Published: Fri, 05/23/14Download this episodeSprints

• What topics/areas of Drupal will be sprinted on?
  • Contribution Sprints
  • Get involved with Core - (Workshop)
  • Core Mentoring - (Sprints)
• Who should come to the sprints?
  (short overview)
  • Why do YOU attend sprints?
  • What do you do when you want to sprint and mentor?
• What do we need to know before coming to the sprints?

• What do we need to bring?
  (c:where stuck)

• Who should go to Get involved with Core - (Workshop)

• What happens at the workshop?

• By the end what tools do most people have set up?

  • Web Stack
  • IRC client
  • Editor ?
  • http://simplytest.me/

• Joe what role have you had in the past?

• What do you do to get ready to prepare/present the workshop?

• Is it a big commitment for you?

• Brian G what role ..

• Brian G what big change are you excited about?
  • Funding
    • Problems with fundus
    • Paypal, if you don’t meet your goal
    • network at event for btsync
      *gittip (can’t
  • Community Tools Changes
    • (Brian G) What was involved with getting ADD and btsync ready?
    • ADD, Filesize savings, speed of installation
  • Mac users need to have XCode preinstalled (via the App Store)
    • BTSync
      • Secure, unlimited file-syncing. No cloud required.
      • It’s like a diy Dropbox, it’s not bit torrent as you may be thinking
      • Network efficiency
      • not evil

(c: prep time, DA grant)
* (Cathy) Who should go to Core Mentoring - (Sprints)
(anyone who has a local dev setup, but wants help picking out an issue)
* What happens at mentored sprint?

• Stephane what was your role in the past?
  • floater / smaller commitment
  • ad-hoc presentations
• What are you going to do at upcoming sprints?
• What is it like to be a mentor? What keeps you coming back to do it again?
• Who should mentor?
• What does it take to be a mentor and what kind of help is needed.

• Do you have any advice for new mentors?

• Cathy what role have you had?

• What are you doing this time?
  Cathy: (Stephane) What didn't you like about mentoring?

• Any big changes you are excited about?
  (d.o, tags)
  (in public)

• Specific Sprint Topics
  Who goes to the contribution sprints

  • Contribution Sprints
  • MODERNIZING TESTBOT
  • DRUPAL 8 RELEASE CANDIDATE
  • AEGIR HOSTING SYSTEM
  • MULTILINGUAL SPRINT
  • PANOPOLY
  • DRUPAL.ORG SPRINT
  • #D8RULES: GETTING STARTED WITH RULES FOR DRUPAL 8

• Final thoughts?

  • Grant allows me to come earlier than I would otherwise and ensure the network will work with btsync

Episode Links: Brian Gilbert (realityloop) on drupal.orgBrian Gilbert on TwitterCathy on drupal.orgCathy on TwitterJoe on drupal.orgJoe on TwitterScott on drupal.orgScott on TwitterStéphane on drupal.orgStéphane on TwitterStéphane Corlosquet on TwitterAustin Sprints pageCommunity Tools github pageXCode download linkBitTorrent SyncDrupal Community Tools Download InstructionsCore mentoring office hoursExtended SprintsMerlinNeeds tagsContributor task documentsMaking drupal.org link to the contributor task documents automaticallyTags: 

• DrupalCon
• Austin
• Drupal 8
• planet-drupal