On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 08:18:45PM +0000, Katherine Mcmillan wrote: > Hi all, > > Thank you for the helpful responses, this definitely explains some things! > > I'm looking at organizing an OpenBSD Hackathon in the National Capital Region > in Canada (could potentially be on the Gatineau, Quebec side) but having > never been to an OpenBSD Hackathon, my interpretation might be quite > different from the other Hackathons! That's fine, and I'm going to seek > inspiration from attending a FreeBSD Hackathon, as that project makes their > upcoming Hackathons public: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Hackathon/202305 > > Thank you very much for the help and please feel free to contact me privately > if you're interested in attending (either as a volunteer or developer) or > otherwise supporting an OpenBSD Hackathon in the National Capital Region in > Canada. > > Sincerely, > Katie > ________________________________
Hi Katie, I hope that your Hackathon works out. OpenBSD uses C, sh and Perl in base. That is three different skill sets. I would recommend that you ask the developers what sort of projects they would like to see get done at a hackathon. Then you could post here and elsewhere about those possibilities and see who would like to do which ones. Also, I wouldn't judge the "success" based on what get finished, but more so on if the hackers learn thoroughly about the code worked on. I see plenty of emails mentioning how the work started on during a hackathon was later completed and then submitted. Have fun! -- Chris Bennett
