D Hackathon: April 25 - May 1

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 14/04/2015 2:06 a.m., Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-04-09 at 20:05 +0000, David Soria Parra via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> […]
>> I think this is a great idea and I marked it in my calendar. Also
>> as a suggestion, the Python community usually runs "Sprints" on
>> every major conference. Basically after the main conference for
>> 1-2 days people stay and get into a room and hack on projects. I
>> really like that format. I am not sure what the room situation
>> for Dconf is, but if we can have a room +1 day, I'd love to stay
>> around for a one day more and "sprint".
>>
>
> In the JVM-verse they tend to be called Hackergarten. There is a subtle
> difference between a Hackergarten and a Sprint I am told, but I have, as
> yet, failed to find out what this is.
> For the EuroPython sprints in 2010 we took over some rooms but this meant
> each team was in a separate room and the various folk only met at break
> times. For the PyConUK sprints we just use the main conference room and
> teams set up in various parts of it. I never cease to be pleased by the
> serendipitous extras things that happen because of the lack of boundaries
> between teams.
> I think it is important to emphasize that whilst some people will provide
> pull requests during a sprint, others may not. This is not a problem. As
> long as each "project" gets some pull requests that is fine.
> Last year for one of the "projects" sprinting, some of us got some serious
> pull requests in whilst others only just managed to get set up. The
> feedback to the team of these people setting up was massively positive for
> the "project" and led to wholesale changes after the sprint that made set
> up so much easier for those coming after.

This ugh sounds like lan parties where I would end up programming...