From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EAE1F461 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 14:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727548AbfGEOJI (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:09:08 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-4.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.68]:46005 "EHLO smtp-out-4.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726743AbfGEOJI (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:09:08 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.22] ([89.243.190.203]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id jOtdhARR7nuQZjOtdhmloE; Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:09:06 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [89.243.190.203] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.3 cv=echDgIMH c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=eLyEXkeXgyqjrUSteAL3aw==:117 a=eLyEXkeXgyqjrUSteAL3aw==:17 a=jpOVt7BSZ2e4Z31A5e1TngXxSK0=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=zrx41NgC3UInodjT9p4A:9 a=ZnI8S_KZ4Zjj3iZl:21 a=ydX6-rsLYsO2Doo1:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Subject: Re: Virtual Git Contributor Summit To: Johannes Schindelin , git@vger.kernel.org References: From: Philip Oakley Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 15:09:06 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-GB X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfPbhFtIRsdQzotJJKacUkYIs42UfclONM4Ge/gRvpUhOB96irLJb8BGT8CC9R6HQBemo+FHuWDWhZfcftLyVhJ8lLf2dE/56Ctv9jk02HjecgZ/xA19F Juc+KL/ArQAQyphIex0Ajecyjt1ZYUAS9eZsOIyied0Vc6/b6NiImT3A2btY8Y0CiToMZ6y+At0luP6YwIINdjZWorVV3A3Y7As= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Dscho, On 03/07/2019 14:01, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Team, > > I kept talking about this idea of a purely online Git Contributor Summit, > and it is finally time for action. > > The idea: just like the Git Contributor Summits we have on the day before > GitMerge, but instead of traveling to the same place, we'll use an online > conferencing system. > > From my point of view, the main benefits of doing this online are: > > - It should make it easier for all contributors to attend (yes, Junio, we > do miss you every single time you're not there). > > - We will leave a substantially reduced carbon footprint. > > - There won't be any jet-lag involved, including the consequences on > health/sleeping. > > - It is substantially cheaper and more sustainable. > > Of course, there are also some challenges: > > - Timezones. My idea here is to have all participants put down their > preferred timezone and then compromising on some sort of Median. > > - Timing. As it is not attached to a conference, we are less bound to a > specific date, and that flexibility might make it harder to agree > on one date. > > To alleviate both of those points, we might want to consider spreading it > out over a couple of days? I already heard some fierce opposition against > that idea, though. > > In any case, I think it would be good to give everybody some time to > coordinate and to shift work out of the way, so I propose that we look for > dates in the first two weeks of September. > > Peff kindly agreed to use GitHub's Zoom license for this, which should > also make it easy to have a recording (and not having people in the same > room will benefit this, too). > > To coordinate this event, I started a Google Spreadsheet where we can > decide on timezone, date(s), number of days, and later on try to imitate > the sticky game with virtual stickies for the discussions. > > I will send out an invitation to the top 25 contributors (according to > `git shortlog -nse --since=1.year.ago`) after sending out this mail. > > Obviously, there will be more people interested in participating; Please > do drop me an email if you're interested and I will send you a link to > that spreadsheet (as I do not read my mails continuously, it might take a > day, but I will, promise). > > Thanks all, > Dscho Will there also be an opportunity for a listen/read -only mode for those of us on the lower reaches of the contributor list? I'd certainly like to at least keep up with progress. -- Philip