Re: PGCon/West in Seattle

All,

Gabrielle of PDXPUG volunteered that PUG to hold a "code sprint" in
coordination with a commitfest sometime soon. For that event, the
PDXPUG members would take on a dozen or so patches, compile and review
them and submit the results.

The reason I mention this here is that they would need to "reserve"
several patches we felt were suitable for beginners for the event. This
would require reviewers to hold off on those patches until after the
code sprint to make sure that the PUG would have a good event and
contribute usefully. For this reason, the PUG event would need to be at
the beginning of the CF.

Obviously PDXPUG won't be ready for July 15th. But could we plan this
for the Sept. 15th CF?

Also, do any other PUGs want to do this?

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(cc'ing Webb Sprague because I believe this was actually his
idea...don't want to take credit for it if so. :) )

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Josh Berkus<josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Gabrielle of PDXPUG volunteered that PUG to hold a "code sprint" in
> coordination with a commitfest sometime soon.  For that event, the PDXPUG
> members would take on a dozen or so patches, compile and review them and
> submit the results.

You also mentioned having someone In the Know (tm) available on IRC in
case we have problems - I would like that if it's possible.

> Obviously PDXPUG won't be ready for July 15th.  But could we plan this for
> the Sept. 15th CF?

I poked around the wiki but am unclear on the timeline - would we have
to be finished by Sept 15 or start on Sept 15?

> Also, do any other PUGs want to do this?

I'll add whatever we learn to the wiki in the interest of encouraging others.

gabrielle

So if the general commitfest begins on Sept 1, I recommend that we
hold our sprint the weekend following (saturday 5, say 10am to 4pm
Pacific Standard?). Thoughts?

If we set a date, then people can converge on it.

Pardon me if I am replying without enough context -- I have enough
compelling time sinks in my life without the various PostgreSQL lists
these days.

Gabrielle -- have you started a wiki page/ topic somewhere?

w

Is this something anyone in AUSPUG would be interested in? Don't let
lack of backend knowledge deter you; there's plenty of other parts to
reviewing a patch, and the review process specifically encourage
participation from newer people. As long as you can patch postgres
source and compile it, you should be fine.

If we wanted to do this, I'm thinking the ideal case would be to camp
out at Sun for several hours on a Saturday.

Oh, and next meeting will be August 4th. :)

Begin forwarded message:

> From: gabrielle <gorthx(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Date: July 20, 2009 4:33:15 PM CDT
> To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
> Cc: Selena Deckelmann <selenamarie(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-
> development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Commitfest Code Sprint with PUGs
>
> (cc'ing Webb Sprague because I believe this was actually his
> idea...don't want to take credit for it if so. :) )
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Josh Berkus<josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>> Gabrielle of PDXPUG volunteered that PUG to hold a "code sprint" in
>> coordination with a commitfest sometime soon. For that event, the
>> PDXPUG
>> members would take on a dozen or so patches, compile and review
>> them and
>> submit the results.
>
> You also mentioned having someone In the Know (tm) available on IRC in
> case we have problems - I would like that if it's possible.
>
>> Obviously PDXPUG won't be ready for July 15th. But could we plan
>> this for
>> the Sept. 15th CF?
>
> I poked around the wiki but am unclear on the timeline - would we have
> to be finished by Sept 15 or start on Sept 15?
>
>> Also, do any other PUGs want to do this?
>
> I'll add whatever we learn to the wiki in the interest of
> encouraging others.
>
> gabrielle
>
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Webb, Selena, Gabrielle,

September 15th is coming up soon. Will PDXPUG be interested in doing a
CommitFest Sprint? When can you do it?

Let me know, because we'll want to have the sprinters claim patches early.

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www.pgexperts.com

Hi Josh et al,

I believe we are all still interested (Selena? Gabrielle?)

How about this: 6:00 Tuesday evening (Pacific), the three of us (and
anybody else) agree to be around a table with laptops on, cellphones
ready, listening at an IRC channel. Could you assign us good patches
before then (like 10)? And then we commit, commit, commit.

I think we should think of this as a dry run where we iron out the
details, and then maybe the following saturday do it again on a larger
scale?

