1.5 Sprint

Let's get together for a couple days to do some serious design work and hacking for the 1.5 release (Mar 1).

We have narrowed the possibilities to the weekend of Feb 5-7 and either Chicago (Google) or Paris (Logilab).

Who

Interested parties and their locations:

(Please add your estimated travel costs to the two possible sprint locations and add a * if you require financial assistance.)

WHO	WHERE		Cost to Chicago	Cost to Paris
Matt Mackall	Minneapolis, MN	USA	$50	$900 *
Steve Losh	Rochester, NY	USA	$100	$900 *
Brodie Rao	Charlotte, NC	USA	$400 *	$900 *
Augie Fackler	Chicago, IL	USA	$0	$900
Greg Ward	Montreal, QC	Canada
Brendan Cully	Vancouver, BC	Canada	$537 USD *	$1150 CDN ($1090 USD) *
Alexander Solovyov	Kiev	Ukraine	$1200 *	$400
Peter Arrenbrecht	Zürich	Switzerland	$850	180 CHF (~170 USD)
Dirkjan Ochtman	Amsterdam	Netherlands	$900 *	$150
Benoit Boissinot	Lyon	France	600 EUR (~870 USD) *	80 EUR (~110 USD)
Patrick Mézard	Paris	France	600 EUR (~870 USD) *	0 EUR
timeless	Helsinki	Finland
David Soria Parra	Karlsruhe	Germany	600 EUR (~870 USD)*	150 EUR (~200 USD)
Henrik Stuart	Copenhagen	Denmark
Sune Foldager	Copenhagen	Denmark
Martin Geisler	Aarhus	Denmark
Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen	Aarhus	Denmark
Nicolas Dumazet	Tokyo	Japan	~$850 USD *	$100 USD
Stefano Tortarolo	Turin/Milan	Italy
Benjamin Pollack	New York, NY	USA	$170	$700

Where and When

Possible locations:

WHERE		WHEN	TRAVEL COST	FUNDED TRAVEL
Chicago, IL	USA	Feb 5-7	$7667	$6497
Paris	France	Feb 5-7	$6520	$3790

Counting Matt, Steve, Brodie, Augie, Brendan, Alexander, Peter, Dirkjan, Benoit, Patrick, David, Nicolas and Benjamin.

Possible Agenda

Improving the development process
Lightweight copies, parent deltas, shallow clones, pushable bookmarks
Wire protocol improvements
Performance improvements
Usability
Stable inotify, passing some kind of python run-tests.py --inotify *
Brainstorm incoming discovery protocol (fewer roundtrips)

Funding

Can we get sponsorship from any large users?

Availability & comments

Please enter any comments on preferred dates, venues or something completely different.

Alexander Solovyov

Augie Fackler

Benoit Boissinot

I'm not available 16-23 jan. and 15-19 feb.

Brodie Rao

Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen

My sister is due to give birth mid-january, but I have no preferences w.r.t. date other than that. It's unlikely that I will be able to afford a trip to the US.

David Soria Parra

Before 16. Jan would be good. Feb / March is difficult for me because of exams.

Dirkjan Ochtman

I'm fairly flexible in January, though I need to be in Amsterdam on the 29th and the 30th. In February, I'll be at PyCon 18th-25th, otherwise available.

Greg Ward

PyCon in Atlanta is really the best time/place for me.

Henrik Stuart

Martin Geisler

I'm away February 8th to 12th.

Matt Mackall

Nicolas Dumazet

Given my location, it's going to be difficult to physically join you. But I want to take part in the sprint effort. I'll try to participate via IRC, mainly on inotify topics, and on any other topics where my modest skills can help. Update: my company is condering sending me back in France for a short period of time. As soon as the sprint dates are fixed, I will see if I can coordinate with them to match the sprint.

Patrick Mézard

Peter Arrenbrecht

I'd prefer Europe. But I guess I could afford travelling to the US, too.

Steve Losh

I'm very seriously considering heading to PyCon and a sprint the same weekend would pretty much tip the scales.

I can't afford to travel to Europe without sponsorship.

I can get to Chicago and know people there what would let me crash on their couch, so sponsorship for that would not be necessary.

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