[OSCTC-planning] Moving forward on specific projects to have bugs lined up for Princeton project time

[Josh Matthews]

Hi Asheesh,
I've put out emails asking for people willing to be online, but haven't
heard anything back. I'm in Taiwan this week, so 2-6am (prior to an 8:50am
flight) is not something I can commit to.

Cheers,
Josh


On 21 November 2013 14:33, Asheesh Laroia <lists at asheesh.org> wrote:

> Hey Josh,
>
> Did you have any further thoughts on this? I think what we'd need from
> Firefox is:
>
> * Person/people to be around IRC on this Sunday 1-5pm (US/Eastern) --
> maybe you?
>
> * URL(s) for system requirements
>
> * A list of 2-3 bugs that would be suitable for newcomers (it's OK if
> they have to stomach a 45min-60min build process, so long as there's a
> link you can provide that has been tested recently that provides that)
>
> I can go find the links, if necessary, but I suspect that as a
> Mozillian you have more insight into recommended wiki pages, so would
> be happy to hear your input.
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Asheesh Laroia <lists at asheesh.org> wrote:
> > FWIW, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/svg-edit/7VuiEXTZbKM is
> > a sample email indicating what we need more concretely.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Asheesh Laroia <lists at asheesh.org>
> wrote:
> >> OMG HELLO JOSH THE AMAZING
> >>
> >> I'm torn, as I love Firefox, but I have seen build times be a problem
> >> at these events. We could clearly indicate that it only applies for
> >> people meeting has high system requirements -- 4GB or more RAM, 10GB
> >> of disk space, what else would you suggest? What installed pre-reqs
> >> (XCode? anything else for a Mac?) would be needed?
> >>
> >> Also, we could remark that it's going to take 45 min to build, so tell
> >> them to get started on that with a mentor during lunch.
> >>
> >> I would love to give it a shot if we're willing to indicate to
> >> attendees they're guinea pigs for a version 2 that would work even
> >> better. I think listing pre-requisites and getting a head-start on the
> >> build during lunch would fix the most important issues.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Josh Matthews <josh at joshmatthews.net>
> wrote:
> >>> This is something Mozilla could probably do with some Firefox bugs,
> but I
> >>> fear that the initial 45-90 minutes build required would not fit well
> within
> >>> the event constraints. Am I correct?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Josh
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 20 November 2013 13:43, Asheesh Laroia <lists at asheesh.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi all, and Shauna,
> >>>>
> >>>> I wanted to report on my progress getting specific projects to offer
> >>>> 2-5 good bitesize bugs each lined up for the Princeton event. (This is
> >>>> also known as "OpenHatch-affiliated projects". It's more than just
> >>>> having bugs lined up; it's having the bugs be truly good for
> >>>> newcomers, and having people from the projects be around during the
> >>>> event, and having enough supporting documentation so that the bugs can
> >>>> plausibly be solved.)
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a "basically definitely yes" from MissKat on #dreamwidth-dev
> >>>> for that project. (Also this is a person whom I had the pleasure of
> >>>> meeting at conferences.)
> >>>>
> >>>> I asked the SymPy folks on IRC.
> >>>>
> >>>> I pinged the d3 maintainer by private email.
> >>>>
> >>>> I asked the svg-edit people on their public mailing list.
> >>>>
> >>>> I documented this on the spreadsheet here:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoHP1ey91UqPdGVDbmI4cnFOTmFEcUcwN3RiOTZMcUE#gid=0
> >>>>
> >>>> Question for you Shauna:
> >>>>
> >>>> I see "Thoughtworks" in the list. I am not sure what that refers to,
> >>>> so I thought I'd ping to indicate that confusion.
> >>>>
> >>>> Overall, thanks for making that spreadsheet. I will keep it updated as
> >>>> things progress with these projects.
> >>>>
> >>>> -- Asheesh.
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