Hi, a few of us met in Heidelberg where Andreas kindly organized a BoF for us scientists:
https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/meeting/214/debian-science-bof/ I think this was the first time that I met some Debian scientists (that I did not already know before from other topics). We briefly discussed a debian-science sprint, we could have our own, participate in a (highly recommended!) debian-med sprint, or have monthly virtual sprints as somebody suggested. I think in-person meetings are much more effective, at least to form a "group" of debian scientists, later virtual sprints may also work well. I remember at least two suggestions for sprints, but there was not a lot of feedback, so I repeat my offer to host a sprint in Kiel here. It is fairly easy for me to get rooms (with good internet connection and a decent coffee maker nearby) during the weekends (debian-med typically runs from friday afternoon to sunday afternoon) or during the spring break. There is a hostel nearby where we can get single rooms for about 100EUR per week (30min walking or 10-20min by bus), there are hotels further away but with direct bus connection to the University. For some detailed information I have put the localinfo website that we had for a summerschool a few years back online again (prices may have changed): http://www.ieap.uni-kiel.de/et/people/steigies/summerschool/localinfo.html If people are interested, I would prefer a date next year in the spring break (late February or March) or Pfingsten (Pentecost? 16-22. May) if we want to meet during (for the whole) the week. Other weekends should be possible also for a shorter meeting (in February it may still be dark, cold and wet, ask Andreas or Michael, but starting in May the weather starts to become nice, not as warm as HD, though). But before we talk about dates, I would like to know if there is some interest at all in a debian-science sprint. As Andreas mentioned, there may be some support by Debian, so perhaps we could even support Dirk to fly in to discuss issues with maintainership of R packages face to face. So what do you think? Christian
