Author: Simon Cross <[email protected]> Branch: extradoc Changeset: r4744:d821325a6875 Date: 2012-09-05 19:50 +0200 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/extradoc/changeset/d821325a6875/
Log: English clean-up and power plug nitpicking. diff --git a/sprintinfo/cape-town-2012/announce.txt b/sprintinfo/cape-town-2012/announce.txt --- a/sprintinfo/cape-town-2012/announce.txt +++ b/sprintinfo/cape-town-2012/announce.txt @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ PyPy Cape Town Sprint Oct 7th - Oct 21st 2012 ============================================= -The next PyPy sprint will be in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a public sprint, -suitable for newcomers. The sprint is hosted after the end of -`PyCon South Africa`_, which happens on 4th and 5th of October. -This is a relatively unusual sprint that is hosted -halfway across the world from where most contributors live, hence we plan -to spend some time during those 2 weeks doing sprinting and some time doing -touristy stuff. The goals for the sprint are general progress and whatever -people are interested in. +The next PyPy sprint will be in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a +public sprint, suitable for newcomers. It starts a couple of days +after `PyCon South Africa`_, which is on the 4th and 5th of October. +This is a relatively unusual sprint in that it is hosted halfway +across the world from where most contributors live, so we plan to +spend some time during those two weeks doing sprinting and some time +doing touristy stuff. The goals for the sprint are general progress +and whatever people are interested in. .. _`PyCon South Africa`: http://za.pycon.org @@ -18,50 +18,47 @@ * running your software on PyPy -* work on PyPy's numpy (status__) - -* work on STM (status__) - * JIT improvements -* any exciting stuff you can think about +* any exciting stuff you can think of -In case there will be newcomers, we'll run the usual introduction to hacking -on PyPy. - -.. __: http://morepypy.blogspot.ch/2012/09/numpy-on-pypy-status-update.html -.. __: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pypy-dev/2012-September/010513.html +If there are newcomers, we'll run the usual introduction to hacking on +PyPy. Location -------- -The sprint will be either held in the apartment of fijal, which is in -Tamboerskloof, Cape Town or in the office of Praekelt Foundation, located -in Woodstock, Cape Town. Praekelt Foundation offered to host us, if needed. +The sprint will be held either in the apartment of fijal, which is in +Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, or in the offices of the Praekelt +Foundation, located in Woodstock, Cape Town. The Praekelt Foundation +has offered to host us, if needed. -Cape Town, as a very touristy place, has tons of accomodation going from -good to amazing. Depending on the sprint location you might need a car. +Cape Town, as a very touristy place, has tons of accomodation ranging +in quality from good to amazing. Depending on the sprint location you +might need a car. Good to Know ------------ -You very likely don't need visa for South Africa, consult the wikipedia. -South Africa is a lovely place with lots of stuff to visit. You can come -and see penguins, elephants, lions and sharks all in one (or more) days. +You probably don't need visa for South Africa -- consult Wikipedia. +South Africa is a lovely place with lots of stuff to do. You can see +penguins, elephants, lions and sharks all on one day (or better yet, +on multiple days). -There is a wide selection of good restaurants within a reasonable distance -from the sprint venue (depending on the venue, either walking or driving). +There is a wide selection of good restaurants within a reasonable +distance of the sprint venue (depending on the venue, either walking +or driving). -The power plug is some weird old-english standard, but adapters are easy -to acquire in every shop. +The power plug is some weird derivative of an old-english standard, +but adapters are easily acquired. Who's Coming? --------------- +------------- -If you'd like to come, please let us know when you will be arriving and -leaving, as well as letting us know your interests. We'll keep a list -of `people`_ which we'll update (which you can do so yourself if you -have bitbucket pypy commit rights). +If you'd like to come, please let us know when you will be arriving +and leaving, as well as what your interests are. We'll keep a list of +`people`_ which we'll update (or you can do so yourself if you have +bitbucket pypy commit rights). .. _`people`: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/extradoc/src/tip/sprintinfo/cape-town-2012/people.txt _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