-W
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Josh Berkus<josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Webb, Selena, Gabrielle,
>
> September 15th is coming up soon.  Will PDXPUG be interested in doing a
> CommitFest Sprint?  When can you do it?
>
> Let me know, because we'll want to have the sprinters claim patches early.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
> www.pgexperts.com
>

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Webb Sprague<webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi Josh et al,
>
> I believe we are all still interested (Selena? Gabrielle?)
>
> How about this: 6:00 Tuesday evening (Pacific), the three of us (and
> anybody else) agree to be around a table with laptops on, cellphones
> ready, listening at an IRC channel. Could you assign us good patches
> before then (like 10)?  And then we commit, commit, commit.
>
> I think we should think of this as a dry run where we iron out the
> details, and then maybe the following saturday do it again on a larger
> scale?

The CommitFest is scheduled to start 9/15, so doing this on 9/8 might
be a bit too soon. I wouldn't object to doing it a few days before
the start of the CommitFest to flush out any patches with obvious
problems, but I think a week ahead of time is too much.

Also, I don't think anything is going to committed as a result of this
- the goal is to post reviewers to pgsql-hackers.

...Robert

> The CommitFest is scheduled to start 9/15, so doing this on 9/8 might
> be a bit too soon.  I wouldn't object to doing it a few days before
> the start of the CommitFest to flush out any patches with obvious
> problems, but I think a week ahead of time is too much.

Yeah, I meant Tues 9/15.

> Also, I don't think anything is going to committed as a result of this
> - the goal is to post reviewers to pgsql-hackers.

Sounds good.
>
> ...Robert
>

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Webb Sprague<webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> The CommitFest is scheduled to start 9/15, so doing this on 9/8 might
>> be a bit too soon.  I wouldn't object to doing it a few days before
>> the start of the CommitFest to flush out any patches with obvious
>> problems, but I think a week ahead of time is too much.
>
> Yeah, I meant Tues 9/15.
>
>> Also, I don't think anything is going to committed as a result of this
>> - the goal is to post reviewers to pgsql-hackers.
>
> Sounds good.

+1

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On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Robert Haas<robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Webb Sprague<webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hi Josh et al,
>>
>> I believe we are all still interested (Selena? Gabrielle?)

Heck yes!

>> How about this: 6:00 Tuesday evening (Pacific), the three of us (and
>> anybody else) agree to be around a table with laptops on, cellphones
>> ready, listening at an IRC channel. Could you assign us good patches
>> before then (like 10)?  And then we commit, commit, commit.

Sounds good, already have at least someone else from #pdxpug interested too. :)
Just need to pick a location. Anybody have a quiet house?

>> I think we should think of this as a dry run where we iron out the
>> details, and then maybe the following saturday do it again on a larger
>> scale?

Practice run was my expectation as well. Making both dates might be
problematic for some people (:ahem: me) but we should have enough
attendee overlap to deal with that.

gabrielle

>>> How about this: 6:00 Tuesday evening (Pacific), the three of us (and
>>> anybody else) agree to be around a table with laptops on, cellphones
>>> ready, listening at an IRC channel. Could you assign us good patches
>>> before then (like 10)?  And then we commit, commit, commit.
>
> Sounds good, already have at least someone else from #pdxpug interested too. :)
> Just need to pick a location.  Anybody have a quiet house?

I can probably finagle a room here at PSU, though I would love it if
someone would volunteer a house.

>>> I think we should think of this as a dry run where we iron out the
>>> details, and then maybe the following saturday do it again on a larger
>>> scale?
>
> Practice run was my expectation as well.  Making both dates might be
> problematic for some people (:ahem: me) but we should have enough
> attendee overlap to deal with that.

OK, let's play followups by ear, but consider Tues Sept 15 as the date?

(trimming cc: list)

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Webb Sprague<webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>> How about this: 6:00 Tuesday evening (Pacific), the three of us (and
>>>> anybody else) agree to be around a table with laptops on, cellphones
>>>> ready, listening at an IRC channel. Could you assign us good patches
>>>> before then (like 10)?  And then we commit, commit, commit.
>>
>> Sounds good, already have at least someone else from #pdxpug interested too. :)
>> Just need to pick a location.  Anybody have a quiet house?
>
> I can probably finagle a room here at PSU, though I would love it if
> someone would volunteer a house.

I may be able to offer my house. We can fit about 8 people comfortably
around tables, and two-three people on the couch.

I have additional table space and chairs.. Can we get a tentative head
count, and then I'll check in with my signficant other?

