This page coordinates the Google Summer of Code projects involving Python and mentored by the Python Software Foundation (PSF) in 2009.
The 2009 PSF SoC coordinator is ArcRiley <arcriley@gmail.com>. Contact him if you have any questions.
Prospective Students
If you are a student interested in working on core Python development or on a project that helps the Python community, we'd love to have you apply to the Python Software Foundation for this year's Google Summer of Code.
You should join the soc2009-general mailing list and take a look at the Project Ideas section below. If any interest you, feel free to contact the proposer for details. You can also discuss your own project ideas with the people mentioned or talk about them on the soc2009-general mailing list. Some of us also hang out on #gsoc-python on freenode.
Students should read SummerOfCode/Expectations to understand what is expected of them.
Project Ideas
These are project ideas proposed by mentors grouped roughly on the type of work it entails. Use the provided links for each for more information and contact the mentors interested in it.
Note: This list of project ideas is still being expanded; check back regularly!
Summary |
Useful skills and experience |
Contact |
Core Python |
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Improve the 2to3 tool for better Python 3 migration |
Python, Python3 |
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3to2 tool for backporting Py3 code |
Python, Python3 |
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Extend subprocess module |
Python |
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Provide nose wrapper for core Python test framework |
Python |
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Improve C and Python test coverage for core |
C, Python |
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Implement branch coverage recording for CPython |
C, Python |
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Helper Python core development tools |
Python, dev tools |
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Development |
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Python, Buildbot |
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Distutils test framework using PYPI. See this page |
Python, Buildbot |
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Build a keyring library for Python. See this page |
Python |
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Cython has a list of potential projects |
Python, C |
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Sphinx has a list of potential projects as well -- contact #pocoo on freenode |
Python, potentially HTML/JavaScript |
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Stackless Python has a list of potential projects |
Python, C, C++ |
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PyPy also has a list of potential projects |
Python |
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Roundup / Python Tracker enhancements |
Python |
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Education |
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Porting Crunchy to Python 3.0 |
Python, Python3, WSGI |
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Python, javascript |
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Gaming |
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Accelerated soy.fields physics in PySoy |
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Character animation in PySoy using GLSL |
Python, C, OpenGL, Quaternion math |
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Python, C, OpenGL |
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Python, C, OpenGL |
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PyGame has their own ideas page |
Python, C (varied) |
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MathSci |
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Extracting matplotlib's mathematical expression renderer a standalone project |
Python |
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Adding an html5/canvas backend to matplotlib |
Python, HTML5 |
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NumPy and SciPy has a list of project ideas |
Python |
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SymPy has a list of project ideas |
Python |
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Networking |
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Python, XMPP |
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Testing |
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Port figleaf to Python3 |
Python3 |
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Integrate C coverage reporting into figleaf |
C, Python |
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Pythoscope enhancements |
Python, unit testing, code generation |
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Miscellaneous |
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Build suite of migration tools to help people move projects between forges like DrProject, SourceForge, Google Code, Trac, etc. |
Python, Trac/SF/GC |
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Plastex performance improvements and MathML extensions (so we can finally retire Latex2Html) |
Python, LaTeX |
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Extend Pysync version control abstraction library to work with more VCS's and provide write access as well as read |
Python, C, CVS/SVN/P4/Git/Hg/Bzr/etc. |
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Build Python into BOINC/GridRepublic |
Python |
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Work on pygr |
Python, bioinformatics |
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Tahoe: implement the storage server protocol over HTTP -- details |
Python, networking, HTTP |
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Tahoe: FUSE integration -- details, more details |
Python, filesystems, Linux kernel |
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Tahoe: visualization -- real-time and historical filesystem performance, and social network |
Python, GUI |
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Tahoe: DVCS-on-Tahoe -- integrate a DVCS such as Mercurial to make an indestructible "repository in the clouds" -- details |
Python, DVCS |
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Tahoe: semi-private keys -- prove the security of a new form of public key cryptography, and implement it -- details |
Python, mathematics |
Mentor Instructions
We've setup /Incoming for mentors who find the above table intimidating to edit. You can still brave editing this page, just be careful.
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