I'm happy to help too, though I won't be able to do much/anything before April as I'm very busy preparing to be away or away for most of the time.
On 5 February 2015 at 21:57, holger krekel <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 22:33 +0100, Andreas Pelme wrote: > > Me too! > > I am in if at least one person which hasn't yet committed to pytest yet > is in as well :) > > Holger > > > /Andreas > > > > > > > On 5 feb 2015, at 22:31, Anatoly Bubenkov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm in! > > > > > > On Feb 5, 2015 9:51 PM, "Brianna Laugher" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > So as Anatoly mentioned in the notes from the FOSDEM mini-meetup [1], > we talked about if we were interested in actively trying to increase pytest > adoption, ie get more open source/free software projects using it. As we > know how great pytest is, it seems a shame that more people don't know as > well! > > > > > > I had an idea that we could have a "adopt pytest month": pair > knowledgeable pytest users together with interested projects, and help them > convert their existing test suite, or start one from scratch if they don't > really have any tests yet. Holger liked the idea, so that's a start :) > > > > > > It would also be a good way for us to discover "pain points" for new > pytest users, for example which areas need better documentation or examples. > > > > > > I was thinking it could be in April: > > > · February: gather pytest volunteers > > > · March: advertise and ask for projects interested in taking part > > > · April: the actual work > > > · May: survey/write up how it went > > > > > > I imagine that volunteers would commit to spending maybe 2-4 hours a > week, for the month. They would probably need to download and install the > project, join their mailing list and give advice, maybe write some code > such as example tests, conftest options. (Basically: I would not expect you > to write all their tests for them!) > > > > > > I don't think you would need to be a pytest super developer or guru. > You could even do it as a way of learning something new about pytest > yourself. > > > > > > I am happy to try and organise this. I imagine I would do something > like this: > > > > > > · Make a short form to gather details about pytest volunteers (e.g. > areas of experience/interest) > > > · Make a page to put on the pytest website, with info to advertise to > potential projects > > > · Make a short form for projects to apply/register to take part > > > · Pair volunteers and projects together > > > · Survey volunteers and projects after the month is over, write a > summary of responses > > > > > > So, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART: please reply to the list to > say so! > > > Also if you have any questions or suggestions, let me know. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Brianna > > > > > > > > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/14mbVs_f5UFypPx5vvaW-Vh_8Xq9XBKeoNrA0dR0fiJI/edit > > > > > > -- > > > They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: > http://modernthings.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pytest-dev mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pytest-dev mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pytest-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev >
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