Hi all,
In 2016, we were able to get 13 students participating in RTC projects just under Debian:
https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/RTCProjects?highlight=%28rtc%29%7C%...
and there were many more in other communities.
For people who want to mentor, now is the time to get involved.
To get this level of support from Google again (Debian had 25 interns in 2016), it is important for us to get a few projects listed on the Debian wiki again this week, along with names of possible mentors. I've already started on it but I need a few other volunteers who can log in and add their names:
https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects
You don't have to be a Debian Developer to be a mentor under Debian.
Also, if you advertise a project now, you are not obliged to accept any students if none of the applicants are satisfactory or if your availability changes.
When you register for the wiki, you will probably get a spam error, just follow the instructions to send an email to wiki@debian.org and CC me and it should be approved promptly.
Every year a couple of our mentors are randomly selected to attend the GSoC summit. In fact, in 2016, Bruno also won the t-shirt design competition for the summit and was asked to write on Google's blog:
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2016/11/google-summer-of-code-2016-debian....
Regards,
Daniel