Development Sprints
Monday, March 17 to Thursday, March 20
Sprint Accomplishments! See what was accomplished during the sprints.
The PyCon Development Sprints are for open-source projects: up to four days of intensive learning and development. We provide the space and the infrastructure (network, power, tables & chairs), you provide the enthusiasm and the brainpower. If you can spare the time, you'll be welcome at the sprints. All experience levels are welcome. You can even participate remotely (via IRC)!
In 2007 there were sprints for Python, Jython, Zope, Django, TurboGears, Python in Education, SchoolTool, Trac, Docutils, the Python Job Board, PyCon-Tech, and other projects.
Participation in the sprints is free!
Intro Sessions
There will be two pre-sprint sessions that will be run on Sunday afternoon, after the end of the conference talks.
Intro to Sprinting (60 minutes, at 3:20 pm)
This will be a plenary session, and will begin with a talk explaining what sprints are and how we do them at PyCon, followed by a panel discussion where the sprint leaders will answer questions.
Sprint Tutorials (90 minutes to 3 hours, at 4:40 pm)
After a break, participating sprint leaders will gather the sprinters of their projects, go to different rooms, and the project will be explained. Everything from code walkthroughs to granting repository access can be presented here. This way, you'll be able to start working on the sprints effectively on Monday morning, without a long setup delay.
Details
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| Time: | From early morning until people leave. Realistically, the earliest sprinters will start around 8:00am. Late-nighters and all-nighters are OK too! |
| Dates: | Monday, March 17 through Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
| Cost: | Free! |
| Equipment: | Bring your wireless-equipped laptop (a wired network infrastructure will also be available) |
| Food & Drinks: | Thanks to sponsors Google, Sun Microsystems, and Canonical, sprint lunches will be catered!. If you have dietary restrictions, please speak to Skip Montanaro, the banquet captain, Ice water pitchers will be provided by the hotel. |
During the sprints people often hang out on the #pycon IRC channel (irc.freenode.net), chatting and coordinating tasks and meals.
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