Re: How can I apply for GSoC?

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

Tomohiro Matsuyama <tomo@cx4a.org> writes:

> I have a question. How can I apply for GSoC on GNU Emacs Project?
>
> My idea on GSoC is "Emacs Native Profiler", which enables to profile
> Emacs Lisp. Comparing to benchmark.el or elp.el, the overhead of this
> profiler is very small. The uncompleted work can be obtained from the
> following URL:
>
> http://cx4a.org/hack/emacs-native-profiler.html

One thing you need is a mentor among the existing Emacs developers.  If
I understand correctly, the role of a mentor is to offer advice when
needed, and help facilitate getting the code accepted.

I am completely swamped with work, so will not be able to do this, but
if any Emacs developer is able and willing to step forward, I encourage
them to do so---ASAP, because the deadline is soon.

Anyone?

Once a mentor is available, we would sign up on summer-of-code@gnu.org.
My impression is that GNU gets a certain number of slots in GSoC, but I
am not sure of the procedure for deciding which subprojects gets a slot.
But asking for a slot on that mailing list would be the first step.