[Rivet] Rivet dev sprint session

[Andy Buckley]

Sorry for delayed response -- usual excuses apply. Thanks for everyone
who got back to me about the dev sprint (and David/Hendrik and students
for important validation going on in the background), and to Frank and
Leif for the long-overdue kick up the arse re. publishing the manual :)

Since David and Hendrik are away at the end of Oct, running a bit into
early Nov, here's an updated suggestion: how about holding the sprint
session in Durham from (Mon) 5th or (Tue) 6th Nov? For three "core"
days? I think starting on the Tuesday might be best, to minimise loss of
your weekends, and so that those who want to arrive on Monday and get a
bit of a head start can do so: sound good?

Thanks,
Andy


On 28/09/12 14:33, Andy Buckley wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm sure many of you have noticed that we only make substantial progress
> on Rivet when we all manage to get together in one place for a few days
> and do our best to shut out the rest of the world. Well, if we are to
> *finally* release Rivet 2.0 before the end of the year, we should have
> at least one such sprint session this autumn, and perhaps more than one.
> 
> I have an IPPP grant which can be used toward supporting exactly this
> sort of effort, so suggest that we find a good time for several core
> developers to descend on Durham in late Oct/early Nov and spend a few
> days (+ a few ramp-up/down days before and after) concentrating on
> pushing Rivet+YODA towards a releasable state. I can pay at least toward
> flight and subsistence costs if your local groups won't pay, or will
> only partially pay. I hope IPPP will supply accommodation in the
> colleges -- this has happened before, and certainly helps to not blow
> the budget all at once!
> 
> Who's interested, and is that time period reasonable? CERN would be
> another option, but I think would involve a lot more travel and far more
> food and accomm expenses: I'm not sure Jo would be happy with all of you
> camping in our house for a week ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
> 


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Particle Physics Expt Group, University of Edinburgh

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