FOSS4G 2009 Code Sprint
Organizing Contacts
- Jody Garnett, Tyler Mitchell
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...
Venue
Venue hasn't been confirmed yet, but will likely be Ultimo TAFE, which is 15 minutes walk from the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre where the conference is being held. TAFE is a government sponsored Tertiary Education centre and has plenty of rooms, white boards etc.
Time and Date
Date: Saturday 24 October (the day after the conference).
Time to be confirmed.
Motivation and Direction
A day, a code base, and your imagination?
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.
Project
Coordinator:
- Paul Ramsey
Attending:
- Person 1
- Person 2
Goals:
- Bug fixes and clean-up for a 1.5 release.
uDig & friends
Coordinator:
- Andrea Antonello
Attending:
- Person 1
- Person 2
Goals:
Describe goals ...
OSGeo Marketing & Education
Coordinator:
- Tyler Mitchell
Attending:
- Person 1
- Person 2
Goals: Review marketing and outreach ideas and needs. For all those who are around during this day but not going to do coding and want to talk more generally about OSGeo directions, etc. Likely follow-up from BoF events
Project
Coordinator:
- .
Attending:
- Person 1
- Person 2
Goals:
Describe goals ...