The FreeBSD Project was pleased to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2018 program.

Relevant Information:

• Summer of Code 2018 Projects
• SummerOfCode Source repositories (also, Summer of Code Subversion)
• FreeBSD Page on GSoC2018 web site
• Summer of Code Student Advice
• Summer of Code Student Checklist
• Summer of Code Mentor Advice
• Summer of Code Mentor Checklist
• Projects from Previous Years

Timeline:

• March 12 - 27: Student application period open
• April 23: Successful applications announced
• April 23 - May 14: Community bonding starts
• May 14 - August 6: Coding
  • June 11th - 15th: Mid-term Evaluations #1
  • July 9th - 13th: Mid-term Evaluations #2
• August 6th - 14th: Students Submit Code and Final Evaluations
• August 14th - 21st: Final Evaluations: Mentors review student code.

A more complete calendar (including files that can be imported into your normal calendar) can be found at https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/

FreeBSD maintains a page containing project ideas suitable for Summer of Code at Summer of Code Ideas, and a more generic Ideas page. Students are welcome to take on projects from that page, or produce their own project ideas and plans.

Important email addresses:

• FreeBSD Summer of Code administrators