[gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Dan Armak]

Hi all,

I thought I'd post a message here for those who'll miss it on the 
www.gentoo.org newspage: quote:

Lamer (also known as Ben Lutgens of Sistina Software, Inc.) asked me to 
announce the semi-official Gentoo Linux Hackfest, this weekend (Aug 17-19) in 
the #gentoo IRC channel on the Open Projects IRC Network. The goal of this 
Hackfest is to allow Gentoo Linux users to report bugs and have Gentoo Linux 
developers fix them on CVS/rsync in real time! Great idea, lamer!
-- drobbins, on www.gentoo.org


Hope the event'll be great!



-- 


Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team
Matan, Israel

Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Ben Lutgens]

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On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:18:44AM +0300, Dan Armak wrote:
>
>Lamer (also known as Ben Lutgens of Sistina Software, Inc.) asked me to 
>announce the semi-official Gentoo Linux Hackfest, this weekend (Aug 17-19) in 
>the #gentoo IRC channel on the Open Projects IRC Network. The goal of this 
>Hackfest is to allow Gentoo Linux users to report bugs and have Gentoo Linux 
>developers fix them on CVS/rsync in real time! Great idea, lamer!
>-- drobbins, on www.gentoo.org

Kinda like a bug-squashing party. It's an all hands request for all of you
to stop by and bug us about bugs. 

Note to Devs: If you can't make it, that's cool. It's just a request. I'd
also advise that when you're hack hack hacking on something, to do an 
/away "fixing bug in package foo" so anyone who /msg's you will know you're
occupied. 

-- 
Ben Lutgens		
Sistina Software Inc.	

What's the difference between root and God ?
God doesn't think that he is root. 

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Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Mikael Hallendal]

Den 16 Aug 2001 16:55:55 -0500 skrev Ben Lutgens:

Hi!

This is a very good idea, I'll probably join friday and some on the day
(in Sweden GMT+2) on saturday and probably most of sunday. Let's get
together and fix up lots of things. And perhaps also get some hacking on
Gentoo tools done :)

Regards,
  Mikael Hallendal

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:18:44AM +0300, Dan Armak wrote:
> >
> >Lamer (also known as Ben Lutgens of Sistina Software, Inc.) asked me to 
> >announce the semi-official Gentoo Linux Hackfest, this weekend (Aug 17-19) in 
> >the #gentoo IRC channel on the Open Projects IRC Network. The goal of this 
> >Hackfest is to allow Gentoo Linux users to report bugs and have Gentoo Linux 
> >developers fix them on CVS/rsync in real time! Great idea, lamer!
> >-- drobbins, on www.gentoo.org
> 
> Kinda like a bug-squashing party. It's an all hands request for all of you
> to stop by and bug us about bugs. 
> 
> Note to Devs: If you can't make it, that's cool. It's just a request. I'd
> also advise that when you're hack hack hacking on something, to do an 
> /away "fixing bug in package foo" so anyone who /msg's you will know you're
> occupied. 
> 
-- 

Mikael Hallendal
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader
Stockholm, Sweden

Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Daniel Robbins]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 01:17:27AM +0200, Mikael Hallendal wrote:
> Den 16 Aug 2001 16:55:55 -0500 skrev Ben Lutgens:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> This is a very good idea, I'll probably join friday and some on the day
> (in Sweden GMT+2) on saturday and probably most of sunday. Let's get
> together and fix up lots of things. And perhaps also get some hacking on
> Gentoo tools done :)

I think I can get very close to releasing a full-blown rc6 prototype sys
image sometime on Friday night or Saturday.  Should be fun!

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Ben Lutgens]

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On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:24:18PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote:
>
>I think I can get very close to releasing a full-blown rc6 prototype sys
>image sometime on Friday night or Saturday.  Should be fun!
>

Could we wait untill maybe monday? I think it might be beneficial to wait
untill all our users ( Hope you all come tell us what's buted ) have a
chances to get us to fix the bugs they found this weekend.

I'm all for relasing another rc, but I'd hate to preempt the results of the
bug squishing party on irc.

-- 
Ben Lutgens		
Sistina Software Inc.	

What's the difference between root and God ?
God doesn't think that he is root. 

