I'm in too! Porting Pip sounds cooler to me, but I don't mind much as long as there's pizza.
Yo'av On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:15 PM, cool-RR <[email protected]> wrote: > Great, it seems that we have 4 interested people already, including myself. > Let's wait for some more. > > > Porting Django to Python 3 would indeed be awesome. But keep in mind we > would probably not complete even 10% of it in one sprint. > > Alex Gaynor > said:<http://alexgaynor.net/2011/feb/17/django-and-python-3-take-2/> "So > I'd like to make Python 3 support for Django a GSOC project this summer > [...] I think this task is eminently reasonable for the timeline [...]" > > If Alex Gaynor can do it in a few months, then it's really freaking big. > But I'd be happy even if we did just a small chunk of it; I'm sure Alex > Gaynor will be happy to point us at some sub-task that is small enough for > our sprint. > > > Regarding you being a newcomer: That's totally cool. Strengthening the > local Python community and helping newcomers is part of the goal. > > > Tal: The context manager thing is cool, but since it's just hypothetical > discussion on python-ideas AFAIK there's a good chance that they'll just > abandon the idea and our work would be wasted. > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Tsvi Mostovicz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A bit of a newcomer to python I'd love to partake in the sprint and meet >> fellow Israeli pythoneers. Sun-Tue, Fri is impossible for me. but otherwise >> Wed or Thu evening I'd love to join. Unless it's open to experienced ppl >> only :-) >> Django to Py3 is a favorite of mine. >> >> Tsvi Mostovicz >> [email protected] >> www.linkedin.com/in/tsvim >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 14:57, Tal Einat <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I would love to take part in a sprint, but my schedule is very tight for >>> the coming months. If a sprint is organized I'll do my best to take part. >>> >>> I don't have any specific projects in mind. Pip for Python3 sounds good, >>> or perhaps work on context manager tweaks for Python 3.3 as brought up >>> recently on Python-Ideas. >>> >>> - Tal >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:37 PM, cool-RR <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello folks, >>>> >>>> Today I chatted with Jesse Noller <http://jessenoller.com/>, who is one >>>> of the people pushing the PSF's Python >>>> Sprints<http://pythonsprints.com/>project. We were both excited about the >>>> idea of having a PSF-funded Israeli >>>> Python sprint. >>>> >>>> What this means is that a bunch of us can get together and hack on a >>>> Python-related project, and the PSF will fund the pizza/drinks/whatever >>>> else >>>> we'll need, up to $300. We will also take photos and make a post about our >>>> sprint on the Python Sprints blog <http://pythonsprints.com>. There are >>>> already posts there about sprints in the USA, South Africa, Canada, >>>> Switzerland, etc., and I feel that some Israeli representation is in order. >>>> >>>> The subject of the sprint can really be anything that benefits the >>>> Python ecosystem. A few examples: Porting Django (or any other project) >>>> to Python 3, contributing to popular Python packages, contributing to >>>> Python >>>> core itself, whether by code, documentation, bug triaging, whatever you >>>> want. >>>> >>>> See the official call for applications <http://pythonsprints.com/cfa/>for >>>> more details. >>>> >>>> Would anyone be interested in participating in such a sprint? I'll be >>>> happy to hear suggestions for Python projects that you want to work on. >>>> >>>> My favorite suggestion: Porting Pip to Python 3! >>>> >>>> >>>> Ram. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Python-il mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Python-il mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Sincerely, > Ram Rachum > > _______________________________________________ > Python-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il > > -- Yo'av Moshe
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