Re: Is it too late for a new project?

[Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva]

On 26 March 2012 09:54, Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 25 March 2012 09:20, John Gamboa <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Because of this, I went into the make list and started discussing
>> about a possible proposal on Make. Anyway, reading the history of this
>> mailing list, it seemed for me that the Ideas list is already closed
>> (or, at least, that proposals are available just for the projects
>> listed). Am I right? Should I continue talking about a proposal in the
>> GNU Make list? Or GNU Make isn't eligible anymore as a participating
>> project in GSoC?
>
> Yes, you should continue talking to GNU Make developers about your
> proposal. It is necessary that someone volunteers to signup as a
> mentor for GNU Make. Ideally we need at least one mentor and one
> backup mentor. Then you must submit your project proposal to
> google-melange.com before April 6 19:00 UTC (which is the definitive
> deadline to new project ideas, no matter which gnu package they come
> from).

Perhaps we should make it more clear on the guidelines AND ideas page
that students can bring new suggestions and even talk to GNU packages
that are not on the list.