September 2007 Django sprint

We're holding a Django sprint on Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. This page provides information about what that means and how you can contribute.

What is a sprint?

Basically, a Django sprint is an excuse for people to focus their undivided attention, for a set time frame, on improving Django. It's a focused, scheduled effort to fix bugs, add new features and improve documentation.

Anybody, anywhere around the world, can participate and contribute. (See the "How to contribute" section below for details.) Most contributors will be at their own homes/schools/workplaces, but a number of people will gather together in person for camaraderie, improved communication and the other benefits of face-to-face interaction.

If you've never contributed to Django before, this is the perfect chance for you to chip in.

How to contribute

It's easy: Pick something to work on and do it. All sorts of tasks are available, from hard-core hacking to improving documentation to fixing small bugs.

Of course, with more than 100 people around the world signed up to help, good communication is essential. We're currently planning the best way to manage contributions.

Preparing for the sprint

Here are a few easy things you can do ahead of time to make sure your time is spent effectively:

• Read our ​"Contributing to Django" document.
• ​Install the "trunk" version of Django (aka the Django development version).
• ​Create an account in our ticket system. This will allow you to claim tickets you're working on.
• Familiarize yourself with our ​ticket system and reports.
• Get an ​IRC client, so that you can join us in the channel ​#django-sprint on Freenode.

To do

Between now and next Friday (or on the day), we need to

• Write up a list of things that newcomers can do, particularly how to help triaging bugs.
• Work out a way to easily pass "possibly ready" bugs to people with commit privileges.

Attendees

In person (Chicago, USA -- at Google Chicago)

This list is FINAL. Please do not add names to this list.

• Matt Dorn
• Adrian Holovaty
• Deryck Hodge
• Adam Jenkins (if it's at Google)
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss
• Joseph Kocherhans
• Chris McAvoy
• Paul Smith
• Clint Ecker (if at Google)
• Jake Elliott
• Tamas Kemenczy
• Andrew Myers
• Matt Dennewitz
• David Eads
• John Melesky
• Christopher Allan Webber
• Jeff Gibson
• Don Spaulding

In person (Mountain View, Calif., USA -- at Google main HQ)

• David Cramer
• Brian Harring
• Jason Yan
• Sean Wang (in the evening)
• Patrick Boyd
• Samuel Hsiung

In person (Copenhagen, Denmark) -- at No House IT

• Nis Jørgensen
• Niels Sandholt Busch
• Christian Jørgensen

In person (Lawrence, Kansas, USA) -- likely somewhere downtown

Note: This location will likely be virtual until evening Friday, CDT (UTC-5).

• James Bennett
• Matt Croydon
• Christian Metts
• Tom Tobin

In person (Lima, Peru) -- at Aureal Systems HQ

• Fernando Gutierrez
• Gustavo Picon
• Jackson Torres
• Jean-Pierre Chauvel
• Raul Santa-Maria

In person (Boulder, Colorado, USA) -- Matt's house Friday, bivio office Saturday

• Brian Rosner (On IRC Friday and in-person at bivio on Saturday)
• Ian Kelly
• Jim Baker
• Matt Boersma
• Paul Hummer (available Friday and/or Saturday)
• Peter Baumgartner (email me details sgt.hulka AT gmail)

In person (Prague, Czech Republic) -- at NetCentrum s.r.o.

• Honza Král
• Jakub Dolejšek
• Lukáš Linhart
• Jan Češpivo
• Václav Stoupa

In person (Austin, TX, USA) -- Friday early morning to evening

We will be somewhere on UT campus.

• Robert Myers
• Gary Wilson
• Suriya Subramanian

In person (Dresden, Germany) -- at Tschitschereengreen HQ

• Jirka Schäfer
• Sebastian Friedel
• Arthur Koziel
• Jannis Leidel
• ​Join us if you like!

