On 07/06/2018, Denis Laxalde wrote: > Sean Farley a écrit : > > I want to bring up a discussion about the next location for the sprint. > > In my recent travels, I talked with ~10 people who expressed some > > reservations about being able to make the next sprint if it is held in > > Japan. > > Thanks for bringing this discussion up! > > > The major reasons for me are: > > > > - a lot of Europeans were (and still are) unable to travel to the US > > easily; therefore, weren't able to make it to the last sprint > > > > - since people weren't able to make it to the last sprint (me > > included!), there was a tradition of having the 2nd sprint of the year > > in Europe. This would be ~15 people for the 4.8 sprint > > > I've attended to the last two sprints in Europe (where I live) and but > did attend those in the US. This is mainly for personal reasons; not > that I can't travel to the US (nor anywhere else), but rather that I try > to avoid long travels unless I feel it's really worth it. So I won't go > to Japan and, likewise, I won't necessarily go anywhere in Europe. > > As a casual contributor, attending to a sprint regularly (once a year is > okay, perhaps one year and a half would be too) and meeting the > community helps me staying involved. > > That being said, I understand that people in Asia might have the same > wish to have a sprint held close to where they live. So I totally in > favor of adding other locations for sprints!
+1 I've attended to the Paris sprint (my first and last) and always consider going to sprints when they are scheduled in Europe. Having 3 sprints looks a good compromise. > > So, I was thinking of proposing the following compromise: having the 4.8 > > sprint in Europe and inserting Japan into the rotation after that (e.g. > > 5.0 is in Japan and 5.2 is in North America). > > Seems fine to me (obviously). Otherwise, when is supposed to be the next > sprint in Europe if the next one is in Japan? Does the Japan sprint > intercalate or replace the one in Europe? _______________________________________________ Mercurial-devel mailing list Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel