Archived/OutreachProgramForWomen/Round8

Xen Project and OPW

The Xen Project Advisory Board will be sponsoring one intern for Round 8 of the Gnome Outreach Program For Women which runs from May 2013 to August 2014. This program is an internship program specifically targeted at women: our goal is to increase womens' participation in the Xen Project. It is a continuation of the very successful GNOME Outreach Program for Women and we are running the program in conjunction with GNOME and other prominent open source projects.

Information For Applicants

How To Apply

The official application period for OPW Round 8 is October 1st to March 18th. Please fill our your initial application and complete your Xen patch by March 18th. Applicants that do not complete the first patch will not be considered for an internship. Please take a look at our application FAQ for more info on how to fill our your initial application. Applicants will be notified by November 25th if they have been accepted.

If you are interested in being a Xen intern, please:

• Join the xen-devel mailing list. Depending on the project you choose, you may also need to join xen-api or cl-mirage (do check the information in the project). Check the list directory.
• Join the #opw IRC channel on irc.gnome.org
• Join the #xen-opw IRC channel on freenode.net
• Read our instructions for applying, and apply by March 18th.
• Ask one of our friendly developers on for a bite size bug or work item. This can be reviewing somebodies code, submitting a patch, or similar and will need to be done by March 18th.

Community Reviewed Project List

For a list of prject ideas see, General List of Development Projects or GSoc 2014

Useful Resources

Here is some links to guides, tools, development flows etc.

• All Developer Information
• Xen Overview
• Submitting Xen Patches with Git
• Xen Beginners Guide
• Introduction to Git

Information For Mentors

See here