[Python-Dev] Anyone want to lead the sprints at PyCon US 2016?

[Carol Willing]

On 6 May 2016, at 14:38, Brett Cannon wrote:

> On Fri, 6 May 2016 at 14:14 Camilla <camillamon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was thinking about holding a Patch Review Party/Sprint, which would
>> provide people unfamiliar with the Python dev process a way to 
>> contribute
>> to the project and get familiar with running tests, applying patches 
>> and so
>> forth. I have a list of easy-ish patches that I wanted to take a look 
>> at
>> and I could expand that and use those as a starting for people who 
>> don't
>> have any particular bug tracker issues in mind.
>> I'm not a patch review guru by any means, though. Also not sure if 
>> this is
>> a good idea or if this is just late night caffeine talking.
>>
>
> I have absolutely no problem if you want to pitch this idea to new
> contributors who show up at the sprints!
>
> -Brett

Camilla,

I would be happy to support your effort. I find it a wonderful idea!

Carol

Carol Willing
Research Software Engineer, Project Jupyter @ Cal Poly
Director, Python Software Foundation

>>
>>
>> 2016-04-28 20:07 GMT+01:00 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:
>>
>>> No one stepped forward to lead the sprints this year, so I will put
>>> myself as the sprint leader and lean on everyone else who appears to 
>>> help.
>>> :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 at 09:36 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The call has started to go out for sprint groups to list themselves
>>>> online. Anyone want to specifically lead the core sprint this year? 
>>>> If no
>>>> one specifically does then I will sign us up and do my usual thing 
>>>> of
>>>> pointing people at the devguide and encourage people to ask 
>>>> questions but
>>>> not do a lot of hand-holding (I'm expecting to be busy either 
>>>> working on
>>>> GitHub migration stuff or doing other things that I have been 
>>>> neglecting
>>>> due to my GitHub migration work).
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>> From: Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org>
>>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 at 07:14
>>>> Subject: [PSF-Community] Sprinting at PyCon US 2016
>>>> To: <psf-community at python.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you coming to PyCon US? Have you thought about sprinting?
>>>>
>>>> The coding Sprints are the hidden gem of PyCon, up to 4 days (June 
>>>> 2-5)
>>>> of coding with many Python projects and their maintainers. And if 
>>>> you're
>>>> coming to PyCon, taking part in the Sprints is easy!
>>>>
>>>> You don’t need to change your registration* to join the Sprints. 
>>>> There’s
>>>> no additional registration fee, and you even get lunch. You do need 
>>>> to
>>>> cover the additional lodging and other meals, but that’s it. If 
>>>> you’ve
>>>> booked a room through the PyCon registration system, you'll need to 
>>>> contact
>>>> the registration team at pycon2016 at cteusa.com as soon as possible 
>>>> to
>>>> request the extra nights. The sprinting itself (along with lunch 
>>>> every day)
>>>> is free, so your only expenses are your room and other meals.
>>>>
>>>> If you're interested in what projects will be sprinting, just keep 
>>>> an
>>>> eye on the sprints page on the PyCon web site at
>>>> https://us.pycon.org/2016/community/sprints/ Be sure to check back, 
>>>> as
>>>> groups are being added all the time.
>>>>
>>>> If you haven't sprinted before, or if you just need to brush up on
>>>> sprinting tools and techniques, there will again be an 'Intro to 
>>>> Sprinting'
>>>> session the evening of June 1, lead by Shauna Gordon-McKeon and 
>>>> other
>>>> members of Python community. To grab a free ticket for this 
>>>> session, just
>>>> visit
>>>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-open-source-the-pycon-sprints-tickets-22435151141
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> *Please note that conference registration is sold out, but you do 
>>>> not
>>>> need a conference registration to come to the Sprints.
>>>>
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