From 942989811b8b3c12c058dc3c7829e97cd488c349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gavin Atkinson Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:26:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add news entry about FreeBSD's participation in Google Summer of Code 2017. --- share/xml/news.xml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml index f57aa440ce..2b4343aac5 100644 --- a/share/xml/news.xml +++ b/share/xml/news.xml @@ -34,6 +34,36 @@ 2 + + 27 + + FreeBSD Project to participate in Google Summer of + Code 2017 + +

The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce its + participation in Google's 2017 Summer of Code program, + which funds summer students to participate in open source + projects. This will be the FreeBSD Project's thirteenth year + in the program, having mentored over 200 successful + students through summer-long coding projects between 2005 + and 2016.

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Past successful projects have included improvements to + Linux ABI emulation, NFSv4 ACLs, TCP regression testing, + FUSE file system support, and countless other projects. + Many students go on to become FreeBSD developers, as well + as participating in FreeBSD developer events around the + world through continuing support from the FreeBSD + Foundation.

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Prospective participants are invited to apply; more + information is available, including proposal and deadline + information, on the FreeBSD + Summer Projects page.

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