Update | was Re: Measure-athon & Tooling Sprint | Sat. 16 July 11-19 at KDAB Berlin

[Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss]

For those who are not on Matrix.

Brief update from this morning: Everything is looking good for today's 
Sprint. Volker tested negative again this morning and has no symptoms.

Looking forward to seeing many of you shortly!

Cheers,
Joseph

On 7/14/22 13:39, Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss wrote:
> Important notice:
> 
> Our KDABian host, Volker Krause, has just learned a person he had 
> contact with last weekend has tested positive for CoViD (rapid antigen 
> test). Volker's own tests are so far negative and he has no symptoms. 
> Let's hope it stays that way, first and foremost for his own health!
> 
> Should he test positive before Saturday, though, we will have a problem 
> since he is the only one with a key to the office.
> 
> I wanted to let all of you know now so there are no surprises before 
> Saturday's Sprint.
> 
> In the event we cannot meet at KDAB, we can still meet somewhere in 
> Berlin and work on tooling and standardization, etc.! I will have a Plan 
> B for that eventuality, and any suggestions are of course welcome.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joseph
> 
> On 7/12/22 15:40, Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss wrote:
>> Hi Sprint attendees,
>>
>> I am really looking forward to Saturday's Sprint!
>>
>> Just a few organizational things:
>>
>>   - To begin work on integrating LabPlot into the measurement tooling, 
>> we will put aside some time for a video conference with Alexander 
>> Semke, who will not be able to join in person. I think *15h CEST* is a 
>> good time for this, since by then we should have a clearer idea of 
>> what we want to achieve.
>>
>>   - For those preparing Standard Usage Scenarios (Kate, GCompris, 
>> others?), please make sure that we have the most recent SUS scripts 
>> and any relevant information (software version to test, any 
>> dependencies, etc.). We may need to work on the scripts on Saturday, 
>> but hopefully we can get to testing early in the day to have enough 
>> time to run the scripts multiple times. The available OSes to test on 
>> are Kubuntu 22.04 and Neon (stable).
>>
>>   - One of the goals is to work on data standardization. Please come 
>> with some ideas for what would be excellent standards to establish to 
>> make data reusable and results replicable.
>>
>>   - If anyone has any extra inexpensive Gosund SP111 which we can use, 
>> please bring them. I will bring the one Volker gave me last time 
>> (which I forgot to reimburse him for, will do so on Saturday).
>>
>>   - We can decide on Saturday what other tooling (e.g., KdeEcoTest) we 
>> want to work on.
>>
>> These are just some thoughts to come to mind now. Any suggestions are 
>> of course welcome :)
>>
>> See you at 11am at KDAB Berlin, Reuchlinstraße 11, Berlin. I believe 
>> the side entrance is the best place to enter from (though KDABians can 
>> correct me if I am mistaken). Note the marker on the map:
>>
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.52729&mlon=13.32455#map=18/52.52729/13.32455 
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Joseph
>>
>> On 7/4/22 18:05, Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> the community has spoken: Saturday 16 July 11:00-19:00 will be our 
>>> follow-up measure-athon and tooling Sprint at KDAB Berlin!
>>>
>>> The goals of the Sprint are two-fold:
>>>
>>>     i. To begin measuring KDE/Free Software such as Kate and GCompris 
>>> as well as other projects that want to prepare usage scenarios!
>>>
>>>    ii. To work on standardizing the data and developing the tools to 
>>> automate the workflow and analyze/visualize the results!
>>>
>>> If you would like to join, please be in touch. Everyone is welcome :) 
>>> For those who are not in Berlin but would be interested in travelling 
>>> to join us, we have funding to support your trip to the Sprint. There 
>>> are several non-Berlin-based community members I would love to see 
>>> there! See below for reimbursement info.
>>>
>>> All other details (who, what, where, when) are also below.
>>>
>>> I am very much looking forward to it!
>>>
>>> Your community manager,
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>> _Overview_
>>>
>>> *When*: Sprint, Saturday 16 July 11:00 -- 19:00 (ics event attached). 
>>> Current Schedule, suggestions welcome:
>>>
>>>    - 11:00-12:30 preparation, start first measurements
>>>    - 12:30-13:30 lunch
>>>    - 13:30-16:30 continue measurements, work on tooling
>>>    - 16:30-17:00 break
>>>    - 17:00-19:00 wrap up, plan next steps
>>>
>>> *Where*: KDAB Berlin, Reuchlinstraße 11, Berlin 
>>> (https://osm.org/go/0MZvks2Rp--?m=)
>>>
>>> *What*: Measure-athon & Tooling Sprint (see above for goals)
>>>
>>> A few relevant issues:
>>>
>>>    - Create a list of applications/scenarios we want to test:
>>>      https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/be4foss/-/issues/28
>>>
>>>    - How to publish raw data for measurements:
>>>      https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/be4foss/-/issues/1
>>>
>>>    - Data analysis:
>>>      https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/be4foss/-/issues/11
>>>
>>> *Reimbursement*: For those outside Berlin it is possible to reimburse 
>>> a 2-night stay for Friday 15 July and Saturday 16 July as well as 
>>> travel costs. You can stay at the accommodations of your choice as 
>>> long as the per night stay is under 70 Euro. Important: If you would 
>>> like to request reimbursement, the following travel support request 
>>> will need to be completed before the Sprint:
>>>
>>>     https://reimbursements.kde.org/events/150
>>>
>>> *What We Need*:
>>>
>>> _Software_
>>>    - Scenario scripts for Idle Mode and Standard Usage (currently 
>>> GCompris, Kate)
>>>
>>
> 

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