[ZODB-Dev] become a ZODB mentor in the Google Summer of Code!

[Martijn Faassen]

[I sent this off to the wrong mailing list before, but fortunately that 
gave me the chance to correct some content too :)]

Hi there,

It would be great if we put our community's secret gem, the ZODB, into 
the limelight more, and the Google Summer of Code would be a great 
opportunity. We need mentors, and fast, so if you want to mentor 
someone, please sign up in this wiki page here:

http://wiki.zope.org/gsoc/SummerOfCode2008

Ideas concerning ZODB improvements are also welcome on that page.

Besides the many technical ideas I'm sure you will all have, one topic I 
think would be very nice is for someone to actually work on a ZODB 
website. Unfortunately this cannot be a direct SoC project as the SoC 
focuses on code, not documentation, but it'd be a nice potential side 
effect none the less. :)

The aim would be to approach Python developers who don't care about Zope 
at all, and tell them about the ZODB, how to get it, and how to join 
into our community. Python developers who *do* care about Zope are of 
course more than welcome too, it should just be clear that this is for 
everybody.

Regards,

Martijn