[boost] Re: Google Summer of Code Stipends for student programmers

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-31 22:24:01

Eric Ford wrote:
> Might Boost be interested in becoming a "mentoring organization"?
> That would allow a student to get a summer stipend from Google to write
> code to contribute to boost.  I'd guess that we probably have a few student
> programmers on the list who have already demonstrated their capabilities
> and enthusiasm.  If so, see below.  The deadline is June 14.

The stipend is paid only upon successful completion of the project. What would
count as the successful completion in this case? Acceptance into Boost?
Obviously this can't be guaranteed in advance.

Maybe the Windows installer would be a good project for this program.

Jonathan