The PyPy team is sprinting at EuroPython again and we invite you to participate in our 3 day long sprint at the conference hotel - Reval Hotel Lietuva. If you plan to attend the sprint we recommend you to listen to the PyPy technical talks (`EuroPython schedule`_) during the conference since it will give you a good overview of the status of development. On the morning of the first sprint day (12th) we will also have a tutorial session for those new to PyPy development. As 3 days is relatively short for a PyPy sprint we suggest to travel back home on the 15th if possible (but it is ok to attend less than 3 days too). ------------------------------ Goals and topics of the sprint ------------------------------ There are many possible and interesting sprint topics to work on - here we list some possible task areas: * completing the missing python 2.5 features and support * write or port more extension modules (e.g. zlib is missing) * identify slow areas of PyPy through benchmarking and work on improvements, possibly moving app-level parts of the Python interpreter to interp-level if useful. * there are some parts of PyPy in need of refactoring, we may spend some time on those, for example: - rctypes and the extension compiler need some rethinking - support for LLVM 2.0 for the llvm backend - ... * some JIT improvement work * port the stackless transform to ootypesystem * other interesting stuff that you would like to work on ...;-) ------------ Registration ------------ If you'd like to come, please subscribe to the `pypy-sprint mailing list`_ and drop a note about your interests and post any questions. More organisational information will be sent to that list. Please register by adding yourself on the following list (via svn): http://codespeak.net/svn/pypy/extradoc/sprintinfo/post-ep2007/people.txt or on the pypy-sprint mailing list if you do not yet have check-in rights: http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-sprint --------------------------------------- Preparation (if you feel it is needed): --------------------------------------- * read the `getting-started`_ pages on http://codespeak.net/pypy * for inspiration, overview and technical status you are welcome to read `the technical reports available and other relevant documentation`_ * please direct any technical and/or development oriented questions to pypy-dev at codespeak.net and any sprint organizing/logistical questions to pypy-sprint at codespeak.net * if you need information about the conference, potential hotels, directions etc we recommend to look at http://www.europython.org. We are looking forward to meet you at the Vilnius Post EuroPython PyPy sprint! The PyPy team .. See also .. .. _getting-started: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.html .. _`pypy-sprint mailing list`: http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-sprint .. _`the technical reports available and other relevant documentation`: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/index.html .. _`EuroPython schedule`: http://europython.org/timetable