On 2011-02-17 00:54, Colin Guthrie wrote: > Hi all, > > There have been a few discussions recently about getting a solid roadmap > organised for the next medium term of PA development. While the > stable-queue stuff has been bubbling along nicely enough, there are > several new features in the 1.x master branch but no real timescales > decided. There are quite a few willing people out there these days which > is really encouraging, but we need to get a solid focus on when to > expect releases and what we hope to achieve in each one. This email is > the start of that process. This is a great initiative, thanks! > In addition, there is the LAC conference[1] in Dublin (or just outside) > in May and there is already plans for quite a few PA developers and > interested parties attending. I will book my flights very soon, but if > there are several of us going, then I wonder if it would make sense to > try and have a "sprint day" before the conference (or after) to see if > we can all sit down in once place and concentrate on stuff for a little > while. Being in one pace would probably help a lot with certain > discussions and really help progress. > > So this email is really about two things: > 1. Planning a time for an IRC meeting on the near term Road Map. > 2. Discussions if a "sprint day" at LAC is possible (so we can book > flights. > > > With regards to IRC meeting, I propose initially that we do this next > week sometime (the sooner the better). For the sake of argument, I'll > pick a time: 11am UTC Thursday 24th. Other timing suggestions welcome. > I'd expect it to take at least 1h but probably less than 2h and it would > be good if people involved could be fairly focused during the meeting > window. I'll prepare an agenda and ensure that notes/logs are taken > (with a meetbot) and made available afterwords. We will likely use a new > IRC channel for this but anyone who wants to sit in, lurk or actively > particpate would be most welcome. > Q: Is this time suitable for everyone (Lennart in particular)? Works for me. > With regards to LAC, David has already indicated he'll have to leave on > the Sunday (after the conf which is on Fri/Sat), so if no-one has any > objections, I'll propose that we have a Sprint day on Thursday 5th May > (ideally so people can arrive on Wed evening or early Thursday so we get > the full day). How would that fit for everyone? I've no idea about > space/location, but I'm sure something can be arranged, even if it's > just in the corner of a pub! Agreed. Could also be worth checking with the LAC organisers if they could spare a room for us on Thursday. > Perhaps this can just be incorporated into > the Fri/Sat programme anyway and a separate day is not needed? Having > not been before, I'm not sure how "practical" the conf is and whether > the extra day would be needed or beneficial, but my general thoughts > would be "more time = more code", so an extra day could still be nice! I would prefer a separate day. This is because I don't want to miss the rest of the conference. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. http://launchpad.net/~diwic
