[Incubator] thinking about incubation sprint

[Even Rouault]

Le mardi 30 septembre 2014 23:14:58, Even Rouault a écrit :
> Le mardi 30 septembre 2014 18:08:30, Jody Garnett a écrit :
> > I was trying to think what an incubation sprint would look like .. am I
> > correct in assuming that "code review" is the sticking point?
> 
> Jody,
> 
> What kind of "code review" ? Checking that all source files have a license
> text in their header ? Or something more involved ?
> Regarding licences, I'm wondering if there are not tools that could do an
> automated summary. There are definitely proprietary ones, but I couldn't
> find free software ones right away with my very quick search.

Actually, I just found http://creadur.apache.org/rat/ that is apparently used 
by the Apache incubator.

> 
> Even
> 
> > In any case two ideas:
> > 
> > 1) A general cross project sprint where we gather up developers from
> > several projects, along with their mentors and try and power through
> > checking the code. It is good value as projects will encounter  similar
> > questions and have a chance to learn from each other etc... This is great
> > for community building but represents large sponsorship cost as we are
> > assured of getting developers from different corners of the globe.
> > 
> > 2) The other way to play is to focus on a project at a time, and see if
> > we can sponsor the project mentor to "crash" an existing code sprint.
> > This may be better for projects with a lot of developers in the same
> > part of the world?
> > 
> > Finally I a not sure if remote (via Skype) sprints are going to cut it.
> > It is too easy to get dragged away by your "day job" and not focus on
> > team members who are waiting. It slows down the whole thing and lacks
> > focus.
> > 
> > Any ideas/thoughts? I would be keen to hear from graduated projects on
> > "how they did it" - perhaps we can learn what worked and structure a
> > "sprint" around that activity.
> > --
> > Jody Garnett

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