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Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Jerry A!]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:46:16AM -0500, Ben Lutgens wrote:
: On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:24:18PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote:
: >
: >I think I can get very close to releasing a full-blown rc6 prototype sys
: >image sometime on Friday night or Saturday.  Should be fun!
: >
:
: Could we wait untill maybe monday? I think it might be beneficial to wait
: untill all our users ( Hope you all come tell us what's buted ) have a
: chances to get us to fix the bugs they found this weekend.
:
: I'm all for relasing another rc, but I'd hate to preempt the results of the
: bug squishing party on irc.

How about a limited edition rc?  Some of us need to get current quickly
if we're gonna be able to do anything productive...

        --Jerry

name:  Jerry Alexandratos         ||  Open-Source software isn't a
phone: 703.599.6023               ||  matter of life or death...
email: jerry@thehutt.org          ||  ...It's much more important
                                  ||  than that!

Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Ben Lutgens]

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On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:51:10AM -0400, Jerry A! wrote:
>
>How about a limited edition rc?  Some of us need to get current quickly
>if we're gonna be able to do anything productive...
>

rc5 is around a month old I think. portage is always up to date.

-- 
Ben Lutgens		
Sistina Software Inc.	

What's the difference between root and God ?
God doesn't think that he is root. 

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Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Jerry A!]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:59:07AM -0500, Ben Lutgens wrote:
: On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:51:10AM -0400, Jerry A! wrote:
: >
: >How about a limited edition rc?  Some of us need to get current quickly
: >if we're gonna be able to do anything productive...
: >
:
: rc5 is around a month old I think. portage is always up to date.

Let's try this again.  I thought we established that the kernel in rc5
w/my combination of hardware leads to fs corruption.

Likewise, I thought that at this point it is still unwise to
unmerge/remerge baselayout.  That's stuff that I need to check out for
some of the things I'm working on...

        --Jerry

name:  Jerry Alexandratos         ||  Open-Source software isn't a
phone: 703.599.6023               ||  matter of life or death...
email: jerry@thehutt.org          ||  ...It's much more important
                                  ||  than that!

Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Chad M. Huneycutt]

Ben Lutgens wrote:

>On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:24:18PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote:
>
>>I think I can get very close to releasing a full-blown rc6 prototype sys
>>image sometime on Friday night or Saturday.  Should be fun!
>>
>
>Could we wait untill maybe monday? I think it might be beneficial to wait
>untill all our users ( Hope you all come tell us what's buted ) have a
>chances to get us to fix the bugs they found this weekend.
>
>I'm all for relasing another rc, but I'd hate to preempt the results of the
>bug squishing party on irc.
>
I think "prototype" was the operative word here.  While we are squashing 
package bugs, we can also squash rc6 build cd bugs!  Then, maybe we can 
get a real rc6 iso image out the door for all users.


Did I miss something?

Chad

Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Daniel Robbins]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:07:33PM -0400, Chad M. Huneycutt wrote:

> I think "prototype" was the operative word here.  While we are squashing 
> package bugs, we can also squash rc6 build cd bugs!  Then, maybe we can 
> get a real rc6 iso image out the door for all users.
> 
> Did I miss something?

No; you seem to be one of the few who "got it" :)

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Ben Lutgens]

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On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:07:33PM -0400, Chad M. Huneycutt wrote:
>>
>I think "prototype" was the operative word here.  While we are squashing 
>package bugs, we can also squash rc6 build cd bugs!  Then, maybe we can 
>get a real rc6 iso image out the door for all users.
>
now you're talking. Dan?
-- 
Ben Lutgens		
Sistina Software Inc.	

What's the difference between root and God ?
God doesn't think that he is root. 

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Re: [gentoo-dev] The #gentoo Hackfest

[Daniel Robbins]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0500, Ben Lutgens wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:07:33PM -0400, Chad M. Huneycutt wrote:
> >>
> >I think "prototype" was the operative word here.  While we are squashing 
> >package bugs, we can also squash rc6 build cd bugs!  Then, maybe we can 
> >get a real rc6 iso image out the door for all users.
> >
> now you're talking. Dan?

Well, I seriously doubt we'll get the ISO image done by the end of the weekend,
but I'd like to have a prototype rc6 sys image for people to test sometime
today or early tomorrow.  Then maybe we can have a working version complete
early next week, which can then be given to the tools, desktop and server teams
so they can begin fixing and testing their packages in parallel.

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.