Live GIS Disc Press Release 37

OSGeo-Live Quickstart 48 hour Hackathon

25 January 2013

We are organising an "OSGeo-Live Quickstart 48 hour hackathon", aimed squarely at bringing OSGeo-Live documentation quality up one notch, by putting the Quickstarts through the same comprehensive testing and review that we have provided for our Project Overviews. (Credit to Javi and the OSGeo-Live Spanish community for suggesting the initiative).

The Hackathon will kick off with a one hour IRC meeting with everyone, followed by a 48 hour round the clock hangout, with people dropping in where appropriate for their timezone and work/family schedules.

Time:

What's involved:

Pre Hackfest:

1. Register your interest at (TBD: where?)
2. Download our current stable OSGeo-Live release from: http://osprey.ucdavis.edu/downloads/osgeo/gisvm/latest/
3. Projects ensure their quickstarts are up to date, set "Quickstart Status"="6.5draft" in our Status Spreadsheet.

Hackathon Kickoff:

• Log onto: irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive
• Time: Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 19:30:00
  • New York (U.S.A. - New York) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 2:30:00 PM EST
  • San Francisco (U.S.A. - California) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 11:30:00 AM
  • Auckland (New Zealand) Friday, 1 February 2013 at 8:30:00 AM NZDT
  • Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Friday, 1 February 2013 at 6:30:00 AM
  • Rome (Italy) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 8:30:00 PM CET

Quickstart Review:

• Test and review documentation as per: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Quickstart_Review_Checklist