Hi Everyone,
As I mentioned on IRC, I want to finish drafting the Hackathon
announcement ASAP so I can get it to my uni's ACM (along with a short
"what is freenet?").
We started a piratepad about a week ago for the announcement (which
I'd like to get up on freenetproject.org when it's complete):
http://piratepad.net/lhsiYf5m5Q and I believe I've implemented
Prometheas' changes. Does anyone have further changes they'd like to
add? I believe in the process I also addressed Steve's concern about
not over-specifying what people should work on.
The announcement links to here: https://wiki.freenetproject.org/Wiki/Hackathon
Does anyone have any additions, corrections, or subtractions they want
to apply there?
Thanks everyone.
Cheers,
Dan
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Dan Roberts <ademan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> It's been a week without any objections to the dates.
>
> Therefore, the hackathon will be December 19-20th.
>
> The topic remains an open discussion, however.
>
> Arne proposed Winterface, which I am interested in. However, I do have
> some questions:
>
> - How many people really know the Winterface code base well enough to
> help us newbies keep moving?
> - Is it more useful to work on FProxy's UI or Winterface in the medium term?
> * Can anyone comment about the merits of working on Winterface
> versus removing warts from FProxy's UI from a "utility" perspective?
> In other words, is the core team open to "blessing" Winterface in some
> fashion if it became polished enough? If Winterface, for one reason or
> another, is doomed to remain an experimental plugin for the
> foreseeable future, perhaps it's more useful to shave warts off of
> FProxy's UI?
>
> It sounds like there are a number of veterans interested in hacking on
> various projects that interest them. So long as there are veterans
> around who are knowledgeable about the code us newbies will be
> touching, I'm just happy that people will be hacking.
>
> Announcement Wording
> ===========
>
> I'd like to advertise the hackathon on freenetproject.org. Assuming
> the appropriate project leaders approve of this, my first pass of the
> text is:
>
> The Freenet Project is holding a hackathon the weekend of December
> 19th and 20th.
> The hackathon is open to developers of all skill levels, and will be held
> remotely over [IRC](help.html#irc) as well as on Freenet's anonymous IRC
> system, FLIP (link?).
>
> If you would like to participate, please let us know (HOW?), and
> suggest a topic to
> hack on. On Friday, December 18th, we would like for all participants to
> sign up on the Bug Tracker (?), have Freenet installed, and be ready
> for the hackathon!
>
> Of course, feel free to join us on our [Mailing
> List](https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl) or
> on [IRC](help.html#irc) any time and introduce yourself.
>
> -----
>
> Problems with the above:
>
> - General wording is awkward
> - What contact methods should be listed for RSVP? (Contact on ML only?)
> - If Winterface ends up being the topic, should anyone sign up for the
> bug tracker?
>
>
> Finally, should phrasing this announcement be coordinated off-list?
>
> Thanks everyone and cheers,
> Dan
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Dan Roberts <ademan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can commit to December 19-20th. If anybody has a strong objection to
>> those dates please speak up soon, otherwise I'd like to consider those
>> dates fixed.
>>
>> Regardless of date, does anyone have an opinion on topics?
>> - Steve made a good point that UI code is probably a good topic for
>> newbies, as it generally shouldn't require deep knowledge of Freenet.
>> - Dean also mentioned just generally "bug squashing", I think I'd
>> prefer to be slightly more focused but it could work well.
>> - I don't believe localization should be a primary focus of this
>> hackathon, but it might be a good secondary topic, or topic of a
>> future hackathon.
>> - If the veteran-to-newbie ratio is high, perhaps some deeper topics
>> could be attempted. We'll know closer to the date what to expect. If
>> that were the situation, do any veterans have some particular bugs
>> they'd want to attempt?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM, xor <x...@freenetproject.org> wrote:
>>> On Friday, October 23, 2015 08:26:39 AM Dan Roberts wrote:
>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>> Thanks for proposing a date, unfortunately I actually have final
>>>> exams the week of December 14th so I have very limited availability
>>>> that weekend. I was also hoping to try to rally some people from my
>>>> university, so the weekend before finals week is doubly difficult.
>>>> However, realistically, I think I'd be lucky to attract more than 2-3
>>>> interested students anyways, so that may not really matter, especially
>>>> if Dec 12-13 works best for others.
>>>
>>> I would be unhappy if you didn't participate! :) You've done very good at
>>> acquiring lots of knowledge during the IRC discussions, and you should get
>>> your chance to be able to finally hit the keyboard with code :)
>>>
>>> What about Dec 19 & 20?
>>> People are anyway more likely to have vacation then than the weekend before,
>>> so it might be a better date for everyone?
>>>
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