On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Nelle Varoquaux <nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 22 March 2013 18:06, Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> wrote: >> >> On 03/22/2013 12:45 PM, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: >> >> >>> I'm hoping to host a matplotlib sprint during the final two days of Scipy >>> 2013 this year, and I hope to see as many as possible of you there. I think >>> it's also really important to bring new developers into sprints, because >>> it's such an efficient way to get people familiar with the code base.
Awesome idea. I am for sure in. In fact, I work in Austin now; it'd be great to actually meet some of you in person. We should share some breakfast tacos or interior Mexican food! >> Being in Europe, it is very unlikely I'll come to Scipy this year, but I >> think it is a great idea to organize a sprint during this period. >> >> >> I'll also try to set up some sort of remote communication tool (such as >> Google Hangouts, or even just IRC) so that people can "participate" in the >> sprint remotely. > > > There's a #matplotlib chanel on irc, where a dozen people hang out. That > could be a nice place to gather people during the sprint. Is this on freenode? I joined it yesterday to scope it out but it was pretty quiet. > >> >> >> >> >>> >>> It might be helpful to start brainstorming now about which projects we >>> may want to tackle so that we can have as much in place as possible by then >>> and hit the ground running. >> >> >> One of the things I think would be great to tackle is the replacement of >> the Travis bot. Ideally, I'd like to see a pep8 check of each patch and a >> daily build of the documentation on master in addition of the tests. >> >> >> Agreed. That's definitely on my todo list. We've got some funding >> through my employer to pay for continuous integration hosting -- it's just >> taking a while to work its way through the system. Once we have some sort >> of paid hosting system, we should be able to do a lot more than Travis >> currently can. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> I've set up a wiki page here: >>> >>> https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/wiki/Scipy-2013 I have edited the Wiki to confirm my attendance. -- Damon McDougall http://www.damon-is-a-geek.com Institute for Computational Engineering Sciences 201 E. 24th St. Stop C0200 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1229 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
