GSoC:2006 Student requirements - nesciens/xmms2-wiki GitHub Wiki

• You need to be prepared to stay in regular contact with your mentor, via IRC or e-mail, and provide at least weekly status reports.
• You will be expected to, at the very least, have a basic grasp of the language(s) involved in your chosen task, and have a knowledge of using revision control systems such as CVS, SVN or Git.
• Include the following in your proposal (1):
  • Detailed description / design document (including a list of deliverables)
  • An approximate schedule (timeline)
  • Brief description of past projects (including open source) that you've participated in
  • Brief resume/bio/contact information
• Some more information that could be useful to us (2):
  • How much time do you expect to have for this project?
  • List of jobs, summer classes, and/or vacations that you'll need to work around
  • Description of any experience you have with various programming and scripting languages, operating systems, and so on.
  • Description of your usage experience/familiarity - or even development experience - with the project you are applying for.
  • Did you participate in a 2005 Summer of Code project? If so, please describe your project and experience.
  • Details of your school/university/college enrollment: which institution, what your highest education level is so far, whether you're specialising or majoring in particular subjects..
  • Why are you well suited to complete this project?

Proposal Example

For an example of what your proposal could look like, see SoC_example.txt. Make sure your proposal is correctly linewrapped to fit in 80 cols (as google's interface doesn't reflow text).