Austin | Modules Unraveled

110 All About Sprints at DrupalCon Austin with Joe Shindelar, Brian Gilbert, Stéphane Corlosquet, Scott Reeves and Cathy Theys - Modules Unraveled Podcast

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Sprints

  • What topics/areas of Drupal will be sprinted on?
    • Contribution Sprints
    • Get involved with Core - (Workshop)
    • Core Mentoring - (Sprints)
  • Who should come to the sprints?
    (short overview)
    • Why do YOU attend sprints?
    • What do you do when you want to sprint and mentor?
  • What do we need to know before coming to the sprints?
  • What do we need to bring?
    (c:where stuck)

  • Who should go to Get involved with Core - (Workshop)

  • What happens at the workshop?
  • By the end what tools do most people have set up?

    • Web Stack
    • IRC client
    • Editor ?
    • http://simplytest.me/
  • Joe what role have you had in the past?

  • What do you do to get ready to prepare/present the workshop?
  • Is it a big commitment for you?

  • Brian G what role ..

  • Brian G what big change are you excited about?
    • Funding
      • Problems with fundus
      • Paypal, if you don’t meet your goal
      • network at event for btsync
        *gittip (can’t
    • Community Tools Changes
      • (Brian G) What was involved with getting ADD and btsync ready?
      • ADD, Filesize savings, speed of installation
    • Mac users need to have XCode preinstalled (via the App Store)
      • BTSync
        • Secure, unlimited file-syncing. No cloud required.
        • It’s like a diy Dropbox, it’s not bit torrent as you may be thinking
        • Network efficiency
        • not evil

(c: prep time, DA grant)
* (Cathy) Who should go to Core Mentoring - (Sprints)
(anyone who has a local dev setup, but wants help picking out an issue)
* What happens at mentored sprint?

  • Stephane what was your role in the past?
    • floater / smaller commitment
    • ad-hoc presentations
  • What are you going to do at upcoming sprints?
  • What is it like to be a mentor? What keeps you coming back to do it again?
  • Who should mentor?
  • What does it take to be a mentor and what kind of help is needed.
  • Do you have any advice for new mentors?

  • Cathy what role have you had?

  • What are you doing this time?
    Cathy: (Stephane) What didn't you like about mentoring?
  • Any big changes you are excited about?
    (d.o, tags)
    (in public)

  • Specific Sprint Topics
    Who goes to the contribution sprints

    • Contribution Sprints
    • MODERNIZING TESTBOT
    • DRUPAL 8 RELEASE CANDIDATE
    • AEGIR HOSTING SYSTEM
    • MULTILINGUAL SPRINT
    • PANOPOLY
    • DRUPAL.ORG SPRINT
    • #D8RULES: GETTING STARTED WITH RULES FOR DRUPAL 8
  • Final thoughts?

    • Grant allows me to come earlier than I would otherwise and ensure the network will work with btsync