Hello students! This is not an April Fool’s joke… The kind folks at Google have decided to extend the Student Application Deadline for the Summer of Code.

The new deadline is Monday, April 7. So, the openSUSE project is still looking for students who are interested in contributing to the project via the Google Summer of Code.

If you’re not sure whether you’re qualified to join as a student, check the SoC FAQ — it spells out the eligibility very well.

After all students have submitted applications, the mentoring organization (in this case, the openSUSE project) will review and rank the proposals.

Mentors must be signed up by April 18, and students must be matched with mentors.

The entire timeline is available on the Google Summer of Code site. This should be updated soon to reflect the new dates. Due to the extension, the rest of the dates should slide back one week as well.

The openSUSE Project’s ideas page is available on the openSUSE wiki. As you can see, we have a ton of good ideas. We’re open to more, though, so feel free to add one if it’s something you’re particularly interested in working on.

If you have any questions about the Summer of Code program, please contact Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier or Christoph Thiel.

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