Hi, people can apply to PSF for sprint funding. http://pythonsprints.com/
cheers, On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Paul Nasrat <pnas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd be interested in a PSF style sprint in London - my main > contributions atm are to pip, virtualenv but I don't always have the > time I'd like for them. > > I've also a few projects I want to do but haven't had time - > particularly around testing. > > Paul > > On 31 January 2012 13:32, Richard Nienaber <rjniena...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Actually, rather than run a dojo (which is quite a focussed affair) > >> why not run a hackathon? Self selecting teams can coalesce around a > >> problem area rather than specific problem and have 6 hours to produce > >> something before a show-and-tell. For example, running a hackathon > >> around the subject of "Living in London" (I'm making this up as I go > >> along, can't you tell..?) might produce tools for grabbing data, quick > >> and lightweight websites, data-analysis tools, cloud based APIs to > >> aggregate information or single use applications such as something > >> that sends you a text message if it's going to rain in London in the > >> next 24 hours... and so on. > > > > > > I'd love to participate in a hackathon. Another idea is putting together > a > > PSF sanctioned python sprint. These are sprints that would be for the > > benefit of the wider python community e.g. > > > > Python Core work, e.g, bug triage, documentation > > Porting libraries/applications to Python 3 > > PyPI and packaging related improvements > > Contribution to Python VMs, e.g., PyPy, IronPython > > Contribution to other Python projects, e.g., Django, PIL, pywin32 and so > > on... > > > > The PSF are also willing to help out with costs if your application is > > accepted. > > > > Richard > > > > _______________________________________________ > > python-uk mailing list > > python-uk@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >
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