Hi all, I'm currently keeping it a bit out, I'm in the process of switching jobs, moving and some personal life changes, so i probably can't say anything in detail, until the beginning of may.
However -- Ronny Am 12.01.2016 um 22:54 schrieb holger krekel: > Hey Florian, Bruno, Brianna, Floris, Omar, all, > > great to hear that 20-26th June could work for you all! > Ronny is missing though and i haven't heart from Anatoly > for a longer time. > > I slightly prefer the june date to attaching the sprint to > EuroPython2016 which i am not sure i'll make. As i am bound to be on > travels (currently in San Francisco) quite a bit this year i'd prefer > hosting the sprint in Freiburg to not add yet another longer duration > where i am completely away from family. > > So now that we have a tentative plan i think it's time to go for the > funding campaign! If no one beats me to it i can see to draft a text > end january. I guess we can ask for EUR 4000 to be on the safe side as > it stands. my company could handle the accounting or we appoint someone > else who does it (i am not eager so please step foward if you like -- > the overhead with my accountant is probably 10% :) > > Anyone prefering a particular platform like indiegogo or betterplace or > so? I don't have much experience with those platforms myself. If we > aim at getting primarily companies to fund it we could even go without > those platforms and just setup a campain page on pytest.org and provide > a contact mail. A company funding it is also invited to send their > developer(s) to participate, learn and contribute for mutual benefit?! > :) > > best, > holger > > > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 10:40 +0000, holger krekel wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> let's try to find out if we can make a pytest sprint happen in 2016. >> Here are some suggestions/thoughts on key points. >> >> Participants: anyway who has contributed to pytest in recent years but also >> interested newcomers/wanna-be-contributors. Contributors are eligible >> for getting their travel costs reimbursed (see funding below). >> >> Location: somewhere around Freiburg, black forest, Germany. >> >> Date ranges: >> >> 20-26th June or >> >> 30th June - 6th July. >> >> Travel: arrive on the first day, leave the last. >> >> Funding: we'll do a Indiegogo or betterplace.org campaign and ask >> companies and individuals to help come up with funding for travel >> costs, lodging and food for participants. If participants can come >> on their company's time and money even better. In fact, the gathering >> will be a great opportunity to dive deeper into pytest and make the best >> use of it for your company. >> >> sprint contents: pytest-3.0 and a major new revision of the xdist plugin? >> Cleaning up wards, introducing new features (to be continued ...). >> >> deadline for funding compaign: maybe February/March >> so everybody can start booking. >> >> Who'd be up for it? how much do you estimate you need for travel? >> Would the date range fit? >> >> best, >> holger >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
