Fwd: Pre dev-days sprint

[Stefan Derkits]

Hey,

> 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.

I'm interested in the preDevDays Sprint & the Qt DevDays, so count me in ;)

Stefan