From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cyril Roelandt Subject: Re: Online hackathon ? Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:43:28 +0200 Message-ID: <521E44D0.4030909@gmail.com> References: <521D1F56.2070506@gmail.com> <87y57mwxt5.fsf@karetnikov.org> <877gf6c6k5.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40976) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEl2I-0002ul-4l for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:04:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEl2D-00043g-0V for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:04:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877gf6c6k5.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?B?THVkb3ZpYyBDb3VydMOocw==?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On 08/28/2013 03:02 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Nikita Karetnikov 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.