Return-path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.28]:33214 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750733AbZCRRfx convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:35:53 -0400 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so153476ywb.1 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:35:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <43e72e890903181035j5dd19ec0o76db02d8e543fef3@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090318033600.4d17be51@beast3> <20090318144204.GC3527@tuxdriver.com> <43e72e890903181035j5dd19ec0o76db02d8e543fef3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:35:50 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890903181035w6c3bd9co6c6cceb920c032c4@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090318_183606_229819_64EAAC2A) Subject: Re: GSoC project proposals From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Mircea Gherzan , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, k roy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez = wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:42 AM, John W. Linville > wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:36:00AM +0200, Mircea Gherzan wrote: >> >>> I'm a CS student (undergrad) wanting to do a wireless-related proje= ct >>> for the Google Summer of Code. >>> >>> As advised by Johannes Berg, I am posting on here in order to know = the >>> mentors and to get a better understanding of the requierements. >>> >>> From the publised list, I am most interested in the roaming project= =2E >>> Please, can anyone tell me who will be mentoring it, so I cand get = in >>> touch with him/her? >> >> I think Luis Rodriguez penned the descriptions of those projects, >> so he might be the best person to ask about them. =C2=A0In any case, >> I would be happy to mentor such a project if you so desire. > > This is what we have, through some brainstorming on IRC and a few > e-mails with a few people. > > https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code_2009#802.11_= Wireless > > The application deadline was last Friday, March 13, 2009 so I suppose > that went in as-is. I volunteered a few people but if there are other= s > willing to help mentor some of these projects please just go right > ahead and add your name to the list or let me know and I'll add you. > > So there are three GSoC project ideas listed there: > > * Add AP support to Network Manager > * Improve wireless roaming > * Integrate GeoClue to help with regulatory compliance > > The last one is the one which I hope to be able to mentor the most on > but will also obviously need some help from Dan. That one is also > being reviewed in conjunction with a similar project idea for GNOME > GSoC: > > http://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode2009/Ideas > > Seems GeoClue is welcomed for many reasons onto the desktop. > > Whether or not these GSoC projects get picked up by Google I still > think its worth to put this out there and see if people are will pick > some of this work up. > > OK so as for the question about roaming -- I'm up to help mentor it. > Anyone else? =46orgot to add Kroy, which seemed interested in the GeoClue stuff. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html