I'd be interested in a PSF style sprint in London - my main contributions atm are to pip, virtualenv but I don't always have the time I'd like for them.
I've also a few projects I want to do but haven't had time - particularly around testing. Paul On 31 January 2012 13:32, Richard Nienaber <rjniena...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Actually, rather than run a dojo (which is quite a focussed affair) >> why not run a hackathon? Self selecting teams can coalesce around a >> problem area rather than specific problem and have 6 hours to produce >> something before a show-and-tell. For example, running a hackathon >> around the subject of "Living in London" (I'm making this up as I go >> along, can't you tell..?) might produce tools for grabbing data, quick >> and lightweight websites, data-analysis tools, cloud based APIs to >> aggregate information or single use applications such as something >> that sends you a text message if it's going to rain in London in the >> next 24 hours... and so on. > > > I'd love to participate in a hackathon. Another idea is putting together a > PSF sanctioned python sprint. These are sprints that would be for the > benefit of the wider python community e.g. > > Python Core work, e.g, bug triage, documentation > Porting libraries/applications to Python 3 > PyPI and packaging related improvements > Contribution to Python VMs, e.g., PyPy, IronPython > Contribution to other Python projects, e.g., Django, PIL, pywin32 and so > on... > > The PSF are also willing to help out with costs if your application is > accepted. > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
