[udig-devel] Re: [Geotools-devel] An example of code sprint - crash the party

[Jody Garnett]

Chris Holmes wrote:
> If possible I'd really push for at least three to four days for 
> sprinting.  The non-geo half of TOPP has lots of sprinting experience, 
> indeed they're off to a sprint next week.  They say one day can be 
> successful, but you need to have a really good idea of what you're 
> doing beforehand, and to be pretty experienced with sprints.  They've 
> done up to 8 days, so 3-4 sounds like a good amount to get started with.
Chris so far we have a single day with the facilities, and this will be 
at the end of the conference so I expect everyone to be tired.

I think the real goal here is to allow the developers time to interact 
with the public at large (last time we tended to hid in corners and code).
> I think it could make good sense to have geotools/geoserver/udig all 
> sprinting in the same place.  Have a few different goals, with 
> different groups of people focused on them, but easily be able to grab 
> people from other groups.
It is going to be tough call; can I actually have a conference call with 
one of your non-geo TOPP people about sprints (more information would be 
nice).

So far the things I like are cross project:
- Take the Feature model and update GeoTools / uDig / GeoServer
- Sit down with the other OSGeo projects and work on metadata interchange
> I'm planning on having all of TOPP out at the conference, and can 
> definitely have us all come early or stick around after to work away. 
> If there's a good space out there we could all get that would be great.
If you feel strongly about the 3 days mark I can ask if the Refractions 
office could be available for the weekend, but it would be something 
arranged outside of the bounds of the formal OSGeo sponsored sprint.

Jody
> Chris
>
> Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Andrea Antonello wrote:
>>> What do you mean by "crash the party" (sometimes miss some pieces of
>>> language)? Mix up the two things?
>>>   
>> A "party crasher" is someone who goes to a party with out an 
>> invitation (just to eat the free food). There was a recent movie
>> called wedding crashers (a comedy that involved crashing wedding 
>> receptions for free bridesmaids plus food).
>>
>> However uDig is *invited* to this party. If we can round up enough 
>> people then we can set aside a room and internet
>> for a uDig hackfest.  (Indeed GeoServer has not expressed any 
>> interest at this time).
>>
>> One idea I had was to take on a tough problem: such as updating the 
>> feature model in geotools - and running the change through uDig and 
>> GeoServer it
>> would be a long day (but save us all lots of grief).
>>>>> I'm setting up a WIKI page for ideas for the code sprint.
>>>>>       
>>> Great! I will soon contribute some stuff
>>>> If code sprint day is Friday, perhaps that can be our warm up and 
>>>> we can
>>>> do our real uDig hack session monday/tuesday (i'm sure several of the
>>>> uDiggers will want to attend the Geotools sprint too).  Are many
>>>> planning on hanging around the following week?
>>>>     
>>> If there is this code sprint opportunity for udiggers I give my +1 for
>>> the following week.
>>>
>>> Andrea
>>>
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