On 07/05/2026 17:33, Fatima Qaisar wrote:
Hi,
I'm definitely interested too. Will this allow remote participation as well?
That could be tricky. We can certainly make use of the dev mailing list
and slack (including huddles) which should be sufficient for a hackathon.
Mark
Fatima
On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
The barrier can seem a little high at times. That is largely a
consequence of us reducing the backlog of open bugs to zero.
I'm sure we'll be able to find some tasks that will be suitable for the
hackathon - watch this space.
Mark
On 07/05/2026 03:51, 박종하 wrote:
I'm interested as well.
So far, I've only worked on beginner-friendly issues, and I haven't been
able to contribute actively to the community because the barrier to entry
felt quite high at times. However, I'd really like to use this
opportunity
to get more involved, participate more seriously, and become someone who
can contribute consistently to the Tomcat community.
Jongha
2026년 5월 6일 (수) 오후 9:00, Mark Thomas <[email protected]>님이 작성:
Dropping Rich for now while we discuss internally.
I'm +1 on supporting the hackathon. I am happy to be the point person
but equally happy if someone else wants to do it.
I have various things on my TODO list at least some of which could be
suitable for someone new to Tomcat. Shall we start a list of ideas on a
Wiki page?
Promoting on the users and dev list is easy.
Is anyone else interested in a hackathon?
Mark
On 06/05/2026 12:05, Rich Bowen wrote:
It will be alongside the event. What's not clear at this point is if
it's
one or two days or the whole time. Depends on the response that this
message receives. Because of course you wouldn't want it to compete
with
your track/content, but I don't know yet how much time/space we can get
for
it.
Rich
On Wed, May 6, 2026, 03:06 Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
Rich,
Is this going to run alongside the conference or is it planned as a
before/after event?
Mark
On 05/05/2026 20:32, [email protected] wrote:
Hi Tomcat community,
We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026
(October 11–14) and Tomcat has sessions on the schedule. We'd love for
your
community to participate.
The idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for
contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks —
fixing
bugs, writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, or
onboarding new contributors.
To participate, we'd need a few things from your project:
• A point of contact — someone we can coordinate with on
logistics
and who'll be present at the event.
• A list of tasks — bugs, docs, features, good-first-issues,
or
whatever your project wants to focus on. This helps people show up
ready to
contribute rather than spending the first hour figuring out what to
work on.
• Promotion — a message to your dev@ and users@ lists letting
people know this is happening and encouraging them to attend.
This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, so we're
treating it as a pilot — we want to gauge interest before committing
to
scale. Even if only a few contributors from your project can
participate,
that's a great start.
If you're interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly.
Even a quick "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we
figure
out how many projects to plan for.
Also, please join us in the #hackathon channel on the ApacheCon
Slack
—
that's where we'll be coordinating as things come together:
http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack
Thanks,
Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners
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