<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 27 Jan 2009, at 20:35, Mark Kretschmann wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Leo Franchi <<a href="mailto:lfranchi@kde.org">lfranchi@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I've been throwing around the idea of doing an Amarok sprint for a while. I<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">think it would be a really good idea to get us all in a room for 2 days with<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">some whiteboards, we could really get a lot of planning done that will serve<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">us well in the future.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I think it makes the most logical sense to have a sprint after we release<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2.1, as we will be able to focus on starting from a clean state (whether<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that be new features, massive stability/performance, whatever). Also, as it<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">takes a while to plan a new sprint, it's not feasible to do it any sooner<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">:) So maybe we could do something like release amarok 2.1 in a few months<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(march or april?) and have this sprint in april or may.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">So what do you guys think? Is the idea of a sprint good? We would also need<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">somewhere to organize it, and a way to find local sponsors (if possible). I<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">know the e.V. is onboard and is willing to provide travel costs, but it<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">would be cool to get local sponsoring too. I can't provide the location for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">obvious reasons, but am willing to do any organizational/communication work<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">needed.<br></blockquote><br>I think it's an awesome idea. Let's do it :)<br><br>Doing it in London could also have the advantage of winning Max Howell<br>for it, which I'd consider really cool :)</div></blockquote><br></div><div>I like the talk of london. it's really easy for me :)</div><div><br></div><div>that said, lets not be too hasty here... i have no idea where to put all you guys. but i'll talk to people at the plasma sprint in 2 weeks and maybe some ev people to see what we could do options-wise.</div><div><br></div><div>leo</div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>---</div><div>Leo Franchi<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>(650) 704 3680</div><div>Tufts University 2010 </div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:lfranchi@kde.org">lfranchi@kde.org</a></div><div><a href="mailto:leonardo.franchi@tufts.edu">leonardo.franchi@tufts.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>