Meetup and Hackathon at ApacheCon?

[Nick Burch <ni...@torchbox.com>]

Hi

I'm thinking about organising a meetup + hackathon at ApacheCon, and 
wanted to guage interest. Would probably go for a half day at the start 
of the conference (Monday/Tuesday).

For current developers, it'd be a chance to discuss the project, and work 
together to squash a bunch of bugs in a hackathon session.

For users, it'd be an opportunity to meet the developers, and get 
involved. So, you could turn up and learn how to use and understand the 
debugging tools like BiffViewer, chat to developers to ensure your 
favourite bug reports had enough information on them, learn how to submit 
patches etc.


So, who's interested in attending a session like this, and do you have any 
preferences for the Monday or Tuesday?


(We might well also end up doing a few poi social things before and after 
the conference, as several poi committers live nearby and many others are 
coming in, but more details on that sort of thing nearer the time)

Nick

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Re: Meetup and Hackathon at ApacheCon?

[Paolo Mottadelli <pa...@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Nick Burch <ni...@torchbox.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking about organising a meetup + hackathon at ApacheCon, and wanted
> to guage interest. Would probably go for a half day at the start of the
> conference (Monday/Tuesday).


+1
That's a very good idea and I would like to give my contribution.


So, who's interested in attending a session like this, and do you have any
> preferences for the Monday or Tuesday?


I'm interested and would suggest Tuesday, as more people should be around.



-- 
Paolo Mottadelli: http://www.paolomottadelli.com

Re: Meetup and Hackathon at ApacheCon?

[Dave Fisher <da...@jmlafferty.com>]

Hi Yegor,

>> I'm thinking about organising a meetup + hackathon at ApacheCon,  
>> and wanted to guage interest. Would probably go for a half day at  
>> the start of the conference (Monday/Tuesday).
>
> I would go for Tuesday, second half of the day. There will be more  
> people around and I personally will have an extra day to recover  
> from jet leg.

I agree.

>> For current developers, it'd be a chance to discuss the project,  
>> and work together to squash a bunch of bugs in a hackathon session.
>
> By that time 3.5-FINAL should be released and I'm sure it will boost  
> interest in the session.

When do you think we'll have the 3.5-FINAL artifacts and the vote?

Regards,
Dave

>
> Yegor
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Re: Meetup and Hackathon at ApacheCon?

[Nick Burch <ni...@torchbox.com>]

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009, Yegor Kozlov wrote:
> I would go for Tuesday, second half of the day. There will be more 
> people around and I personally will have an extra day to recover from 
> jet leg.

That sounds like the best time for most people. I've emailed the planners 
to see about arranging the spot, and maybe even some signs :)

Nick

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Re: Meetup and Hackathon at ApacheCon?

[Yegor Kozlov <ye...@dinom.ru>]

> 
> I'm thinking about organising a meetup + hackathon at ApacheCon, and 
> wanted to guage interest. Would probably go for a half day at the start 
> of the conference (Monday/Tuesday).
> 

I would go for Tuesday, second half of the day. There will be more people around and I personally will have an extra day 
to recover from jet leg.

> For current developers, it'd be a chance to discuss the project, and 
> work together to squash a bunch of bugs in a hackathon session.
> 

By that time 3.5-FINAL should be released and I'm sure it will boost interest in the session.

Yegor

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