On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 17:08 +0100, Roland Mainz wrote: > Hi! > > ---- > > Would be there some interest to run a small experiment and create a > "hacking festival" (short: "hackfest") for OpenSolaris ? > > The goal is a bit different than a normal "hackfest" - the idea in this > case is to get as _many_ putbacks (e.g. getting the maximum > throughput+quality by having all neccesary people for the putbacks in > _one_ location for four days with enougth coffee, whiteboards, pizza and > computers) into OS/Net and SWFNV done as possible - which means we need: > 1. Hackers/developers/engineers (up to 30 people maximum, canidate > projects must have at least a raw prototype codebase which a) works > (more or less) and b) fully passes a nightly build) > 2. putback sponsors (from Sun's side) > 3. Code reviewers (usually recruited from either [1], [2] or via IRC) > 4. People to do the RTI > 5. A copy of the OS/Net + SFWNV gates which is constantly being tested > (e.g. putbacks first go into the matching SFWNV+OS/Net "hackfest" gate > and once the summit is over the gate is tested again and then synced > with the main gate) > 6. Two or more lawyers (if any license issues need to be > checked+approved) > 7. Fast development and build machines. > The basic layout should look like this: > - Development machines/workstations (with no root rights for the owners > to keep them in a "stable" state (hacking/testing experiments can be > done on the "test" machines below (all machines share NFS home dirs+work > dirs so there shouldn't be a problem))) > - Test machines for doing BFU&co. > - Gate machines (where the "hackfest" gates are located) > - NFS&6o. servers (for the development machines) which provide home > dirs, project dirs, HG+Subversion repositories, email services, NTP, > FTP, Jumpstart etc. > - Tinderbox machines which constantly build+test the "hackfest" gates to > test whether all putbacks are working > > Comments/suggestions/etc. welcome... > > ---- > > Bye, > Roland > Good idea, I think such festivals can give many good improvements for OpenSolaris
-- Cheers, Alexander Eremin <eremin at milax.org>
