[Ubuntu Chicago] Developer Jams

[Richard A. Johnson]

I have been thinking about this and come up with the following idea on how we 
can run Ubuntu Chicago Developer Jams. We can do a few class like sessions to 
teach the stuff, and from there we can then turn it into a more social/hacking 
event where we could meet up and hang out. For the first few sessions, 
something like the following would be kind of cool to hold:

Ubuntu Development 101 - Familiarization of Ubuntu development tools (3)
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This session will provide the attendees with a breakdown and brief run-through 
of the tools involved with Ubuntu development. These tools would include: 
Launchpad, mailing lists, IRC, development applications and scripts, and more.
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Ubuntu Development 102 - Bug Triage (3)
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This session will provide the attendees with the knowledge necessary to help 
triage Ubuntu bugs. Attendees will learn the basics as well as some of the 
advanced topics with triaging bugs on Launchpad.
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Ubuntu Development 103 - Packaging I (4-6)
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This session will provide the attendees with the knowledge necessary to build 
their very own package. Topics covered will include development applications, 
scripts, setting up development environments, creating the package, and more.
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Ubuntu Development 104 - Packaging II (4-6)
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This session will provide the attendees with the knowledge necessary to merge, 
sync, and request merges/syncs for Debian packages into Ubuntu's latest 
development cycle. Topics covered will include those mentioned as well as 
proper utilizing of certain development scripts as well as how to properly fill 
out a request, create a debdiff, and more.
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Ubuntu Development 105 - Packaging III (4-6)
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This session will provide the attendees with the knowledge necessary to work 
with Debian on patches, request backports properly, how to do Stable Release 
Update requests, and anything else not covered by Packaging I or II.
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How does something like this sound? The numbers that are in the ( ) refer to the 
amount of time each session could possibly take up. If the amount of time is to 
long, then breaking up the sessions into micro-sessions shouldn't be to 
difficult.

The only thing is figuring out the best location to hold such events. We need to 
figure out where the majority of the people interested are located. If a 
majority are located in the suburbs, then we can easily utilize COD, as there 
is a train that comes out to Glen Ellyn from the city. If there are more in the 
city, then us suburbanites will have to train it down there. A location w/in a 
mile from Union/Olgave would be prime as it wouldn't be to difficult to walk to 
the location after getting off of the train. For COD, people coming by train 
would need to arrive in Glen Ellyn at the same time, and then we could provide 
rides to the school.

Let me know what everyone thinks about all of this, and if you are really 
interested. If I only see a few responses, then I will can this idea and look 
elsewhere for it, as I am trying to help the LoCo out at this time. Thanks!

-- 
Richard A. Johnson
nixternal at kubuntu.org
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