#teachingopensource Meeting

Meeting summary

1. 1. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_2009#Topic_Schedule (mchua, 19:59:05)
   2. ACTION: mchua check with gregdek on whether we're providing VMs from cloud-magic-fu or otherwise, or whether we'll have to find a way to spin up stuff locally (mchua, 20:04:38)
   3. IDEA: get attendees usb sticks pre-flashed with SoaS (mchua, 20:20:27)
   
   
2. Monday (mchua, 20:26:35)
   1. Goal: Learn how to use the communication tools the community uses. (mchua, 20:28:33)
   2. accounts to create: SL trac, gitorious, FAS, RHBZ, aslo, freenode nick registration, SL wiki (mchua, 20:31:01)
   3. each attendee should be set up with a blog (mchua, 20:33:51)
   4. ACTION: mchua make account-creation instructions and send them out beforehand so professors can arrive with accounts already made (and then just learn to use them) (mchua, 20:34:13)
   
   
3. Tuesday (mchua, 20:38:34)
   1. Goal: Learn how to find what code is available, get that code, and begin modifying it (mchua, 20:40:33)
   2. tools: git, some sort of editor/IDE (mchua, 20:40:59)
   3. social: asking questions and finding people on IRC, mailing lists, wikis - scoping a project (mchua, 20:41:15)
   4. IDEA: Goal for the week: get an Activity that isn't included in SoaS, up to standards and included in SoaS. (mchua, 20:46:52)
   5. IDEA: RPM packaging will be the extra-evening-bonus-sessions, in the evenings in the hotel lobby (mchua, 20:47:23)
   6. ACTION: mchua finalize SoaS inclusion criteria, get general community consensus on them for v.4.0 (mchua, 20:47:47)
   7. ACTION: sdziallas gear up for "how to package Activities" sessions (make resources, etc.) (mchua, 20:48:15)
   8. AGREED: no jhbuild! but tell them what it is and how to learn more if they're interested after POSSE week. (mchua, 20:50:51)
   9. IDEA: SoaS Activity reviews can be done by Sebastian, Peter, and Mel for v.4.0 (for inclusion in SoaS, separate from packaging in Fedora - though that's one of the criteria) (mchua, 20:53:42)
   10. Activity: pick an Activity (mchua, 20:54:36)
   11. Activity: learn about inclusion criteria (mchua, 20:54:43)
   12. Activity: use stick to download and install Activity from aslo to test it (mchua, 20:54:58)
   13. make sure we have "intro to SoaS" time on Monday (for basic Sugar usage) (mchua, 20:55:30)
   14. ACTION: mchua make sure all attendees have a computer that can boot a stick (bring extra netbooks if possible) (mchua, 20:55:49)
   15. Activity: intro to git/gitorious (check out Activity code) (mchua, 20:57:28)
   16. Activity: python 101 (mchua, 20:57:38)
   17. Activity: modifying an Activity (perhaps changing a toolbar icon temporarily) - tools to learn: some IDE, code search tools/strategies like ack/grep (mchua, 20:58:25)
   18. Activity: finding active bugs for an Activity - tools to learn: trac (mchua, 20:58:43)
   19. make sure attendees know what RPM packaging is and how they could learn it (evening sessions, etc) but it will *not* be part of the day's curriculum (mchua, 21:03:40)
   20. packaging party (optional) Tuesday night (mchua, 21:05:48)
   
   
4. Wednesday (mchua, 21:05:51)
   1. Activity: Answer questions from the previous day, ask people who in the community they've been engaging with (mchua, 21:08:18)
   2. Activity: working with bug reports - how to read them, how to write them, how to get your bug fixed (mchua, 21:08:34)
   3. Activity: creating and submitting patches (mchua, 21:08:47)
   4. Activity: merge requests - basically, "getting your code upstream" (mchua, 21:09:17)
   5. Bug Reports: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/BugSquad/Bug_Report (sdziallas, 21:09:29)
   6. Activity: "talking about the work you're doing" - everyone should be blogging, posting to lists, etc (mchua, 21:09:30)
   7. to be continued tomorrow - we left off partway through Wednesday's curriculum (mchua, 21:57:48)

Action items

1. mchua check with gregdek on whether we're providing VMs from cloud-magic-fu or otherwise, or whether we'll have to find a way to spin up stuff locally
2. mchua make account-creation instructions and send them out beforehand so professors can arrive with accounts already made (and then just learn to use them)
3. mchua finalize SoaS inclusion criteria, get general community consensus on them for v.4.0
4. sdziallas gear up for "how to package Activities" sessions (make resources, etc.)
5. mchua make sure all attendees have a computer that can boot a stick (bring extra netbooks if possible)

Action items, by person

1. mchua
   1. mchua check with gregdek on whether we're providing VMs from cloud-magic-fu or otherwise, or whether we'll have to find a way to spin up stuff locally
   2. mchua make account-creation instructions and send them out beforehand so professors can arrive with accounts already made (and then just learn to use them)
   3. mchua finalize SoaS inclusion criteria, get general community consensus on them for v.4.0
   4. mchua make sure all attendees have a computer that can boot a stick (bring extra netbooks if possible)
2. sdziallas
   1. sdziallas gear up for "how to package Activities" sessions (make resources, etc.)

People present (lines said)

1. mchua (151)
2. sdziallas (97)
3. zodbot (4)