Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Foord
On 21/01/2010 10:58, John Pinner wrote: [snip...] I think it is almost definite that we will be having an 'invite-only' Python language summit on Sunday 18th July as part of EuroPython. If John and Laura give me the nod then I will change 'almost-definite' to definite and work out details with

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2010-01-21 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2010/1/20 Michael Foord : > On 20/01/2010 18:56, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> >> M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> >>> >>> Michael Foord wrote: >>> John Pinner wrote: I think what would be ideal would be to run it concurrently with the tutorials on the Sunday - although I'll need to ca

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2010-01-20 Thread Michael Foord
On 20/01/2010 18:56, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: M.-A. Lemburg wrote: Michael Foord wrote: John Pinner wrote: I think what would be ideal would be to run it concurrently with the tutorials on the Sunday - although I'll need to canvas potential attendees. That way it doesn't interfere with th

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2010-01-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Michael Foord wrote: >> John Pinner wrote: >> I think what would be ideal would be to run it concurrently with the >> tutorials on the Sunday - although I'll need to canvas potential >> attendees. That way it doesn't interfere with the sprints. >> >> Would this be ok? > > I

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-08 Thread Steve Holden
Michael Foord wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> [snip...] > If it's just a public q+a on the PSF then we could > propose it as a talk. > We already had talks about the PSF this year. The problem with talks is that they are mostly unidirectional. IMHO, a less

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-08 Thread Michael Foord
Steve Holden wrote: [snip...] If it's just a public q+a on the PSF then we could propose it as a talk. We already had talks about the PSF this year. The problem with talks is that they are mostly unidirectional. IMHO, a less formal approach would lower the bar to get people inte

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Steve Holden
John Pinner wrote: > Hi, > > 2009/12/7 M.-A. Lemburg : >> Michael Foord wrote: >>> M.-A. Lemburg wrote: Michael Foord wrote: > I'll need 'official' approval from the Python-dev crew, but it was > discussed previously and no-one was against the idea and lots in favour. > There

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/12/7 M.-A. Lemburg : > Michael Foord wrote: >> M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >>> Michael Foord wrote: >>> I'll need 'official' approval from the Python-dev crew, but it was discussed previously and no-one was against the idea and lots in favour. There was also talk of a PSF meeting

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Foord
Laura Creighton wrote: In a message of Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:32:01 GMT, Michael Foord writes: Laura Creighton wrote: [snip...] And, being busy with a new release, I now forget whether I mentioned t hat I think that a language summit is a really good idea. One ques

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:32:01 GMT, Michael Foord writes: >Laura Creighton wrote: >> [snip...] >>> And, being busy with a new release, I now forget whether I mentioned t >hat I think >>> that a language summit is a really good idea. One question that alway >s arises for >>> such things

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Foord
Laura Creighton wrote: [snip...] And, being busy with a new release, I now forget whether I mentioned that I think that a language summit is a really good idea. One question that always arises for such things -- is there anybody that we would really like to see attend such a thing, so much so

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:03:20 +0100, Tarek Ziadé writes: >+1 > >semi-related: are the dates decided yet ? we need to fix Pycon France dat >es >so I would like to avoid having it in the same time. EuroPython 2010 - Birmingham, 17-24 July 2010 Laura > >Regards >Tarek And, being busy

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Tarek Ziadé
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Michael Foord wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm organising the Python Language Summit, which happens just before PyCon > 2010. Core developers of CPython and the other implementations get together > to discuss the development of Python. > > Topics will include: the morato

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Michael Foord wrote: > M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> Michael Foord wrote: >> >>> I'll need 'official' approval from the Python-dev crew, but it was >>> discussed previously and no-one was against the idea and lots in favour. >>> There was also talk of a PSF meeting but I'm not sure if there are >>> eno

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Laura Creighton
Are we talking about a meeting of the European PSF members? And I suppose any PSF members from other places who happen to be at EuroPython? Or are we proposing an open meeting of whomever is interested, where PSF members would answer questions about the PSF, etc ...? Laura __

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Foord
M.-A. Lemburg wrote: Michael Foord wrote: John Pinner wrote: I think what would be ideal would be to run it concurrently with the tutorials on the Sunday - although I'll need to canvas potential attendees. That way it doesn't interfere with the sprints. Would this be ok? I think doing

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Michael Foord wrote: > John Pinner wrote: > I think what would be ideal would be to run it concurrently with the > tutorials on the Sunday - although I'll need to canvas potential > attendees. That way it doesn't interfere with the sprints. > > Would this be ok? I think doing it on Sunday afterno

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Foord
John Pinner wrote: Hello, 2009/12/4 Michael Foord : Hello all, I'm organising the Python Language Summit, which happens just before PyCon 2010. Core developers of CPython and the other implementations get together to discuss the development of Python. Topics will include: the moratorium, p

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Foord
Jacob Hallén wrote: Friday 04 December 2009 you wrote: Zeth wrote: 2009/12/4 Michael Foord : Several of those invited can't make it to PyCon in the US, but would be (or might be) interested in a language summit as part of EuroPython 2010. There are quite a few core developers of

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread Jacob Hallén
Friday 04 December 2009 you wrote: > Zeth wrote: > > 2009/12/4 Michael Foord : > >> Several of those invited can't make it to PyCon in the US, but would be > >> (or might be) interested in a language summit as part of EuroPython > >> 2010. There are quite a few core developers of CPython and PyPy i

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Foord
Zeth wrote: 2009/12/4 Michael Foord : Several of those invited can't make it to PyCon in the US, but would be (or might be) interested in a language summit as part of EuroPython 2010. There are quite a few core developers of CPython and PyPy in Europe (I've copied a few of them in on this ema

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread Zeth
2009/12/4 Michael Foord : > Several of those invited can't make it to PyCon in the US, but would be (or > might be) interested in a language summit as part of EuroPython 2010. There > are quite a few core developers of CPython and PyPy in Europe (I've copied a > few of them in on this email), so it

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread Tim Couper
+1 Tim 2009/12/4 Michael Foord > Hello all, > > I'm organising the Python Language Summit, which happens just before PyCon > 2010. Core developers of CPython and the other implementations get together > to discuss the development of Python. > > Topics will include: the moratorium, py3k adoption

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/12/4 Michael Foord : > Hello all, > > I'm organising the Python Language Summit, which happens just before PyCon > 2010. Core developers of CPython and the other implementations get together > to discuss the development of Python. > > Topics will include: the moratorium, py3k adoption

Re: [Europython-improve] Python Language Summit

2009-12-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Michael Foord wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm organising the Python Language Summit, which happens just before > PyCon 2010. Core developers of CPython and the other implementations get > together to discuss the development of Python. > > Topics will include: the moratorium, py3k adoption and migrati