[Gdal-dev] FOSS4G Bug Squash

[Tamas Szekeres]

Frank,

We've already a session planned with Ari mainly for discovering the
discepancies among the various SWIG bindings and trying to push the
wagon into the same directions as much as it possible. From this
aspect we might want to collect the other areas where some conceptual
decisions should also be made interactively.

It seems I'm interested is more than one session but unfortunately I
can be only in one place at the same time ;-)

Best regards,

Tamas



2007/8/29, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>:
> Folks,
>
> Friday September 28th in Victoria (the day after FOSS4G 2007 closing events)
> there will be a big room with tables, chairs and internet connectivity provided
> by the committee for a "code sprint day" for interested projects.
>
> A code sprint is a fairly specific technique to implement software in an
> intense, focused and planned way by a team of developers in one place.  I'm
> not sure I am up to planning an effective code sprint for the GDAL project
> for that day, so instead I'd like to propose a less formal event - a
> "Bug Squash".
>
> That is, all interested developers and users would assemble and through the
> day we would try to fix as many open bugs (and perhaps even some news bugs
> discovered during the event) as we can.
>
> The GDAL 1.5.0 release is coming up (a bit later than my original plan),
> and my thinking is that I would arrange a first 1.5 beta before FOSS4G,
> and that we would have another beta released at the end of our bug squash
> day leading up to a final GDAL 1.5 release in early October.
>
> The FOSS4G 2007 Code Sprint page can be found at:
>
>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint
>
> I'm proposing to create a GDAL specific bug squash page at:
>
>    http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BugSquash2007
>
> I'd appreciate people adding themselves to that Trac wiki page if they are
> interested in attending.  I'll try and fill in more details as well.
>
> A few other notes:
>
>   o I think it would be good to have some people not in the room participating
>     to some degree via IRC, though obviously being there is better.
>
>   o I'd like to produce a set of "GDAL Team" t-shirts which we could give
>     to participants that day (another email to follow) and I'd also like to
>     provide food for participants (pizza?, lunch out?).
>
>   o A number of other projects will also be doing activities in the same big
>     room.  While that may be a bit chaotic, I think it will be a great
>     opportunity for some cross-project efforts.
>
> A day of hacking and fun, uninterrupted by presentations or speeches - the
> perfect un-conference!
>
> Best regards,
> --
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