Calligra sprint in Randa?

[Arjen Hiemstra]

On Monday 21 May 2012 02:07:21 Inge Wallin wrote:
> I have been asked by Mario Fux (unormal) about whether the Calligra
> community is interested in participating in a big sprint in september.  You
> can see the relevant doodle here: http://www.doodle.com/svghf38ibdg6k9dv .
> 
> This will be held in Randa, Switzerland in a brobdingnagian[1] house which
> allows several KDE groups to have their own sprints simultaneously while at
> the same time allow for shared discussions. I hear it's really useful.
> 
> If we accept the offer and let Mario arrange a nice sprint, we will have
> good food, good surroundings and good rooms. Did I mention sponsorship from
> the e.V and some local sponsors is already secured?
> 
> I think the timing is not bad. We have just gone a full spring without a
> Calligra sprint and we also have shortened our release cycle to 4 months.
> Given the schedule for Calligra 2.5[2] this date should be around the middle
> of the development cycle for 2.6 (or 3.0). We probably need a sprint soon
> and this is as good time as any.
> 
> On the other hand, a full week is really long.  Perhaps we can have a
> dedicated Calligra sprint over the weekend. The Randa sprint itself will be
> friday to thursday) so we could maybe have friday - monday or so and then
> people who want to discuss or hack on something particularly complex could
> stay a few more days.
> 
> I think that in general it's a very good offer and we should take it.  The
> details can be worked out later.
> 
> 	-Inge

Having been there at the first multimedia sprint I can only say: Yes please!

Admittedly I am a little biased since Switzerland is one of my favourite 
countries to visit, but Mario and the people helping him also take really good 
care of everything. Compared to something like Berlin, this is actually a 
really big advantage, since next to not losing time on travel, you are also 
not losing time on stuff like getting lunch/dinner. And since everything is in 
the same building, usually people will spend long evenings continuing whatever 
they were working on.

I personally do not see travel as an issue. The Swiss train system works very 
well and there are plenty of trains from Geneva into the Rhône valley. It is 
also a very pleasant trip, I remember spending most of my trip to Randa just 
looking out of the window.

- Arjen

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