From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Online hackathon ? Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:02:02 +0200 Message-ID: <877gf6c6k5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <521D1F56.2070506@gmail.com> <87y57mwxt5.fsf@karetnikov.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEfOJ-0004sL-Dv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:02:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEfOD-0000pt-Ey for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:02:31 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:50880) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEfOD-0000ph-8f for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:02:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87y57mwxt5.fsf@karetnikov.org> (Nikita Karetnikov's message of "Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:53:10 +0400") 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: Nikita Karetnikov Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org 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=E2=80=99t lose focus. What should be packaged that=E2=80=99s = not too tricky > for newcomers? I think there=E2=80=99s a verrrrry large choice of things to package ;-), s= o we can let people choose. Then savvy people can tell them whether it=E2=80=99s going to be too difficult, etc. WDYT? Ludo=E2=80=99.