Cool. I've asked in Pip's mailing list to give us an outline of the porting difficulties:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/python-virtualenv/nQlQxLTAeo4 But it's still an open discussion which project we'll take, I want us to do something that everyone here finds cool. (Or as close to everyone as possible.) Ram. On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Yo'av Moshe <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm in too! > Porting Pip sounds cooler to me, but I don't mind much as long as there's > pizza. > > Yo'av > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:15 PM, cool-RR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great, it seems that we have 4 interested people already, including >> myself. Let's wait for some more. >> >> >> Porting Django to Python 3 would indeed be awesome. But keep in mind we >> would probably not complete even 10% of it in one sprint. >> >> Alex Gaynor >> said:<http://alexgaynor.net/2011/feb/17/django-and-python-3-take-2/> "So >> I'd like to make Python 3 support for Django a GSOC project this summer >> [...] I think this task is eminently reasonable for the timeline [...]" >> >> If Alex Gaynor can do it in a few months, then it's really freaking big. >> But I'd be happy even if we did just a small chunk of it; I'm sure Alex >> Gaynor will be happy to point us at some sub-task that is small enough for >> our sprint. >> >> >> Regarding you being a newcomer: That's totally cool. Strengthening the >> local Python community and helping newcomers is part of the goal. >> >> >> Tal: The context manager thing is cool, but since it's just hypothetical >> discussion on python-ideas AFAIK there's a good chance that they'll just >> abandon the idea and our work would be wasted. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Tsvi Mostovicz <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> A bit of a newcomer to python I'd love to partake in the sprint and meet >>> fellow Israeli pythoneers. Sun-Tue, Fri is impossible for me. but otherwise >>> Wed or Thu evening I'd love to join. Unless it's open to experienced ppl >>> only :-) >>> Django to Py3 is a favorite of mine. >>> >>> Tsvi Mostovicz >>> [email protected] >>> www.linkedin.com/in/tsvim >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 14:57, Tal Einat <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I would love to take part in a sprint, but my schedule is very tight for >>>> the coming months. If a sprint is organized I'll do my best to take part. >>>> >>>> I don't have any specific projects in mind. Pip for Python3 sounds good, >>>> or perhaps work on context manager tweaks for Python 3.3 as brought up >>>> recently on Python-Ideas. >>>> >>>> - Tal >>>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:37 PM, cool-RR <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello folks, >>>>> >>>>> Today I chatted with Jesse Noller <http://jessenoller.com/>, who is >>>>> one of the people pushing the PSF's Python >>>>> Sprints<http://pythonsprints.com/>project. We were both excited about the >>>>> idea of having a PSF-funded Israeli >>>>> Python sprint. >>>>> >>>>> What this means is that a bunch of us can get together and hack on a >>>>> Python-related project, and the PSF will fund the pizza/drinks/whatever >>>>> else >>>>> we'll need, up to $300. We will also take photos and make a post about our >>>>> sprint on the Python Sprints blog <http://pythonsprints.com>. There >>>>> are already posts there about sprints in the USA, South Africa, Canada, >>>>> Switzerland, etc., and I feel that some Israeli representation is in >>>>> order. >>>>> >>>>> The subject of the sprint can really be anything that benefits the >>>>> Python ecosystem. A few examples: Porting Django (or any other project) >>>>> to Python 3, contributing to popular Python packages, contributing to >>>>> Python >>>>> core itself, whether by code, documentation, bug triaging, whatever you >>>>> want. >>>>> >>>>> See the official call for applications <http://pythonsprints.com/cfa/>for >>>>> more details. >>>>> >>>>> Would anyone be interested in participating in such a sprint? I'll be >>>>> happy to hear suggestions for Python projects that you want to work on. >>>>> >>>>> My favorite suggestion: Porting Pip to Python 3! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ram. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Python-il mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Python-il mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> Ram Rachum >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-il mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il >> >> > > > -- > Yo'av Moshe > -- Sincerely, Ram Rachum
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