The 100 Hour Harvesting Party, Let's Start it with a Bang!
Posted 17 Feb 2004 by KenCauseyI'm sure everyone has noticed that the Harvesting process has bottlenecks. Let's focus on those bottlenecks as a group and in a social environment. Read on...
No, I don't mean one party that is 100 hours long. I mean a recurring party every 100 hours.
I'm sure everyone has noticed that the Harvesting process has bottlenecks. We are largely a community of Doers. It's difficult to find the time to settle in and take care of some of the mundane issues associated with harvesting. We also don't have enough eyeballs looking at code right now even at the best of times. So I would like to borrow a page from other open source communities and schedule our version of a bug squashing party. To steal from Kent I would like to 'turn the knob up to 10' on this concept. Let's have a regular event scheduled in such a way that everyone has an opportunity to attend at least once a month or so. 100 hours = 7 days * 24 hours - (3 days * 24 hours) + 6 hours. By scheduling a 4 hour party every 100 hours each party will occur on a different day of the week during a different period of the day. With an average of 7 parties each month taking place on different days and at different times everyone should be able to find a time to attend at least one each month.
We can develop the details of what happens at a Harvesting Party over time but I envision that everyone that has some free time during the party come to the Squeak IRC channel (#squeak on irc.freenode.net) for companionship and virtual refreshments. You will start up a Squeak image with BFAV2 loaded and pick out a BUG or a FIX or an ENH that needs reviewing or approving or fixing (depending on your abilities and preferences). When you run into a snag or a question the others attending the party will be there to provide support and advice.
I floated the idea first to Göran on #squeak and he mentioned that he had just sent an email to Marcus Denker suggesting a 24 hour harvesting party to try to move 3.7a along to beta status. So we threw the idea together and so here's the bang:
The first Harvesting Party will take place from Noon GMT Friday February 20th, 2004 to Noon GMT Saturday February 21st, 2004. A 24 hour party with a goal to replace that 'a' with a 'b'.
The next Harvesting Party will take place at 16:00 (4 PM) GMT on Wednesday February 25th, 2004 (100 hours after the end of the big party).
Each regular schedule Harvesting Party will last 4 hours.
The schedule for the next 7 harvesting parties is (each 100 hours after the start of the previous party):
20:00 (8 PM) GMT Sunday February 29th 2004
24:00 (Midnight) GMT Friday March 5th 2004
04:00 (4 AM) GMT Tuesday March 9th 2004
08:00 (8 AM) GMT Saturday March 13th 2004
12:00 (Noon) GMT Wednesday March 17th 2004
16:00 (4 PM) GMT Sunday March 21st 2004
20:00 (8 PM) GMT Thursday March 25th 2004
I will handle announcing the parties regularly.
So put on your party hat, limber up your fingers, prepare your mind, and show up!
Ken Causey
Small Error, posted 17 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
My math is not bad so much as my editting. I adjusted and refined this concept as I was writing this and rather than100 hours = 7 days * 24 hours - (3 days * 24 hours) + 6 hours
it should say
100 hours = 7 days * 24 hours - (3 days * 24 hours) + 4 hours
Ken
My Pledge, posted 17 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
As an added incentive I pledge to attend the full 24 hour initial event. Show up just to see how my typing ability is impaired after being awake for 24 hours.Anyone else care to join me in this pledge?
Ken
Way to go Ken!, posted 18 Feb 2004 by gokr
Great initiative Ken!As a matter of fact, when Daniel Vainsencher visited me in Stockholm last year we discussed "softer issues" and one thing that is also reflected in my personal Vision - was to make sure we have fun.
In short - we need these kinds of events! They are fun! And they make the community stronger.
Even though I can't make the pledge Ken made I will be there the first 4 hours and the last 4. More than that and my wife would probably throw out my laptop in the snow. Or worse.
Göran
If you want prepare, posted 19 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
For harvesting you will want a setup including at a minimum:The latest VM for your platform.
a 3.7a-5707 Image
From the SqueakMap2 package loader you will want to upgrade all installed packages. When PackageInfo is upgraded and suggests that you install Monticello you should probably let it do so.
Install the latest versions of:
BFAV2 Installer (Note do not install "BFAV 2", use this installer package instead)
Refactoring Browser and related tools
SUnit
Feel free to install any other packages that make you more comfortable.
If you have trouble with BFAV2 you may need a patch posted by Ned Konz at http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2004-February/073827.html
See you there!
Ken
3.7a Todo List, posted 20 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3491Oops, too fast, posted 20 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
<http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3491/a>Sigh, my excuse is that it is 5:56 AM here, posted 20 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3491IRC nicknames for Ken Causey, posted 20 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
kencausey mobileKenanother good page for bug documentation, posted 20 Feb 2004 by FrankCag
Another good souce of info is Commenting Bugs and Fixes - , It explains what all those [sm] and [sl] in the title of the bug posts mean.Report, posted 23 Feb 2004 by KenCausey
I consider the first Harvesting Party a great success. We had 21 participants (if I counted correctly) and over 90 reviews and reports were sent in. Several bugs were fixed and quite a bit of discussion occurred.I would like to thank all of the participants:
Jecel Assumpçăo
Brian Brown
Avi Bryant
Frank Caggiano
Ragnar Espinosa
Boris Gaertner
Cees de Groot
Göran Krampe
Ned Konz
Craig Latta
Alexander Lazarevic
Hans-Martin Mosher
John Pferisch
Lukas Renggli
Tim Rowledge
Lothar Schenk
David Shaffer
Serge Stinkwich
Brent Vukmer
Doug Way
I apologize if I've missed anyone.
Let's not forget this is just the beginning. The next Harvesting Party will take place from 16:00 GMT Wednesday February 25th 2004 to 20:00 GMT. See the main article above for the next seven parties.
Please attend when it is convenient for you and take advantage of a fun social environment where the progress of Squeak is the focus.
Ken
A Change, posted 8 Jun 2005 by KenCausey
For various reasons it has been decided to rename this to Squeak Chat.
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