Re: Request for discussion: Is our Sprint more of a Mini-DebConf? What to have next?

[jison@cbs.dtu.dk]

Hi Steffen

I like very much the "extra day" idea following the template at the last Sprint, i.e. a day focused essentially on outreach
to a specific community, project, application etc. beyond Debian.  I think that could help Debian Med in various ways.  But
someone else should pay for it (ideally with extras) to bring your costs down.  And making the case for that support is a
good validation of Debian Med's relevance.  Importantly though - it should be done in a way that doesn't detract from your
actual sprints!  My experience from EDAM & bio.tools is that, going the extra mile on outreach is at the expense of
targeted sprints to get essential technical work done.  Not good.  So a balance is needed between hackathon, sprint and
outreach dimensions.

Just my two-penneth

Happy hacking!

J:)



> Hello,
>
> I was peeking into the one or other scientific collaboration of mine to
> invite them to our next Debian Med sprint. But I could not really tell
> much about it, yet. Besides deciding where to convene next (which to my
> recollection is decided by someone saying loudly that he/she wants to
> host us ... hello?) we should possibly also lean back a bit and decide
> if we want to change the one or other thing. This could start with the
> name. In my perception what we are having is not so much a
> problem-focused Sprint. It is more like many Sprints held at the same
> time, spiked with educational bits and team building. This year had this
> twofold. It had it externally to Debian with the ELIXIR folks and it had
> it internally to Debian with the promotion of continuous integration
> tests. Well done! I also liked this year's clear-cut extra day.
>
> So, what do you all think?  Would it help to officially come up with
> some extended Sprint format? What would you change? Nothing? More talks?
> More time? Should there possibly a second Debian Med meeting on another
> continent than Europe? With the same focus? Or more medical?
>
> Is there something else we could do to ease the waiting time for the
> next winter? With EU projects one has (too many) virtual meetings. But
> maybe this would not be too bad after all.
>
> Many greetings
>
> Steffen
>
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