I'm still keen to get things going and I'm just waiting for final approval for use of our facilities before I start arranging things.
On 2 February 2012 12:44, René Dudfield <ren...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > people can apply to PSF for sprint funding. http://pythonsprints.com/ > > cheers, > > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Paul Nasrat <pnas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > >
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