[Xen-API] Prepping for GSOC 2014 [URGENT] - deadline Feb 14 2014

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

the GSoC application deadline is coming up : Feb 2014. If we want to 
have any chance of getting accepted this year, we ought to get our 
project list into good shape. The project list and how the project and 
menters present themselves has a bigger impact on whether we get 
accepted than the actual application.
Also, I would like to add a mentor section this year: a short bio, what 
the mentor cares about and a picture. This will help make the project 
list more real.
We have *4 weeks* to do this. The bar for GSoC has been getting 
increasingly high. I know, we are tied down with Xen 4.4, but this is 
something you need to do if you want the Xen Project to participate.
a) Please, update 
http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Development_Projects urgently (these 
need to be in good shape *before* the application). What I need you to 
do is:
a.1) Remove items that are done
a.2) Add new work items : we ought to have a few sexy topics on say 
Real-time, mobile and some of the other segments (assuming we can get HW)
a.3) All project proposals need to be peer reviewed *and* clear ... The 
peer review process for projects we put in place last year worked well, 
by which we had past mentors sign of project proposals that were in good 
enough state.
b) Anyone who has some kernel/linux/bsd/distro/qemu work-items, should 
get these listed on the respective other programs. And we should link to 
these from our project page.
Best Regards
Lars
P.S.: I will also see whether we can participate as Xen Project under 
the LF GSoC program, but last year there was push-back and I don't 
expect this to change

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