Re: debian-science sprint?
On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 04:41:28PM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> Hi,
> a few of us met in Heidelberg where Andreas kindly organized a BoF for us
> scientists:
>
> https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/meeting/214/debian-science-bof/
>
> I think this was the first time that I met some Debian scientists (that I
> did not already know before from other topics). We briefly discussed a
> debian-science sprint, we could have our own, participate in a (highly
> recommended!) debian-med sprint, or have monthly virtual sprints as somebody
> suggested. I think in-person meetings are much more effective, at least to
> form a "group" of debian scientists, later virtual sprints may also work
> well. I remember at least two suggestions for sprints, but there was not a
> lot of feedback, so I repeat my offer to host a sprint in Kiel here. It is
> fairly easy for me to get rooms (with good internet connection and a decent
> coffee maker nearby) during the weekends (debian-med typically runs from
> friday afternoon to sunday afternoon) or during the spring break. There is
> a hostel nearby where we can get single rooms for about 100EUR per week
> (30min walking or 10-20min by bus), there are hotels further away but with
> direct bus connection to the University. For some detailed information I
> have put the localinfo website that we had for a summerschool a few years
> back online again (prices may have changed):
>
> http://www.ieap.uni-kiel.de/et/people/steigies/summerschool/localinfo.html
>
> If people are interested, I would prefer a date next year in the spring
> break (late February or March) or Pfingsten (Pentecost? 16-22. May) if we
> want to meet during (for the whole) the week. Other weekends should be
> possible also for a shorter meeting (in February it may still be dark, cold
> and wet, ask Andreas or Michael, but starting in May the weather starts to
> become nice, not as warm as HD, though). But before we talk about dates, I
> would like to know if there is some interest at all in a debian-science
> sprint. As Andreas mentioned, there may be some support by Debian, so
> perhaps we could even support Dirk to fly in to discuss issues with
> maintainership of R packages face to face.
I could come for a (long) weekend.
Michael
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