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''From an email by Andrea Antonello:''
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== European Code Sprint proposal ==
  
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==Introduction ==
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This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September.
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This is a proposal for a European FOSS-GIS developers meeting at mid-end of November 2007
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It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.  
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(kind of follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September).
 
  
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The event is the "European GIS Code Sprint" organized as a
 
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post-event of the [http://www.sfscon.it SFScon 2007] held in Merano, Italy.
 
  
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Planned Dates are:
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== Code Sprint - what's that? ==
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* 16-17 Nov 2007: South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007
 
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:: (http://www.sfscon.it)
 
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* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set
 
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:: (somewhere in the nice Alps of South Tyrol, Italy)
 
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* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint event
 
  
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== Venue ==
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<i>(The following is taken from the page describing the planned
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The organisation of the event would be made by the Free Software
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[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007].)</i>
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Center in Bolzano.
 
  
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== Details ==
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A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done.
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The Sprint would mainly have the aim to bring different projects to
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They get the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking
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know each other and build up some standard interaction, let the teams
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life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project
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of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and
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for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...
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non-remotely for a few days, and obviously also do some bugfixing. We
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would like to invite also power users in order to work on
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Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:
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documentation, translation and even minor issues.
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* http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
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* http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
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* Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint   
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To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.
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== Who should attend ==
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* Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
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* Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
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* Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bugdescriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
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* Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.
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== Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint ==
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For developers:
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* bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
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* let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
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* bugfixing
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For Power Users:
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* the possibility to meet the developer comunity and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
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* the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproductable, only power user accepted)
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For everyone out there:
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* Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the dataset of the [http://www.grassbook.org/grasslocations/nc_spm_06_contents.html grassbook] does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.
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== The Location ==
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The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Bolzano, Italy.
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* SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka, and can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ie=UTF8&ll=46.670753,11.158923&spn=0.004829,0.009956&z=17&om=1 here].
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== Planned Dates ==
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* 16-17 Nov 2007: [http://www.sfscon.it/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007]
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* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set (somewhere in South Tyrol)
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* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint
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== Who will organise the sprint ==
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The [http://www.tis.bz.it/bereiche/free-software-1 Free Software Center] of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.
  
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== Hunting and Gathering for Free Spatial Data ==
 
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In parallel, there is the desire to collaborate on the creation of a
 
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free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region
 
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of the South Tyrol with GPS. The final dataset should contain as many
 
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data as possible, as for example the new OSGeo NC dataset of the GRASS
 
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book does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be
 
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integrated in order to support different analyses.
 
  
 
== Interested in Coming ==
 
== Interested in Coming ==
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bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
 
bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
 
they want to have a glorious future.
 
they want to have a glorious future.
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== Projects attending the sprint ==
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TODO: order alphabetically
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=== QGIS ===
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==== Attending ====
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==== Goals ====
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* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
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=== GDAL/OGR ===
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==== Attending ====
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==== Goals ====
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* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
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=== GRASS GIS ===
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==== Attending ====
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* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
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==== Goals ====
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* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
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* work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
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* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
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* continue Italian translation of software
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=== JGrass / uDig ===
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==== Attending ====
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* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
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==== Goals ====
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* cooperation with the [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS] team for GRASS Vector integration in [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] / [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]
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* Italian translation of the project
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Revision as of 10:31, 24 August 2007

European Code Sprint proposal

This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint in September. It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.


Code Sprint - what's that?

(The following is taken from the page describing the planned Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007.)

A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done. They get 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...

Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:

To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.


Who should attend

  • Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
  • Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
  • Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bugdescriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
  • Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.


Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint

For developers:

  • bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
  • let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
  • bugfixing

For Power Users:

  • the possibility to meet the developer comunity and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
  • the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproductable, only power user accepted)

For everyone out there:

  • Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the dataset of the grassbook does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.


The Location

The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Bolzano, Italy.

  • SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka, and can be found here.


Planned Dates


Who will organise the sprint

The Free Software Center of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.


Interested in Coming

Time is rather short and we would like to understand how much interest there is in such an event and more or less how many developer would like to attend.

  • Andrea Antonello
  • Markus Neteler
  • Arnulf Christl

We feel that there is a huge need for a developer meeting that could bring together different projects, that really need to interact if they want to have a glorious future.



Projects attending the sprint

TODO: order alphabetically

QGIS

Attending

Goals

  • get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker

GDAL/OGR

Attending

Goals

  • speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin

GRASS GIS

Attending

Goals

  • get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
  • work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
  • speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
  • continue Italian translation of software

JGrass / uDig

Attending

Goals

  • cooperation with the GRASS team for GRASS Vector integration in JGrass / uDig
  • Italian translation of the project
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