FOSS4G2008 CodeSprint
There WILL be code sprint on Friday 3rd Oct
Note that (on 12 May) everything below is a copy of the 2007 code sprint page, waiting for Tim and others to update it for 2008
Note from Tim Sutton: I will begin organising the code sprint at the start of June 2008. If you would like to contact me please see my email address below
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Organizing Contacts
Note from Tim Sutton: I will begin organising the code sprint at the start of June 2008. If you would like to contact me please see my email address below:
- Tim Sutton tim @ linfiniti.com
Interested to organize a code sprint
- Markus Neteler: GRASS GIS
- Andrea Antonello: JGrass / uDig
Code Sprint - what's that?
A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done. They fly the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...
Motivation and Direction
A day, a code base, and your imagination?
On the Friday after the conference, a big room with internet connectivity, lots of tables and flip charts will be arranged. Projects can use the time and venue for organizational discussions, development roadmaps, and group resolution of thorny issues in their code bases.
Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:
- http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
- http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
- Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint
To participate, start a section below for your project.
GRASS
Attending
- Markus Neteler
- Wolf Bergenheim via IRC
- Martin Landa via IRC
- Moritz Lennert via IRC (tbc)
Goals
- Hack session: fix bugs, new features
- Maybe invite power users to get in touch?
- Remote users via IRC channel
Udig / JGrass
Cross project code sprint with the JGrass and uDig projects.
Attending
Goals
To be defined...