[Qgis-developer] Hackfest vs. Code Sprint

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

Eh what a pity we have to disown the name for the people which gave
rise to FOSS.  If we are going to go PC, why not lets call it the
'QGIS Community Meeting' which should be inclusive enough for all
shapes & sizes. I can see in my crystal ball a future where users self
organise and use the event to show off the work they have been doing
using QGIS, share ideas, and of course help to make the project better
by coding, translating, etc.!

Regards

Tim

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> On lun, 2011-02-21 at 11:03 +0000, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>
>> I thought the idea behind not calling it a "code sprint" was to
>> encourage non-coders (graphic designers, doc writers, testers etc) to
>> participate? Perhaps "Developer Meeting" or "Development Meeting"
>> (subtle difference)?
>
> You may be right. A more generic term could be good.
> In fact, the event could move to a real general QGIS event, putting in
> contiguous days the HF itself (ehm, CS) and an user meeting; I think
> this could encourage more participation of people scared of development,
> but that could contribute to the project.
> All the best.
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