Summer of Code - Organization Application

This is the application The MacPorts Project will hand in to Google for Summer of Code 2010. We need to have this finished by March, 12th!

Questions

1. Describe your organization.

MacPorts is a ports collection and packaging system for Mac OS X. We have a growing number of about 5600 ports currently, many of which accept multiple variants. MacPorts is one of the primary means by which open source software is compiled for and installed onto Mac OS X, and is thus a primary interface between Mac OS X and the rest of the open source world.

2. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2010? What do you hope to gain by participating?

3. Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.

4. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?

5. What license(s) does your project use?

6. What is the URL for your ideas page?

7. What is the main development mailing list for your organization?

8. What is the main IRC channel for your organization?

9. Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now.

10. Who will be your backup organization administrator?

11. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.

12. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?

13. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?

14. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program?

15. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the project after GSoC concludes?