[Phylobase-devl] Aug. virtual hackathon

[Peter D. Cowan]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:01:17AM -0400, Ben Bolker wrote:
> 
>   I would also prefer not a weekend (but not impossible either).
> 
>   Just to start the ball rolling, I propose Tuesday August 18
> at 11 AM EDT (a little early for west-coast folks, but not
> horrendous -- since Marguerite
> can't play right now, we don't have to worry about Hawai'i)
> 

"A little early" Clearly Ben, doesn't know my typical schedule. However, I can rally. I assume the silence, means that we are on?


Peter

> 
>   cheers
>     Ben
> 
> Peter Cowan wrote:
> > If I gather correctly, most folks are available after the 13th and  
> > before the 24th, except for Thibaut who is currently far away from a  
> > computer.
> > 
> > What days in that period work best?  Last time did we schedule it over  
> > a weekend, or did it just feel like that because I was traveling?  I  
> > prefer it not be a weekend, but can do it if need be.  Proposals for a  
> > specific starting day and duration welcome.
> > 
> > Before, we actually start coding, it's probably worthwhile having at  
> > least some discussion about the changes that Francois has made, and  
> > any other major changes people would like.  It would also be good to  
> > get the RUnit stuff checked in (if I can help at all with that let me  
> > know Jim) so that we can make a good dent in writing unit tests (which  
> > will make any future changes much easier to carry out).
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > On Aug 3, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Marguerite Butler wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> This does sound great. Some of the students I've worked with would  
> >> really appreciate a more stable package that was also easier to  
> >> install.
> >>
> >> But I won't be able to participate this time. Need to work on my  
> >> tenure packet (ugg) and upcoming classes.
> >>
> >> Marguerite
> >>
> >> On Aug 3, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Jim Regetz wrote:
> >>
> >>> This sounds great - I'm definitely interested. I don't expect to have
> >>> any major schedule conflicts in the next month, so this is a good  
> >>> time.
> >>>
> >>> I wasn't able to commit the RUnit tests before embarking on a busy  
> >>> July
> >>> of traveling, so that's still on my plate. I also have some notes  
> >>> on a
> >>> few unresolved issues I've encountered while working with phylo4d
> >>> objects, but I'll have to dust them off and remind myself of the  
> >>> details
> >>> before saying anything useful about that.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>> Peter Cowan wrote:
> >>>> phylobase devs,
> >>>>
> >>>> Last December, we had a very successful virtual hackathon.  However,
> >>>> development has stalled since then.  Would folks be interested/ 
> >>>> willing
> >>>> to participate in a hackathon in the next month, focused on  
> >>>> preparing
> >>>> the package for a release to CRAN?  The school year is looming so I
> >>>> suspect for many the sooner the better, though ESA is this week,  
> >>>> which
> >>>> will keep at least Steve occupied.
> >>>>
> >>>> * If you are able, what are the best days for you?
> >>>>
> >>>> * What needs to be done before we can submit the package to CRAN?   
> >>>> How
> >>>> long do you expect they will take?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Personally I'm free anytime.  I need to finish up some changes I've
> >>>> started with the plotting functions, I suspect it will take me a day
> >>>> or two wrap them up.
> >>>>
> >>>> Peter
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