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Re: Barnowl merge-a-thon & Zulip hackathon this Saturday?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Abbott)
Tue Aug 1 20:23:38 2017
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1707301912410.77165@buzzword-bingo.mit.edu>
From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 17:23:13 -0700
To: Alex Dehnert <adehnert@mit.edu>
Cc: barnowl-dev@mit.edu, sipb-vice-chair@mit.edu, glasgall <glasgall@mit.edu>,
jgross@mit.edu, kcr@mit.edu
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I've confirmed enough interest that I think it makes sense to do it. For
start time, I probably can't easily get to the office before 12:30 or so on
Saturday.
Here's a draft email:
"""
There will be a hackathon at the SIPB office this Saturday, August 5,
starting at about 1PM and going until late. We'll order pizza or something
around dinnertime. We'll be hacking on various group chat things:
* Zulip (https://zulip.org/ and https://github.com/zulip/zulip/). These
days, we're the leading open source group chat by any measure of
contributor activity, with hundreds of contributors all over the world.
* Barnowl (https://barnowl.mit.edu/), merging old PRs and trying to merge
Adam Glasgall's Zulip integration into master.
* Snipe (https://github.com/kcr/snipe).
Experts on each of these projects will be there. Below is a bunch of
detail on Zulip.
For those of you who don't know me, I was SIPB Chair back in 2006, and one
of the creators of Debathena, XVM, Cluedumps, SIPB Hackathons, and lots of
other fun SIPB projects. These days, I am the lead developer of Zulip and
run the zulipchat.com startup (fellow former SIPB chair Greg Price is also
on the team).
Come join us if you'd like to:
* Get involved in major open source project with MIT roots (Zulip was
inspired by Zephyr's threading model)!
* Improve the Zulip/Zephyr experience. We'll likely discuss major changes
to the Zulip/Zephyr integration experience like enabling presence in the
Zephyr Zulip instance.
* Hang out with a bunch of cool people making awesome open source group
chat software!
* Chat about what it's like running a major open source project that merges
hundreds of commits every week.
If you're interested in hacking on Zulip, you may want to check out
our developer
documentation <https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/readme-symlink.html> and
setup a development environment in advance, to make the most of your time
in person.
All experience levels welcome! We'll come prepared with a bunch of
bite-size issues accessible to developers new to open source as well as
more thorny projects for more experienced developers. Right now, we have a
few exciting areas where we'd especially appreciate the perspective of new
contributors.
See you there!
-Tim Abbott
"""
-Tim Abbott
On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Alex Dehnert <adehnert@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I've been thinking for a while about doing a Barnowl merge-a-thon,
> trying to merge our ~dozen ancient PRs (our oldest is a bit over six years,
> our newest is almost a year), probably combining it with trying to get
> Adam's Zulip support merged (or at least closer) and inviting newer people
> to work on improving the Zulip support.
>
> Anyway, Tim is going to be in town this Saturday and contemplating a Zulip
> hackathon, which seems good to combine with the Barnowl efforts. So, are
> folks available and interested in a Barnowl/Zulip hackathon on Saturday?
> (And/or Sunday? Or later in the summer?)
>
> ~~Alex
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I've confirmed enough interest that I think it makes s=
ense to do it.=C2=A0 For start time, I probably can't easily get to the=
office before 12:30 or so on Saturday.<div><br></div><div>Here's a dra=
ft email:<div><br></div><div>"""</div><div><div><div>There w=
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pan class=3D"gmail-il">SIPB</span>=C2=A0office this Saturday, August 5, sta=
rting at about 1PM and going until late.=C2=A0 We'll order pizza or som=
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things:</div><div>* Zulip=C2=A0(<a href=3D"https://zulip.org/" target=3D"_b=
lank">https://zulip.org/</a>=C2=A0and <a href=3D"https://github.com/zulip/z=
ulip/">https://github.com/zulip/zulip/</a>).=C2=A0 These days, we're th=
e leading open source group chat by any measure of contributor activity, wi=
th hundreds of contributors all over the world.</div><div>* Barnowl (<a hre=
f=3D"https://barnowl.mit.edu/">https://barnowl.mit.edu/</a>), merging old P=
Rs and trying to merge Adam Glasgall's Zulip integration into master.</=
div><div>* Snipe (<a href=3D"https://github.com/kcr/snipe">https://github.c=
om/kcr/snipe</a>).</div><div><div><br></div><div>Experts on each of these p=
rojects will be there.=C2=A0 Below is a bunch of detail on Zulip.</div><div=
><br></div><div>For those of you who don't know me, I was=C2=A0<span cl=
ass=3D"gmail-il">SIPB</span>=C2=A0Chair back in 2006, and one of the creato=
rs of Debathena, XVM, Cluedumps,=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il">SIPB</span>=
=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il">Hackathons</span>, and lots of other fun=C2=
=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il">SIPB</span>=C2=A0projects.=C2=A0 These days, I =
am the lead developer of Zulip and run the=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://zulipchat=
.com/" target=3D"_blank">zulipchat.com</a>=C2=A0startup (fellow former SIPB=
chair Greg Price is also on the team). =C2=A0</div></div></div><div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail-m_6527000225236240865m_5280974597425023409gmail_signature"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size=
:12.8px">Come join us if you'd like to:<br></div><div style=3D"font-siz=
e:12.8px">* Get involved in major open source project with MIT roots (Zulip=
was inspired by Zephyr's threading model)!</div><div style=3D"font-siz=
e:12.8px">* Improve the Zulip/Zephyr experience.=C2=A0 We'll likely dis=
cuss major changes to the Zulip/Zephyr integration experience like enabling=
presence in the Zephyr Zulip instance.</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px=
"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">* Hang out with a bunch of cool people m=
aking awesome=C2=A0open source group chat software!</span><br></div><div st=
yle=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">* Chat about what=
it's like running a major open source project that merges hundreds of =
commits every week.</span></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></div><=
div style=3D"font-size:12.8px">If you're interested in hacking on Zulip=
, you may want to check out our <a href=3D"https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/=
latest/readme-symlink.html">developer documentation</a>=C2=A0and setup a de=
velopment environment in advance, to make the most of your time in person.<=
/div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8=
px">All experience levels welcome!=C2=A0 We'll come prepared with a bun=
ch of bite-size issues accessible to developers new to open source as well =
as more thorny projects for more experienced developers.=C2=A0 Right now, w=
e have a few exciting areas where we'd especially appreciate the perspe=
ctive of new contributors.</div><div class=3D"gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style=
=3D"margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div><div><div class=
=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div>See you there!</div><d=
iv><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -T=
im Abbott</div></div></div><div>"""</div><div><br></div><div=
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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Alex Dehner=
t <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:adehnert@mit.edu" target=3D"_blan=
k">adehnert@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"=
>Hi folks,<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0I've been thinking for a while about doing a Barnowl merge=
-a-thon, trying to merge our ~dozen ancient PRs (our oldest is a bit over s=
ix years, our newest is almost a year), probably combining it with trying t=
o get Adam's Zulip support merged (or at least closer) and inviting new=
er people to work on improving the Zulip support.<br>
<br>
Anyway, Tim is going to be in town this Saturday and contemplating a Zulip =
hackathon, which seems good to combine with the Barnowl efforts. So, are fo=
lks available and interested in a Barnowl/Zulip hackathon on Saturday? (And=
/or Sunday? Or later in the summer?)<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#=
888888"><br>
<br>
~~Alex<br>
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