[Phylobase-devl] Aug. virtual hackathon

[Steven Kembel]

Hi all,

are we on for tomorrow morning, and if so are there plans for a group  
call/IRC to start things off or will we just use email?

Steve

On Aug 15, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Peter D. Cowan wrote:

> 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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>> Ben Bolker
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