From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <therbert@redhat.com> Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A814BADA7 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 19 May 2015 15:36:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 934618EA5F; Tue, 19 May 2015 13:36:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tfherb.local (vpn-49-125.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.49.125]) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t4JDaghe024609; Tue, 19 May 2015 09:36:43 -0400 Message-ID: <555B3C6A.8080806@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 09:36:42 -0400 From: Thomas F Herbert <therbert@redhat.com> Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "O'Driscoll, Tim" <tim.o'driscoll@intel.com>, "Butler, Siobhan A" <siobhan.a.butler@intel.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org> References: <0C5AFCA4B3408848ADF2A3073F7D8CC86D5813A3@IRSMSX109.ger.corp.intel.com> <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA54D46597@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA54D46597@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.27 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 13:36:44 -0000 On 5/19/15 8:59 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim wrote: > There wasn't any public response to this but we did discuss it with several people separately who all thought it was a good idea. Therefore, we've decided to go ahead with it. Siobhan is working on the plan now and should be in a position to make a formal announcement in a few weeks. > > In the meantime, I wanted to let people know that this is going ahead so that you can: > a) Save the date. October 8th/9th, immediately after the European LinuxCon, in Dublin Ireland. > b) Think about topics that you'd like to see covered. We'll solicit for inputs when the formal announcement is made, but it's good for people to begin thinking about this now. > Tim, I for one think it is a good idea. +1 from me. > We'd like this to be quite an interactive event with a lot of discussion rather than just presentations. We plan to have many of our key DPDK developers there, so it will be a great opportunity to network, discuss the technical challenges that you're facing and help to build a stronger DPDK community. > > > Tim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Butler, Siobhan A >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:19 PM >> To: dev@dpdk.org >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal >> >> Hi all, >> >> As a community we have virtually come together from all over the globe, >> developing now our third successful open source DPDK version with DPDK >> r2.0 about to release. >> It is astounding to comprehend the commitment and enthusiasm you have >> all shared to bring DPDK to this point. >> With growing the community of developers in mind, and strengthening the >> networks and virtual collaborations that have come about, >> I propose that we hold the first dev@DPDK Developer Hackathon this year. >> >> Many people will be travelling to Dublin, Ireland for LinuxCon and >> CloudOpen October (5th-7th). >> I propose that we hold a hands on 2 day hackathon Thursday October 8th >> and Friday October 9th to coincide with this offering, in Dublin. >> From a community perspective is a great opportunity to bring together >> the people that make DPDK happen - the developers. >> From a developer perspective it is a great opportunity to be part of the >> first gathering, meet some new people, learn something new >> and have a lot of fun on the way. >> >> At this point the agenda is open - so if you see merit in this proposal >> please share your interest here so that we can gauge attendance >> and gather ideas of what people would like the format to be. >> >> Thanks, >> Siobhan >> <siobhan.a.butler@intel.com> -- Thomas F Herbert Principal Software Engineer Red Hat therbert@redhat.com Office: 919-301-3295 Mobile: 804-741-2695