Contact information
Your Name: DmitrijsLedkovs
Email Address: dmitrij.ledkov@ubuntu.com
IRC nickname: xnox
GSoC LinkID: xnox
Launchpad ID: dmitrij.ledkov
Skype username: dmitrij0309
Webpage/blog: http://surgut.wordpress.com
College-University: University of Hull, UK
Major: Electronics, MEng Mobile Telecommunications Technology
Open Source
Please describe any previous Open Source development experience:
I'm maintaining Xiphos and Sword in Debian/Ubuntu. Due to this effort I've also became upstream developer of Xiphos. I did a few fixes in Ubuntu & bzr plugins. I'm currently Ubuntu Contributing Developer see my contributor application. Most (if not all) of my development experience is on launchpad & PTS.
Why are you interested in Open Source?
Hmmm... Because I'm a geek? I've started using Open Source apps because they were free, ad/malware free, stable and usually had more features. After I've switched to Ubuntu and started contributing I've learned a lot from Open Source apps.
Availability
How long will the project take? When can you begin work?
2.5 - 3 months. Can start part time before June. Full time from June.
How much time do you expect to have for this project? (weekly)
~ 40 hours. Hoping to start coding early.
Where will you based during the summer?
UK (UTC+1) or Latvia (UTC+2)
Other
Do you have any commitments for the summer? (holidays/work/summer courses)
2-3 weeks for exams & dissertation. 1 week in August + a few weekends for linejuding Volleyball (world tour & national league).
I'm hoping to start early to minimise impact. And merge milestones separately.
Have you ever participated in a previous GSoC?
No.
Have you applied for any other 2010 Summer of Code projects? If yes, which ones?
No. But I might apply for a couple of Ubuntu projects.
Why did you apply for the Google Summer of Code ?
I see this as opportunity to experience what is it like to be Open Source full-time developer. In the future I would like my career to involve developing open source software.
Why did you choose Ubuntu as a mentoring organisation?
- I am using ubuntu since 2007. I am ubuntu developer. I want to fix Bug #1. I love ubuntu.
I like the friendly developer & user community around ubuntu. During my previous work on ubuntu I've met and worked with awesome and cool developers =) some of which are mentors for GSoC.
- Every ubuntu developer has cool Brainstorm ideas which would be really amazing to have for ubuntu development and/or ubuntu users. These cute ideas are often put aside to the when-I-have-spare-time box of each developer. With GSoC they can become reality.
Why do you want to participate and why should Ubuntu choose you?
I want to make a significant contribution to Ubuntu. GSoC will give me opportunity to do that. Ubuntu should choose me because I am passionate, have sufficient knowledge and ready to learn fast. I want to become Motu/CoreDev in the future.
Projects
Projects I'd like to do in alphabetical order.
You can view each application separetly. To edit / leave comments use above links. Below are wiki page includes 
Automated optimistic merging and testing of new upstream releases.
Integrating Bzr with 3.0 (Quilt) packages
USB-creator Improvements