We haven't yet seen a big interest in the 2007 Summer of Code. As you may be aware, Google has extended the student application deadline to 5:00 PM PDT on Monday, March 26, 2007. We'd like to encourage all interested students to apply before the deadline. We haven't yet seen very many applications so please don't wait until the last minute!

Students should feel free to submit their own project idea. In fact, we strongly suggest you submit your own project idea and have updated our ideas page to reflect this. You don't have to start from scratch - our "Create your own idea!" section has links to several areas with possible ideas. The Sample Ideas on our ideas page are just examples - they're not necessarily a higher priority than any other feature request.

We'd also like to encourage you to apply for multiple projects. We've seen several applications for the same project and we can only select one student for each project.

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Gallery 2.2 (Double Double) is now available for download! In what has been close to a year of development, the Gallery team has packed this release full of new features and security enhancements. Major new features include: Downloadable Plugins which let you download, install, and upgrade modules and themes through the web interface; Dynamic Albums which let you set up albums based on keywords, ratings, and more; and WebDAV support for managing your photo library like a network hard drive with folders of images.

Translations and Integrations: Additionally, 8 languages are now 100% translated, 13 more are over 60% translated, and support has been added for integration with even more 3rd party applications! Check out the Gallery 2 Localization Report and the Available Integrations page for the full lists.

Security: Like each Gallery 2 release before this one, after a professional security audit we have made many improvements to further tighten down Gallery 2 and keep the bad guys out. All issues addressed in this release were discovered during this private, internal security audit. No known exploits are available, however, we highly recommend that you upgrade to Gallery 2.2 to secure your Gallery installation.

As always before you ask for help, please, please read the README -- we've made an effort to answer all of your questions there. Especially read the known issues section. Upgrading is quick and easy, but if you're upgrading from 2.1 or earlier there are a few things you should know first so be sure to scan the upgrading instructions.

Go see what else is new and then download Gallery 2.2!

Thanks for your continued support! Read on for more details...

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Gallery has applied to partcipate in the 2007 Google Summer of Code. The Summer of Code is a program, funded by Google, to essentially give students a paid internship with Open Source projects.

On Wednesday, March 14, 2007, Google will announce the mentoring organizations that will be participating in the 2007 Google Summer of Code. Hopefully, Gallery will be among the selected organizations. Also on March 14, the student application process begins. If you would like to work on Gallery during the Summer of Code and are eligible to participate, take a look at our ideas page and talk to us, either in #gallery on irc.freenode.net or on our Summer of Code mailing list. The student application process runs from March 14-24, 2007.

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