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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:41:55 -0800
To: Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: How PHP utilizes the Google SoC
From: philip@roshambo.org (Philip Olson)


On Mar 4, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Daniel Brown wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org>  
> wrote:
>>
>>  The Google Summer of Code sponsors students to work on Open Source
>>  projects over each summer. This RFC introduces guidelines and goals
>>  involving how we handle the SoC process.
> [snip="important info"]
>
>     Philip (or anyone else who can answer);
>
>     According to the information I've read (and I'll admit, I've
> *heard* of the GSoC, but am by no means familiar with it), the
> organization receives a small stipend as the representative group.  My
> question is: how is this usually spent?
>
>     The reason I ask is because I'd be very interested in mentoring a
> student on a project if we can use this money to help move the RFC
> Wiki (or similar) idea forward.  Besides, I'd be killing two birds
> with one stone.... as it was, I was trying to figure out how I'd
> afford the box and bandwidth as it is, because the Wiki idea - as I
> think others may agree - is an excellent step toward the future of the
> development of PHP.  So it's not an unselfish move on my part.


Hello Daniel,

Lack of funding is rarely a cause for such issues. Where there is a  
will, there is a free way. Many entities exist out there that are  
willing to donate boxes and bandwidth but people just need to find them.

The wiki is moving forward after delays for many reasons including  
unknowns about if PHP wants a wiki (some people hate them), our  
chaotic nature, and lack of time.  Lukas is now working on the wiki  
and it already has a domain (wiki.php.net) and CVS module (php-wiki- 
web) and once it goes online I have a feeling other new tools will  
start evolving. Just a guess. These were created yesterday.

As for where the mentor SoC money goes, I think it finds its way  
towards random PHP user groups.

Regards,
Philip