SoC2007 application

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Google Summer of Code 2007 application

Organization=

We are used to collaborate across timezones and cultures. For the Google Summer of Code we gave ourself a more formal project organization structure in addition to the two software project organizations hugin and panotools .

Steering Committee=

First person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Third person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Coordinators=

First person, main coordinator=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person, backing coordinator=

Short bio, graphics related events

Mentors=

First person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Third person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Students=

First person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Second person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Third person=

Short bio, graphics related events

Why are we applying for participation=

What do we hope to gain by participating=

Did your organization participate in GSoC 2005 or 2006=

No

Who is the administrator=

What license does your project use=

GPL.

What is the URL for your ideas page=

http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/SoC2007_ideas

What is the main development mailing list for your organization=

http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/

What is the main IRC channel for your organization=

IRC: #scribus at irc.freenode.net

Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now=

  • name / university / current enrollment
  • short bio
  • did you ever code in C, C++ or Python, yes/no? please provide examples of code.
  • do you use Scribus? please provide examples.
  • do you make other use of Scribus than for laying out articles? please describe and show examples.
  • were you involved in Scribus development in the past? what was your contribution?
  • were you involved in other OpenSource development projects in the past? which, when and in what role?
  • why have you chosen your development idea and what do you expect from your implementation?

Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include Google Account information=

Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account Information=

What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible=

  • familiarity and experience with the prepress technologies
  • knowledge of the existing open source technologies applied to desktop publishing
  • experience in mentoring junior coders, possibly from an academic environment
  • in depth knowledge of user requirements
  • ...

What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students=

What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors=

What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program=

What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?=