Re: [python-uk] saturday london python dojos?
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 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
Re: [python-uk] saturday london python dojos?
Hi, people can apply to PSF for sprint funding. http://pythonsprints.com/ cheers, On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Paul Nasrat 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 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 > ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
Re: [python-uk] saturday london python dojos?
I'm still keen to get things going and I'm just waiting for final approval for use of our facilities before I start arranging things. On 2 February 2012 12:44, René Dudfield wrote: > Hi, > > people can apply to PSF for sprint funding. http://pythonsprints.com/ > > cheers, > > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Paul Nasrat 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 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 >> > > > ___ > 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
