September 2007 Django sprint

We held a Django sprint on Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, with contributors from all over the world. Many sprinters kept working over the weekend as well. For a summary, see James Bennett's ​Django sprint wrap report.

The rest of this page contains the original sprint introduction.

What is a sprint?

Basically, a Django sprint is an excuse for people to focus their undivided attention, for a set time frame, on improving Django. It's a focused, scheduled effort to fix bugs, add new features and improve documentation.

Anybody, anywhere around the world, can participate and contribute. (See the "How to contribute" section below for details.) Most contributors will be at their own homes/schools/workplaces, but a number of people will gather together in person for camaraderie, improved communication and the other benefits of face-to-face interaction.

If you've never contributed to Django before, this is the perfect chance for you to chip in.

How to contribute

It's easy: Pick something to work on and do it. All sorts of tasks are available, from hard-core hacking to improving documentation to fixing small bugs.

Of course, with more than 100 people around the world signed up to help, good communication is essential. We're currently planning the best way to manage contributions.

Have a look at the SprintIdeas page if you would like some ideas about what to work on.

Preparing for the sprint

Here are a few easy things you can do ahead of time to make sure your time is spent effectively:

Attendees

In person (Chicago, USA -- at Google Chicago)

This list is FINAL. Please do not add names to this list. If you're on this list, Adrian has e-mailed you directions and instructions for the sprint.

Matt Dorn

Adrian Holovaty

Deryck Hodge

Adam Jenkins (if it's at Google)

Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Joseph Kocherhans

Chris McAvoy

Paul Smith

Clint Ecker (if at Google)

Jake Elliott

Tamas Kemenczy

Andrew Myers (will be remote instead)

(will be remote instead) Matt Dennewitz (live from my office)

(live from my office) David Eads

John Melesky

Christopher Allan Webber

Jeff Gibson

Don Spaulding

In person (Mountain View, Calif., USA -- at Google main HQ)

This list is FINAL. Please do not add names to this list. If you're on this list, Adrian has e-mailed you directions and instructions for the sprint.

David Cramer

Hang Cheng (in the evening)

Jason Yan

Patrick Boyd

Paul Lanier (googler)

Rob Harvey

Samuel Hsiung

In person (Copenhagen, Denmark) -- at No House IT.

Start time 18:00 local time (GMT+2)

Contact Nis (nis@…) if you want to attend.

Nis Jørgensen

Niels Sandholt Busch

Christian Jørgensen

Frej Soya

In person (Lawrence, Kansas, USA) -- likely somewhere downtown

James Bennett

Matt Croydon

Christian Metts

Tom Tobin

In person (Lima, Peru) -- at Aureal Systems HQ

Fernando Gutierrez

Gustavo Picon

Jackson Torres

Jean-Pierre Chauvel

Raul Santa-Maria

In person (Boulder, Colorado, USA) -- Matt's house Friday, bivio office Saturday

Brian Rosner (On IRC Friday and in-person at bivio on Saturday)

Ian Kelly

Jim Baker (Django on Jython; contact me at jbaker AT zyasoft DOT com)

Matt Boersma

Paul Hummer (available Friday and/or Saturday)

Peter Baumgartner (Saturday only)

Chris McClimans (See you guys at Bivio on Saturday... I'll have to bring my Desktop, no laptop available)

​A sprint of the Front Range Pythoneers!

In person (Prague, Czech Republic) -- at NetCentrum s.r.o.

Honza Král

Jakub Dolejšek

Lukáš Linhart

Jan Češpivo

Václav Stoupa

Michal Valoušek

In person (Austin, TX, USA) -- Friday early morning to evening

We will be on UT campus, room ​ENS 307.

Robert Myers

Gary Wilson

Suriya Subramanian

In person (Dresden, Germany) -- at Tschitschereengreen HQ

Jirka Schäfer

Sebastian Friedel

Arthur Koziel

​ Join us if you like!

In person (Augsburg near Munich, Germany)

Wolfram Kriesing

Tobias von Klipstein

​ You are welcome to join!

In person (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Andrew Durdin

Fraser Nevett

John Sutherland

Matt Riggott

Online

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