[OSGeo-Discuss] Code Sprint: How Much?

Lorenzo Becchi lorenzo at ominiverdi.com
Fri Oct 3 16:26:54 PDT 2008


ehm , wrong page, sorry Andrea :-P
that's the good one:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Hacking_event

some pictures:
http://flickr.com/photos/ominiverdi/2608195956/in/pool-osgeo/

lorenzo



Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
> best Sprint I've ever been:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/European_GIS_Code_Sprint
>
> ciao
> lorenzo
>
> ps: thanks Jeroen!
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> Paul Ramsey wrote:
>> Everyone loves a good code sprint... or do they?
>>
>> 2007 brought you the one-day sprint (with the GeoToolsers and uDiggers
>> going for an extended weekend sprint).
>> 2008 brings you another day.
>> 2009 is still thinking about it.
>>
>> How much sprinting would you do? 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 days?
>>
>> I am wondering if the right way to handle the sprints is to turn them
>> from something the conference quietly subsidizes to something that
>> OSGeo pays for directly.  That way the conference organizers don't
>> feel like they are having it taken out of their hide, and it can be as
>> long as people like. Also, it fits directly into the OSGeo mission of
>> promoting the development of the software.
>>
>> Book-keeping-wise it's a left-pocket-to-right-pocket transaction for
>> OSGeo, but from a authority and decision making PoV it removes the
>> issue from the plate of the conference team and puts it into the hands
>> of the software promoting team (whomever they may be).
>>
>> Paul
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