Fwd: Pre dev-days sprint

[Mark Kretschmann]

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From: Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <admin at leinir.dk>
Date: Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: Pre dev-days sprint
To: Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org>
Cc: Knut Yrvin <knut.yrvin at nokia.com>, Cornelius Schumacher
<schumacher at kde.org>, Aurélien Gâteau <agateau at kde.org>, Ralf Engels
<Ralf.Engels at nokia.com>, Mark Kretschmann
<mark.kretschmann at nokia.com>, robert.griebl at nokia.com


On Friday 02 Sep 2011 16:07:59 Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org>
wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Knut Yrvin <knut.yrvin at nokia.com> wrote:
> >> On Onsdag 31. august 2011, ext Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen wrote:
> >>> As we're getting just a little bit close now, i thought it prudent to
> >>> throw  out another feeler for this one. Like you were suggesting at the
> >>> Desktop Summit, shall we try and set a sprint up around the topic of
> >>> getting code contributed to Qt and the Qt library archive. In fact,
> >>> perhaps a sprint directly geared towards getting said library archive
> >>> up and running would be a sensible choice here, for something very
> >>> concrete to take with us to the QtCS day at DevDays*?
> >>
> >> If I remember correctly, the suggestion was to use the Qt Munich office
> >> in the weekend Oct 21-23, right before Qt Dev.Days Oct 24-26.
> >>
> >> In addition we should include and sponsor a unconference at Qt Dev.Days
> >> Monday Oct 24, focusing on KDE 5.0 libs and Qt contributions. My manager
> >> said we will have a room for that at the hotel + food.
> >>
> >> For those who participate 1-4 days, we can offer free Qt Dev.Days passes
> >> (with a upper limit of 40).
> >>
> >> I hope that Ralf Engels <Ralf.Engels at nokia.com> can assist in the
> >> weekend as last year. We have to ask of course. Also Mark Kretschmann
> >> <kretschmann at kde.org> has expressed interest in helping out. I've also
> >> got some positive feedback from Qt developers who like the unconference
> >> thing, interested in participating :)
> >
> > Actually I am more interested in a Pre-DevDays sprint in the Munich
> > office. At the conference I will be very busy with the Qt Quick
> > Training from Nuno, and talking to many people. The same is true for
> > other UX people from Nokia.
> >
> > Tackling something as complex as Qt is not in the cards for me, during
> > the conference. I'll be happy to provide advice though.
>
> And the topic for that Pre-DevDays sprint should please not be Qt. I
> don't know the code base at all, so I won't be able to do any hacking.
> I'm more interested in UI, e.g. coming up with touch interfaces for
> KDE applications.

 The problem i see with doing the touch interfaces for Qt thing at this
sprint would be that that's really a Plasma Active topic, and they already
host several sprints over the course of the year. Hence why i suggested this
sprint be about building the Qt Library Archive. Note that this is not about
Qt itself, this is specifically about the stuff that /doesn't/ fit into Qt
proper - things like Gluon's OpenAL wrapper library and other similar things.
Hope that clears up that little misunderstanding a touch.

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