| 1 | Greetings |
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| 2 | |
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| 3 | The Cape Town Python Users Group [1] would like to hold a sprint to port |
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| 4 | Genshi [2] to Python 3. |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | Date and Location |
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| 7 | ============== |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | 4 September 2010 |
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| 10 | 10:00am |
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| 11 | Cape Town |
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| 12 | (probably at the Yola [3] offices) |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | Organizers |
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| 15 | ======== |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | * Cape Town Python Users Group (CTPUG) |
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| 18 | * Simon Cross |
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| 19 | * Neil Muller |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | Attendees |
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| 22 | ======== |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | We expect around six or seven people (previous hackathons hosted by |
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| 25 | CTPUG have ranged in attendance from four to ten). |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | Goal |
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| 28 | ==== |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | Porting Genshi to Python 3. The initial aim is to create a version of |
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| 31 | Genshi that works correctly on both 2.x and 3.x. If we hit problems |
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| 32 | we'll settle for a version that works under 2.x and can work under 3.x |
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| 33 | after running 2to3. |
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| 35 | Genshi has a C extension to optimize performance but it includes |
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| 36 | Python implementations as a fallback so we probably won't attempt to |
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| 37 | port the C extension initially. If there are enough people we'll |
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| 38 | create a sub-sprint to focus on porting the C code, otherwise we'll |
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| 39 | tackle it later on if we're feeling adventurous. |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | Budget |
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| 42 | ====== |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | $100 |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | Some sort of merchandise with a Python logo to give participants. The |
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| 47 | current favourite among CTPUG members seems to be coffee mugs. |
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| 48 | Anything left over will go towards beer, pizza and coffee. :D |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | Additional Notes |
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| 51 | ============= |
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| 53 | There is a CTPUG wiki page for the sprint [4] which I'll keep updating |
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| 54 | as plans materialize. Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven (one of the Genshi |
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| 55 | committers) has volunteered to help us to get our code into Genshi's |
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| 56 | repository once we're done [5]. |
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| 58 | CTPUG has organized five other sprints in the last two years [6]. |
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| 60 | [1] http://ctpug.org.za/ |
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| 61 | [2] http://genshi.edgewall.org/ |
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| 62 | [3] http://www.yola.com/ |
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| 63 | [4] http://ctpug.org.za/wiki/Meeting20100904 |
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| 64 | [5] http://groups.google.com/group/genshi/browse_thread/thread/838e8d187c46e549?hl=en |
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| 65 | [6] http://ctpug.org.za/wiki/Sprints |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | Yours sincerely |
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| 68 | Simon Cross |
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