In a message of Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:12:41 EST, "A.M. Kuchling" writes: >Jim Hugunin has agreed to do a keynote speech at PyCon 2005. In >private e-mail, Steve and I agreed that Feb. 1st was a reasonable >deadline for getting a title and abstract from Jim. It'll most likely >be about IronPython, but that's up to Jim. We should update the Wiki >and web pages to mention this. Jim will get free registration. > >Questions: > >Guido traditionally gives a keynote, so we now have two >speakers. Do we need a third keynote for day 3? > >Does this suggest a theme of alternative Python implementations for >PyCon? We could ask the Jython, PyPy, and Python/Parrot people if >there's anything they want to present -- possibly Christian Tismer for >Stackless, too. (I doubt we can help Samuele Pedroni attend the >conference, though, which means it's unlikely Jython can be >represented.) A panel discussion between implementors might be >useful/educational. Teams could also organize sprints of their own. >I doubt there's any cross-implementation code to be written, but >that's a possibility. Suggested things to do: > > * Ping the Jython, PyPy, Parrot, Stackless groups: anything they w >ant to > present? Any sprints they want to run? > * If enough presenters show up, schedule a panel discussion. > (Requires a moderator, and at least a ghost of an agenda.) > >We could set a deadline for some sort of contest, like the pie-thon >competition at OSCON; is that a good idea? (Pro: it's a good way to >encourage progress; it's very concrete; and it gets press. Con: Time >is short for that; not clear what the goal is -- running Python >benchmarks has been done, anything moree may be too difficult. >Ideas?) > >IMHO two keynotes are enough, but the Parrot/Python angle may suggest >a third keynote, or at least an invited talk: Sam Ruby >(http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/) is the current person working on >it, and he's an XML guy who's given keynotes before (e.g. notes on one >keynote are at http://www.jepstone.net/radio/2002/10/10.html#a209.) > >--amk
PyPy is funded as of Dec 1. They are signing the papers _now_ I believe. Samuele Pedroni is coming to work for Strakt, to do PyPy. He can come to Pycon. We're _all_ thinking about coming and having a Sprint. I forwarded this to pypy-dev -- I am sure that the rest of the gang will have things to say. Laura -- for PyPy dev. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
