Re: Online hackathon ?

[Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>]

On 08/28/2013 03:02 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> skribis:
>
>>> Some people at the GHM seemed to be interested in packaging stuff in
>>> Guix. Should we have a hackathon soon (1 or 2 weeks) where we could
>>> help people on IRC for a whole week-end ? Do you think many people
>>> might be interested ?
>>
>> I like the idea.  I think there should be a low-hanging-fruit-list, so
>> people won’t lose focus.  What should be packaged that’s not too tricky
>> for newcomers?
>
> I think there’s a verrrrry large choice of things to package ;-), so we
> can let people choose.  Then savvy people can tell them whether it’s
> going to be too difficult, etc.
>
> WDYT?
>

People at the GHM knew what they wanted to package. I know Amirouche 
(who's been on #guix for a few weeks) was trying to package skribilo. I 
think we should let them package what they want.

It'd be great to decide what __we__ should package for the next release, 
though :)

Cyril.