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110 All About Sprints at DrupalCon Austin with Joe Shindelar, Brian Gilbert, Stéphane Corlosquet, Scott Reeves and Cathy Theys - Modules Unraveled Podcast


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## Sprints

* What topics/areas of Drupal will be sprinted on?

  * Contribution Sprints

  * Get involved with Core - (Workshop)

  * Core Mentoring - (Sprints)

* Who should come to the sprints?

(short overview)

  * Why do YOU attend sprints?

  * What do you do when you want to sprint and mentor?

* What do we need to know before coming to the sprints?

* What do we need to bring?

(c:where stuck)

 

* Who should go to Get involved with Core - (Workshop)

* What happens at the workshop?

* By the end what tools do most people have set up?

  * Web Stack

  * IRC client

  * Editor ?

  * http://simplytest.me/ 

 

* Joe what role have you had in the past?

* What do you do to get ready to prepare/present the workshop?

* Is it a big commitment for you?

 

* Brian G what role ..

* Brian G what big change are you excited about?

   * Funding

     * Problems with fundus

       * Paypal, if you don’t meet your goal

       * network at event for btsync

     *gittip (can’t 

   * Community Tools Changes

      * (Brian G) What was involved with getting ADD and btsync ready?

      * ADD, Filesize savings, speed of installation

    * Mac users need to have XCode preinstalled (via the App Store)

      * BTSync 

         * Secure, unlimited file-syncing. No cloud required.

         * It’s like a diy Dropbox, it’s not bit torrent as you may be thinking

         * Network efficiency

         * not evil

 

(c: prep time, DA grant)

* (Cathy) Who should go to Core Mentoring - (Sprints)

(anyone who has a local dev setup, but wants help picking out an issue)

* What happens at mentored sprint?

 

* Stephane what was your role in the past? 

* floater / smaller commitment

* ad-hoc presentations

* What are you going to do at upcoming sprints?

* What is it like to be a mentor? What keeps you coming back to do it again?

* Who should mentor?

* What does it take to be a mentor and what kind of help is needed.

* Do you have any advice for new mentors?

 

* Cathy what role have you had?

* What are you doing this time?

Cathy: (Stephane) What didn't you like about mentoring?

* Any big changes you are excited about?

(d.o, tags)

(in public)

 

* Specific Sprint Topics

Who goes to the contribution sprints

  * Contribution Sprints

    * MODERNIZING TESTBOT

    * DRUPAL 8 RELEASE CANDIDATE

    * AEGIR HOSTING SYSTEM

    * MULTILINGUAL SPRINT

    * PANOPOLY

    * DRUPAL.ORG SPRINT

    * #D8RULES: GETTING STARTED WITH RULES FOR DRUPAL 8

 

* Final thoughts?

 

  * Grant allows me to come earlier than I would otherwise and ensure the network will work with btsync

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