ApacheCon Hackathon (was Is posting to this list easy or hard?)

["Jean T. Anderson" <jt...@apache.org>]

Ted Leung wrote:
> ... 
> One, it is really really beneficial to come to the hackathon and  
> ApacheCon - it puts a lot more humanness into the ASF.   

I've never been to the hackathon (though I think I will this time). From 
previous rounds, I can say for anyone wondering that there's no charge 
to attend the hackathon. If I'm wrong, somebody please correct me.

Can somebody explain how to sign up for the hackathon?
Also, Ben Laurie mentioned in another thread that committers can invite 
noncommitters. So, what's the procedure for a committer adding a 
non-committer?

thanks,

  -jean

Re: ApacheCon Hackathon (was Is posting to this list easy or hard?)

[Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org>]

Jean T. Anderson wrote:
> What's the best advice for someone on women@ who is interested in going 
> but is not a committer? contact a committer on her apache project? post 
> to this list?

Fortunately or not, things like this effectively work on personal 
relationships.  So if you're a non-committer ask around (nicely, of 
course) in any of the communities you already participate, or ask around 
here or on community@ or the like.

If you're still really not ready to bust into open mailing lists yet 
asking for an invite, then just email Jean - it sounds like she just 
volunteered to consider taking guests...  8-P

> p.s. btw, I like your factoids, Shane.

Gosh, thanks!  Was hoping they were appreciated.  I've been a tester and 
tech writer as well as a coder, so (when I have time) it's nice to 
demistify the uber-geek talk now and then.

- Shane

Re: ApacheCon Hackathon (was Is posting to this list easy or hard?)

["Jean T. Anderson" <jt...@bristowhill.com>]

Shane Curcuru wrote:
> The Hackathon is free and is open to committers and invited guests of 
> committers.  It is held Sun/Sat 10/11-Dec of ApacheCon US - during the 
> tutorials - in a conference room in the same hotel.
> 
> To attend, you *must* update the hackathon signup sheet.  (OK, you don't 
> have to, but you might not get a t-shirt if you don't!)  To invite a 
> guest - someone who hopefully is interested in something about Apache 
> and is kinda cool - simply put their name in the signup sheet as well, 
> marked [GUEST].
> 
> See svn://committers/hackathons/2005/ApacheCon_US.txt for details and 
> the hackathon signup sheet.

ok, I just added myself to the signup sheet.

What's the best advice for someone on women@ who is interested in going 
but is not a committer? contact a committer on her apache project? post 
to this list?

  -jean

p.s. btw, I like your factoids, Shane.

Re: ApacheCon Hackathon (was Is posting to this list easy or hard?)

[Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org>]

The Hackathon is free and is open to committers and invited guests of 
committers.  It is held Sun/Sat 10/11-Dec of ApacheCon US - during the 
tutorials - in a conference room in the same hotel.

To attend, you *must* update the hackathon signup sheet.  (OK, you don't 
have to, but you might not get a t-shirt if you don't!)  To invite a 
guest - someone who hopefully is interested in something about Apache 
and is kinda cool - simply put their name in the signup sheet as well, 
marked [GUEST].

See svn://committers/hackathons/2005/ApacheCon_US.txt for details and 
the hackathon signup sheet.

The hackathon itself is an unstructured event, and is basically a big 
room with power and networking where folks can meetup, do work, 
socialize, and collaborate.  Some ASF projects organize their own 
meetings during this time; some folks just come to kibbitz and catch up 
with friends; some folks come to make new friends.

Hope to see folks there!

- Shane

Faqtoid: What the heck kind of protocol is svn://committers...?

svn stands for Subversion, the new revision control system that's taking 
the world by revolution, and is replacing CVS at Apache as our supported 
code checkin system.  The format above is a common shorthand, and 
assumes you know where the committers repository actually is (which is 
https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers).

Note that this repository is private to all existing ASF committers (of 
any projects), so if you're not a committer this is one of the few 
things at the ASF you cannot see.

Re: ApacheCon Hackathon (was Is posting to this list easy or hard?)

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Jean T. Anderson wrote:
> Ted Leung wrote:
> >... 
> >One, it is really really beneficial to come to the hackathon and  
> >ApacheCon - it puts a lot more humanness into the ASF.   
> 
> I've never been to the hackathon (though I think I will this time). From 
> previous rounds, I can say for anyone wondering that there's no charge 
> to attend the hackathon. If I'm wrong, somebody please correct me.
> 
> Can somebody explain how to sign up for the hackathon?

The announcement and details were sent to all committers
on 1 October.

It is a good idea for committers to also subscribe to the
committers-cvs@a.o list.

I recommend going. For me it is the highlight of ApacheCon.

-David