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Software Freedom Day + Hackathon

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:33 AM PDT
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/09/software-freedom-day-hackathon/


Saturday, September 17 is Software Freedom Day. To that end, a few
announcements about this weekends hackathon and WordCamp Portland.
3.3 Hackathon

WordPress 3.3 is about to hit feature freeze. This means its the last
chance to squeeze in features that havent quite been finished, and
enhancements and fixes that no one has had time to address yet. Around this
time, there are often dozens of tickets that have patches, but the patches
have not been tested enough to be committed to core. Then the contributors
who worked hard on the patches are disappointed that their code doesnt make
it into the current release. You can help us prevent this!

This weekend, well be running a has-patch needs-testing marathon for the
3.3 milestone. Basically, were looking for people who can help test patches
and/or refresh patches that need updating. Lead developers and core
contributors will be hanging around in the #wordpress-dev channel on
irc.freenode.net to answer questions as needed, and will be committing
patches as they get enough verification. As you test the patches, report
your findings on the trac tickets in question. If all developers who make a
living working with WordPress helped out for even an hour or two this
weekend, we could clear the 200 tickets or so that are in this situation.
To make it fun, why not get together with other WordPress devs and have an
in-person hackathon meetup?
WordCamp Portland

At WordCamp Portland this weekend, some of the WordPress core team will be
in attendance, including me, Nacin, and Koop. In addition to giving
presentations and participating in the unconference sessions, well be
involved with a couple of other cool things at WCPDX:

Hacker Room. There will be room set aside for people to work on core bugs
and features slated for the 3.3 release. Hopefully PDX developers will hang
out in here some of the time helping with the marathon.
Welcome Free Software Projects! Normally WordCamps are 100% focused on
WordPress, but in light of Software Freedom Day, the WC PDX organizers, in
conjunction with the WordPress Foundation, would like to extend an
invitation to all free software projects to participate in WordCamp
Portland. There are a couple of rooms set aside that can be used for
unconference sessions and/or hacker rooms for other projects. It would be
great to have local representatives from a bunch of projects there almost
a micro version of OS Bridge or OSCON to maximize the free software love
and cross-pollinate ideas. Developers from other projects are also welcome
in the WP hackathon room if theyd like to pitch in. Saturday will also
feature the Software Freedom Day Happy Hour at the end of sessions. For
more information or to get your project involved, contact the event
organizers via the WordCamp Portland website or email support at wordcamp
dot org.
Usability Testing of 3.3 Alpha. As mentioned, were about to hit freeze, so
well be giving WordCamp Portland attendees a sneak peek at 3.3, seeing how
they adjust to the new features, and getting feedback to help us with our
last round of fixes before we get to Beta. There will be a signup sheet to
participate.


So, if you live it the Portland/Seattle area and havent already bought a
ticket to attend WordCamp Portland, hurry up, as its going to be a great
celebration of Software Freedom Day and WordPress.




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A Tale of Two WordCamps

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 02:17 PM PDT
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/09/a-tale-of-two-wordcamps/


This coming weekend, two WordCamps will be going on simultaneously yep,
its WordCamp season again! This weekend will be the first of many this
autumn with multiple WordCamps. Tomorrow (not quite the weekend but close
enough) is WordCamp Cape Town, and then this weekend, first-time WordCamp
Albuquerque coincides with 4-time returning champ WordCamp Portland, a cool
juxtaposition of a more established local community with one that is just
getting started. If youre anywhere near the Portland area, you should try
to attend. The WordPress Foundation will be sponsoring some special
activities around Software Freedom Day, and some members of the core team
(me, Nacin, Koop) will be there.

Is there a WordCamp coming up near you? Lets find out!

Sep 15: WordCamp Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

Sep 16-18: WordCamp Albuquerque Albuquerque, NM

Sep 17-18: WordCamp Portland Portland, OR

Sep 24: WordCamp Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal

Sep 25: WordCamp Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria

Oct 1: WordCamp Louisville Louisville, Kentucky

Oct 8-9: WordCamp Sevilla Seville, Spain


Oct 15-16: WordCamp Jabalpur Jabalpur, India

Nov 5-6: WordCamp Toronto Toronto, ON

Nov 5-6: WordCamp Gold Coast Gold Coast, Australia

Nov 5-6: WordCamp Philly Philadelphia, PA

Nov 12: WordCamp Caguas Caguas, Puerto Rico

Nov 12-13: WordCamp Kenya Nairobi, Kenya

Nov 12-13: WordCamp Detroit Detroit, MI

Nov 12: WordCamp Richmond Richmond, VA

Nov 12-13: WordCamp Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark

Dec 17: WordCamp Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV

Feb 3-4 WordCamp Atlanta Atlanta, GA

There are also a number of WordCamps still in the early organizing stage
that do not yet have dates set. These include: Ft. Wayne, IN; London,
UK; Edmonton, Canada; Baku, Azerbaijan; Oslo, Norway; Sacramento,
CA;  Birmingham, Alabama; Pittsburgh, PA; Omaha, NE; Orlando, FL; Tokyo,
Japan; Paris, France; Zagreb, Croatia; Nashville, TN, Washington
DC, Baltimore, MD; Bangkok, Thailand; Istanbul, Turkey.

Hope to see you soon at a WordCamp near you!








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