Git in GSoC 2022?

Hi all,

GSoC 2022 is approaching. The timeline has been released [1]. Mentoring organizations should submit applications between February 7 and 21 at 1800 UTC. So, I thought I'll kick off the discussion about our plans for GSoC 2022.

First, are we interested in participating in the 2022 round of GSoC?

If we are interested in participating we need:

   - Volunteers who are wiling to act as mentors. I would be
     willing to be volunteer myself as a mentor for one student.
  
   - Microprojects: I believe we could repurpose the Outreachy
     microproject ideas[2] for GSoC too. If others have suggestions
     for microproject ideas, please share them.

   - Project ideas: There are two mentioned in SoC-2021-Ideas[3]
     but both were picked by GSoC students the previous year. So,
     we would need new ones this year.

     Taylor showed interest in a bitmap-related project during
     the Outreachy application period [4]. Taylor, are you still
     interested in mentoring a bitmap-related project? Would it
     be possible for you to do so for the upcoming GSoC?

Also, wanted to note that GSoC has some changes in store for this year [5]. Concisely they are:

   - Expanding eligibility: the program is now open to non-students.

   - Multiple Sizes of Projects: In 2021, project size was reduced
     (~175 hours). This year, both medium sized projects (~175 hours)
     and large projects (~350 hours) are supported.

     GSoC organizers recommend communities to have both medium _and_
     large size projects.

   - Increased timing flexibility: rather than a mandatory 12-week
     program, projects can be extended for up to 22 weeks by the
     mentor and the contributors.

See the blog [5] for more details.

[ References ]

[1]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline

[2]: https://git.github.io/Outreachy-23-Microprojects/

[3]: https://git.github.io/SoC-2021-Ideas/

[4]: https://public-inbox.org/git/YVTM+WQH%2FUyhVeTz@nand.local/

[5]: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2021/11/expanding-google-summer-of-code-in-2022.html