On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 04:41:28PM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > 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.
I could come for a (long) weekend. Michael
