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<p>Mozilla was accepted into Google Summer of Code 2017 [1], I just
checked out the ideas page for this year [2] and was saddened to
see <b>NO</b> ideas for Thunderbird, Lightning, or Instantbird.
I've added an idea for instant messaging to the brainstorming page
[3] and will try to add more later. I'd encourage other groups in
the Thunderbird community to think about whether they have the
time to mentor and what good projects might be! This has been a
great resource in the past to have some work done, e.g. in 2016:</p>
<ul>
<li>The calendar team had great help last year with converting
some of their UI from XUL to HTML.</li>
<li>Instant messaging had MANY improvements made to our XMPP
support this year and in the past had additional protocols
added, etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>I'm no longer an administrator for Mozilla's Google Summer of
Code, but was the past two years; I've also mentored a few
different projects over the years. I'd be happy to answer any
questions people might have!<br>
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<p>--Patrick<br>
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<p>[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/?sp-search=Mozilla">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/?sp-search=Mozilla</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Community:SummerOfCode17">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Community:SummerOfCode17</a><br>
[3]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Community:SummerOfCode17:Brainstorming">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Community:SummerOfCode17:Brainstorming</a><br>
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