GSOC Guide students

Learn about the program

 * GSoC official site
 * GSoC 2012 FAQs

Find a project

 * Find a project idea from the main idea page.
 * Students can propose your own idea at the students' idea page.

Start communicating

 * Begin communicating with the community. Other members of the community can help you refine your idea, and you may meet potential mentors.  You should contact sub-projects within the community that can provide mentors for your project idea, and you should join,
 * the summer-coding list
 * the development list.

Set up an account
If you do not already have an account in the Fedora Account System, create one.


 * On the project wiki https://fedoraproject.org/wiki, create a user page in the format of .  Do this by opening a new web browser tab and typing in the address , replacing   with your actual Fedora Account System username.


 * If you're interested in examples, this user page template provides a basic layout that you can copy. You can also look at the markup for other users' pages. Here's a selection of some that have stood out:
 * User:Jsimon
 * User:Ianweller
 * User:Pfrields
 * User:Kaio

Create your proposal

 * Login to the fedoraproject.org/wiki using your Fedora Account Credentials.


 * Navigate the following URL, replacing  with your fedora username


 * Populate the form on this page with the contents of the following, filling in the necessary details:

(make sure to _omit_ the  tags)


 * Save the page and then click 'watch this page' at the top


 * Navigate to the following URL, replacing  with your fedora username and  with the name of your proposal


 * Populate the form on page with the contents of the following, filling in the necessary details

(make sure to _omit_ the  tags)


 * Save the page and then click 'watch this page' at the top


 * Repeat steps 5-7 for additional proposals you would like to submit

If you need help visit GSOC_2012 and/or view the sample proposal at GSOC_2012/Student_Application_Bckurera/sample_wiki

Let others know
Let others know about your submission by forwarding your application URL with a brief description about your proposal to the  mailing list.

Keep communicating

 * We cannot overstress the importance of communication. Keep talking, and listening, to the discussion group, to the sub-projects relevant to your proposal and to potential mentors.  Be patient, as mentors and other contributors are often very busy people.


 * Please follow the below mentioned guide lines as much as possible.
 * Mailing List Guidelines