From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC821F404 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729241AbeHMTOH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:14:07 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:52834 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1728533AbeHMTOH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:14:07 -0400 Received: (qmail 6052 invoked by uid 109); 13 Aug 2018 16:31:10 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:31:10 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 8854 invoked by uid 111); 13 Aug 2018 16:31:14 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) SMTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:31:14 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:31:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:31:09 -0400 From: Jeff King To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Contributor Summit planning Message-ID: <20180813163108.GA6731@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org For the past several years, we've held a Git Contributor Summit as part of the Git Merge conference. I'd like to get opinions from the community to help plan future installments. Any feedback or opinion is welcome, but some obvious things to think about: - where, when, and how often? Plans are shaping up to have Git Merge 2019 in Brussels right after FOSDEM in February (like it was two years ago), with a contributor summit attached. Are there people who would be more likely to attend a contributor summit if it were held elsewhere (e.g., in North America, probably in the Bay Area)? Are people interested in attending a separate contributor summit not attached to the larger Git Merge (and if so, is there any other event it might be worth connecting it with, time-wise)? Are people interested in going to two summits in a year (e.g., Brussels in February, and then maybe some in North America later in the year), or is that diminishing returns? - format For those who haven't attended before, it's basically 25-ish Git (and associated project) developers sitting in a room for a day chatting about the project. Topics go on a whiteboard in the morning, and then we discuss each for 30-60 minutes. We could do multiple days (which might give more room for actually working collaboratively instead of just discussing). We could do something more formal (like actual talks). We could do something less formal (like an all-day spaghetti buffet, where conversation happens only between mouthfuls). The sky is the limit. Some of those ideas may be better than others. I hope this can stimulate a discussion on the list, but of course if anybody has private feedback about past events or future planning, feel free to email me off-list. -Peff