-selena

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On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Selena Deckelmann <selenamarie(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> (trimming cc: list)
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Webb Sprague<webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >>>> How about this: 6:00 Tuesday evening (Pacific), the three of us (and
> >>>> anybody else) agree to be around a table with laptops on, cellphones
> >>>> ready, listening at an IRC channel. Could you assign us good patches
> >>>> before then (like 10)? And then we commit, commit, commit.
> >>
> >> Sounds good, already have at least someone else from #pdxpug interested
> too. :)
> >> Just need to pick a location. Anybody have a quiet house?
> >
> > I can probably finagle a room here at PSU, though I would love it if
> > someone would volunteer a house.
>
> I may be able to offer my house. We can fit about 8 people comfortably
> around tables, and two-three people on the couch.
>
> I have additional table space and chairs.. Can we get a tentative head
> count, and then I'll check in with my signficant other?
>
> -selena
>
>
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I had mentioned on #pdxpug I was interested. Just wanted to follow up here
to make sure ya'll knew.

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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Gabrielle of PDXPUG volunteered that PUG to hold a "code sprint" in
> coordination with a commitfest sometime soon.  For that event, the PDXPUG
> members would take on a dozen or so patches, compile and review them and
> submit the results.

All systems are go!

Date: Sept 15
Time: 6pm - 9pm PDT, which is GMT -7.

We have 6 attendees. Robert Haas is going to choose 4 patches for us.
Can somebody volunteer to hang out on IRC in case we have questions?

Thanks!

gabrielle

On Sep 14, 2009, at 12:37 PM, gabrielle wrote:

> All systems are go!
>
> Date: Sept 15
> Time: 6pm - 9pm PDT, which is GMT -7.
>
> We have 6 attendees. Robert Haas is going to choose 4 patches for us.
> Can somebody volunteer to hang out on IRC in case we have questions?

I might be able to make it. I expect to have the hstore patch to
review (I reviewed it last fest).

David

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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:41 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
> On Sep 14, 2009, at 12:37 PM, gabrielle wrote:
>
>> All systems are go!
>>
>> Date: Sept 15
>> Time: 6pm - 9pm PDT, which is GMT -7.
>>
>> We have 6 attendees.  Robert Haas is going to choose 4 patches for us.
>> Can somebody volunteer to hang out on IRC in case we have questions?
>
> I might be able to make it. I expect to have the hstore patch to review (I
> reviewed it last fest).

It has not been resubmitted for this CommitFest.

I don't necessarily try to assign people back to the same patches - I
think sometimes a fresh pair of eyes is useful. But I'm not dead set
on changing it up, either.

...Robert

On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Robert Haas wrote:

>> I might be able to make it. I expect to have the hstore patch to
>> review (I
>> reviewed it last fest).
>
> It has not been resubmitted for this CommitFest.

He told me a few hours ago that he was working to get it done. Looks
like there's about 90 mins to go. ;-)

> I don't necessarily try to assign people back to the same patches - I
> think sometimes a fresh pair of eyes is useful. But I'm not dead set
> on changing it up, either.

Yeah, but I *love* this patch! :-)

David

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:25 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
>> I don't necessarily try to assign people back to the same patches - I
>> think sometimes a fresh pair of eyes is useful.  But I'm not dead set
>> on changing it up, either.
>
> Yeah, but I *love* this patch! :-)

Fair enough. Sold.

...Robert

Anybody planning to attend the conference?

It's Oct 16-18 and only costs $75 to register:
http://www.postgresqlconference.org/2009/west

The list of talks submitted so far look very interesting.
I'd be more eager to spend the $700+ to travel there if I knew an attendee
or two.
Guess I'm not geek enough to go 'alone' ;)

Cindy Wise
PG DBA @ Opus Healthcare

I haven't booked it yet, but I'm probably going.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 08:06:18AM -0500, C Wise wrote:
> Anybody planning to attend the conference?
>
> It's Oct 16-18 and only costs $75 to register:
> http://www.postgresqlconference.org/2009/west
>
> The list of talks submitted so far look very interesting.
> I'd be more eager to spend the $700+ to travel there if I knew an attendee
> or two.
> Guess I'm not geek enough to go 'alone' ;)
>
> Cindy Wise
> PG DBA @ Opus Healthcare
>
>
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