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Re: Barnowl merge-a-thon & Zulip hackathon this Saturday?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Gross)
Tue Aug 1 20:41:06 2017
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From: Jason Gross <jgross@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:40:50 +0000
To: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu>, Alex Dehnert <adehnert@mit.edu>
Cc: barnowl-dev@mit.edu, sipb-vice-chair@mit.edu, glasgall <glasgall@mit.edu>,
kcr@mit.edu
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I'm interested! And I should be able to make it Saturday.
On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:23 PM Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu> wrote:
> 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'm interested!=C2=A0 And I should be able to make it =
Saturday.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Aug =
1, 2017 at 8:23 PM Tim Abbott <<a href=3D"mailto:tabbott@mit.edu">tabbot=
t@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=
=3D"ltr">I've confirmed enough interest that I think it makes sense 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 draft email=
:<div><br></div><div>"""</div><div><div><div>There will be a=
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ffice this Saturday, August 5, starting at about 1PM and going until late.=
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l be hacking on various group chat things:</div><div>* Zulip=C2=A0(<a href=
=3D"https://zulip.org/" target=3D"_blank">https://zulip.org/</a>=C2=A0and <=
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.com/zulip/zulip/</a>).=C2=A0 These days, we're the leading open source=
group chat by any measure of contributor activity, with hundreds of contri=
butors all over the world.</div><div>* Barnowl (<a href=3D"https://barnowl.=
mit.edu/" target=3D"_blank">https://barnowl.mit.edu/</a>), merging old PRs =
and trying to merge Adam Glasgall's Zulip integration into master.</div=
><div>* Snipe (<a href=3D"https://github.com/kcr/snipe" target=3D"_blank">h=
ttps://github.com/kcr/snipe</a>).</div><div><div><br></div><div>Experts on =
each of these projects will be there.=C2=A0 Below is a bunch of detail on Z=
ulip.</div><div><br></div><div>For those of you who don't know me, I wa=
s=C2=A0<span class=3D"m_-521909102124964624gmail-il">SIPB</span>=C2=A0Chair=
back in 2006, and one of the creators of Debathena, XVM, Cluedumps,=C2=A0<=
span class=3D"m_-521909102124964624gmail-il">SIPB</span>=C2=A0<span class=
=3D"m_-521909102124964624gmail-il">Hackathons</span>, and lots of other fun=
=C2=A0<span class=3D"m_-521909102124964624gmail-il">SIPB</span>=C2=A0projec=
ts.=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=A0sta=
rtup (fellow former SIPB chair Greg Price is also on the team). =C2=A0</div=
></div></div><div><div class=3D"m_-521909102124964624gmail-m_65270002252362=
40865m_5280974597425023409gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-s=
ize:12.8px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Come join us if you&#=
39;d like to:<br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px">* Get involved in ma=
jor open source project with MIT roots (Zulip was inspired by Zephyr's =
threading model)!</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px">* Improve the Zulip/=
Zephyr experience.=C2=A0 We'll likely discuss major changes to the Zuli=
p/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 making awesome=C2=A0open source=
group chat software!</span><br></div><div style=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></di=
v><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 ou=
r <a href=3D"https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/readme-symlink.html" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">developer documentation</a>=C2=A0and setup a development en=
vironment in advance, to make the most of your time in person.</div><div st=
yle=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px">All expe=
rience levels welcome!=C2=A0 We'll come prepared with a bunch of bite-s=
ize issues accessible to developers new to open source as well as more thor=
ny projects for more experienced developers.=C2=A0 Right now, we have a few=
exciting areas where we'd especially appreciate the perspective of new=
contributors.</div><div class=3D"m_-521909102124964624gmail-yj6qo m_-52190=
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dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div>See you there!</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -Tim Abbott</div></div></div=
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iv><div class=3D"gmail_extra"></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D=
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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"m_-521909102124964624HOE=
nZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
~~Alex<br>
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