I'd hack in a hackathon! (if I have time that weekend, of course)
On Thu, 2015-10-22 at 18:09 +1000, dean wrote: > On 10/21/15 13:54, Steve Dougherty wrote: > > On 10/20/2015 10:10 PM, Dan Roberts wrote: > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > > > Is anyone interested in a Freenet hackathon? > > > > I am! > > I think this is a great idea. > > > ... > > > Given the rather dire sounding "Project Status" thread, one > > > of the first threads I caught since I signed up for the ML, I > > > think a > > > this might be useful to re-envigorate the project. > > > > Agreed. > > > > > Proposal > > > ======== > > > > > > I propose that the Freenet Project hold a 48-hour weekend > > > hackathon > > > (00:00 Saturday to 23:59 Sunday) sometime this fall or winter, > > > and > > > advertise it for a month or so prior. > > > > Sounds good. I can look into whether something around my local > > cryptoparty can get involved as well. > > > > > To do this, the project needs a few things: > > > > > > 1. A straight forward goal or priority, and lots of low-hanging > > > -fruit > > > bugs contributing to that goal. > > > > Any ideas for that? Fixing UI annoyances? Probably-physical-layer > > bugs > > like https://bugs.freenetproject.org/view.php?id=6612 ? Going > > through > > and finding strange code that can be improved? Darknet invites? > > > > UI things seem likely to be the most accessible thing for newcomers > > that > > comes to mind. > > This is true, it could also be partly a bug squashing party? That > gives > us lots of small attainable goals ( maybe...) . > > > > > > 2. A guide to getting up and running quickly (perhaps gradle is > > > useful > > > here?). https://wiki.freenetproject.org/Building_from_source > > > definitely needs a bit of help either way though (I can at > > > least > > > update the command-line section). > > > > https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/412 exists and could be a good > > starting point; I agree that gradle seems like a better near-term > > solution. > > > > > 3. Support for green developers. There will be a lot of > > > questions. > > > (Although it may lead to a "blind-leading the blind" > > > situation, I > > > volunteer here.) > > > > I plan to be around as well. Anyone else? > > Id like to be around if I can, although I'm more on the green side ; > -) > > > > > > Possible issues > > > =============== > > > > > > I imagine one possible objection to this initiative is that code > > > reviewer time is finite, perhaps the increased contribution > > > volume would > > > actually be counterproductive? If this is the case, then a > > > hackathon is > > > probably a non-starter, unless a large backlog of non-critical > > > patches > > > is acceptable. > > > > I'd be surprised if people go from a new codebase to anything > > requiring > > long review in the span of 48 hours. I'll be around, and hopefully > > other > > people who can review things as well, so I'd expect us to be able > > to > > deal with much if not all of it very quickly. > > > > > The other issue is that few if any of us are in the same time > > > zones. I > > > believe this is pretty much a non-issue, it would be a 48-hour > > > event, > > > and if all existing developers commit to participating for some > > > portion > > > of the weekend, there will probably be significant overlap (which > > > is > > > good). > > > > > > Even if there is zero new-developer turnout, it would be useful > > > to the > > > project to have a designated time when everyone is working > > > together (and > > > in fact perhaps be more productive in that sense). > > > > Agreed. > > If this could be made a regular thing it could be advertised and > could > definitely help newbie's get involved. > > Cheers, > Dean. > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl@freenetproject.org > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
