[Qgis-psc] QGIS hackfest in Hannover 19.-22./23. March 2009

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Otto et al.

On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 08:47 +0100, Otto Dassau wrote:

> good idea - here is my proposal for a small program:
> 
> For Thursday I will add 'vision' talks where QGIS people can apply for a
> ~10-15min talk slot with a following discussion? 


Perfect

> Would Tim and Marco as QGIS
> devel and release representative be able to make a start here? 

Sure I will take a look...

> Maybe it would
> also be interesting to have short talks about community and marketing plans (if
> Paolo can be there). 

Yes exactly what we need.

> I guess Thursday will also be the day where FOSSGIS people
> interested but not deeply involved in QGIS would like to attend and a topic
> 'vision' talks from PSC members (and hopefully others) with an open discussion
> can be interesting for anybody. 

Yes I would like to see talks describing architectural and UI changes we
should be aiming for in 2. Things like supporting non file based gdal
access (Godofrodos work), improvements to cartography, performance
enhancements etc etc are what I have in mind, but hopefully others will
come forward too with other things.


> 
> Then for Friday and Saturday it would also be nice to have a small framework.
> Are there special topics/problems developers are planning to work on during the
> meeting? Could you try to think about that and collect ideas? For now I would
> suggest I just write "sessions to work on special development issues"?

I suggest we leave it fairly open and map out the bulk of the schedule
following the first afternoons presentations and discussions...

> 
> For Sunday I am not quite sure. I would suggest to meet again at University from
> 9am to maybe 11.30am for a final discussion and future ideas and then go for a
> brunch nearby to close the hackfest.

Sounds good...

> 
> Does this make sense to you from the developer perspective, because I think this
> meeting should and will mainly be about developer / release issues.

Yes all sounds great!

Regards

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