Online

Add your name below, in alphabetical order by first name

• Aaron Lee (Shanghai, China)
• Adam Duren (Chipley, Florida, USA)
• Adi Andreiaş (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, GMT+2)
• Alexander Solovyov (Kiev, Ukraine)
• Allagappan M (Bangalore, India)
• Anderson Santos (Brazil)
• Andrew Durdin (Edinburgh, Scotland)
• Andrews Medina (Brazil)
• Amit Upadhyay (Mumbai, India)
• Ben Ford (Indonesia, GMT +6)
• Ben Slavin (Washington DC, USA)
• Bob Johnson (Mays Landing, NJ, USA)
• Brad Pitcher (Eugene, OR, USA)
• Bruce Kroeze (Portland, OR)
• Carlos José Barroso (SL, SL, AR)
• Chris Beaven (Wellington, New Zealand)
• Cliff Barrett (Atlanta, GA)
• Craig Ogg (Long Beach, California, USA)
• Dan Ferrante (New York, NY)
• Daniel Morgan (Lafayette, LA, US)
• Daniel Roseman (London, UK)
• Darrin Thompson (Indianapolis, IN, US)
• Daniel Wang (Vancouver, Canada)
• David Schein (Easthampton, MA, USA)
• David Reynolds (Norwich, UK, GMT)
• Deepak Thukral (New Delhi, India)
• Dimitris Glezos (UK)
• Dongmin Yu (Korea)
• Drew Raines (Nashville, TN)
• Elliot Murphy (Florida, USA)
• Eric Brown (Tampa, FL, USA)
• Eric G. Barron (Washington, DC, USA)
• Florian Apolloner (Klagenfurt, Austria)
• Frankie Robertson (UK)
• Fraser Nevett (Edinburgh, Scotland)
• Fredrik Lundh (Sweden)
• Fredrik Sundqvist (Sweden)
• Gabriel Laet (Brazil)
• Gabriel Farrell (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
• Gallego Pang (China)
• Gregor Müllegger (Near Munich, Germany, GMT +1)
• Grigoriy Petukhov (Omsk, Russia, GMT+6)
• Grzegorz Ślusarek (Poland)
• Guaraglia David (Brazil)
• Hans Rauch (Frankfurt, Germany)
• Ilya Semenov (Russia)
• James Tauber (Boston, MA, USA)
• Jan Killian (Prague, Czech Republic)
• Jason Davies (Cambridge, UK)
• Jay Rendon (Vancouver, Canada)
• Jeromie Rand (Greenville, SC, USA)
• Johan De Taeye (Zaventem, Belgium)
• John Sutherland (Edinburgh, UK)
• Jonathan Lin (Toronto, Canada)
• Justin Bronn (Houston, TX, USA)
• Keith Bussell (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
• Koen Biermans (Belgium, Europe)
• KS Jun (Seoul, Korea, GMT +9)
• Makoto Tsuyuki(Japan, GMT + 9)
• Makoto Uemura (Chiba, Japan, GMT + 9)
• Malcolm Tredinnick (Sydney, Australia)
• Manuel Saelices (Madrid, Spain)
• Marc Garcia (Barcelona, Europe)
• Martin Winkler (Austria)
• Matt McClanahan (Portland, OR, US)
• Matt Riggott (Edinburgh, Scotland)
• Matthew Stevens (Sydney, Australia)
• Maura Chace (Atlanta, GA)
• Michael Axiak (Boston, USA)
• Michael Mao (Vancouver, Canada)
• Michael Radziej (Germany)
• Michal Valoušek (Czech Republic)
• Mike Howarth (Leeds, UK)
• Mitja Martini (Berlin, Germany)
• Nathaniel Whiteinge (Ogden, UT)
• Nick Efford (Leeds, UK)
• Nicola Larosa (Italy)
• Olivier Collioud (France)
• Pedro Valente (Florianopolis, Brazil)
• Peter Hecker (Cologne, Germany)
• Peter Klein (Germany)
• Philippe Raoult (France)
• Placid (UK)
• Rajesh Dhawan (Piermont, NY, USA)
• Reto Aebersold (Berne, CH)
• Rob Hudson (Eugene, OR, USA)
• Rob Hunter (London, UK)
• Robert Coup (Auckland, New Zealand, GMT+12)
• Rushabh Doshi (Palo Alto, CA, USA)
• Russell Keith-Magee (Perth, Australia)
• Ryan Kanno (Honolulu, HI, USA)
• Samuli Häkkinen (Finland)
• Sandro Turriate (Jacksonville, FL)
• Seth Buntin (Nashville, TN)
• Shu Cho (Nanking, China, GMT +8)
• Simon Greenhill (Auckland, New Zealand)
• Simon Litchfield (Gold Coast, Australia)
• Simon Willison (Brighton, UK)
• Spike Bae (Korea)
• Stephen Roller (Raleigh, NC, USA)
• Szilveszter Farkas (Hungary)
• Takanao Endoh (Tokyo, Japan, GMT +9)
• Thejaswi Puthraya (Hyderabad, India)
• Tomáš Kopeček (Brno, Czech Republic)
• Tyler Tarabula (New York, NY, USA)
• Vikrant Rathore (Shanghai, China or Hong Kong)
• Ville Säävuori (Finland)
• Vincent Foley (Quebec, Canada)
• Vivek Puri (Singapore)
• Vsevolod Solovyov (Kiev, Ukraine)
• Wilane Ousmane (Dakar, Senegal)
• Wiliam Alves de Souza (Brazil)
• William Amberg (Washington DC, USA)
• Yuri Baburov (Novosibirsk, Russia, GMT+6)