ifconfig on-line help & auto-completion :
   http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2010/04/07/msg002014.html
 

We look forward to get you aboard with GSoC 2010!


--Mark Weinem