Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Orion workshop/tutorial a

[Martin Lippert <lippert@xxxxxxx>]

Hey!

+1
I like this idea very much!!!

Cheers,
Martin



> > Regarding hackathons: Even though I really like programming / hacking, I
> > personally wouldn't do that on a conference, since I find the socializing
> aspects
> > more important. That's why I think even a very well prepared hackathon
> > wouldn't get the attention that it deserves when it's done as a night
> session. But I
> > like the idea to do it in parallel to other long-running sessions /
> symposia or
> > probaly even in parallel to the tutorials. As soon as people got started
> with
> > hacking, chances are good that they will continue that after the
> conference or in
> > their spare-time. Does that make sense?
>
> Just a suggestion: Rather than calling this a hackathon, how about making it
> a tutorial or workshop on "How to get your changes accepted by JDT"? In
> other words, a workshop specifically tailored to educate people on how to
> maximize the possibility that the feature or bug fix that they've always
> wanted to get into JDT would be accepted. Topics would include an
> architectural overview, API stability, long-term maintainability, workflow,
> testing conventions, documentation requirements, etc.
>
> I'm guessing that there are many improvements to this idea that others can
> suggest. But I do think that it would be a popular subject. Also, it is a
> relatively rare event to be able to welcome 4 people from the platform team
> to an EclipseCon. Especially since they are being provided with a mandate to
> prepare such an event we should try to find a way to best make use of their
> availability.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
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