[Development] Qt Contributors Summit: when and where

[Andre Somers]

Op 3-1-2012 19:48, marius.storm-olsen at nokia.com schreef:
> On 03/01/2012 12:25, ext Jonas M. Gastal wrote:
>> On Tuesday 03 January 2012 18:11:08 marius.storm-olsen at nokia.com
>> wrote:
>>> On 03/01/2012 11:14, ext Quim Gil wrote:
>>>> - When? There have been different opinions and the trend seems to
>>>> be that it is better to do it after Qt 5 is released, otherwise
>>>> people will be too stuck with bugfixing and pressure to release.
>>>> But we can't do it in the middle of Summer holidays either. This
>>>> would send us to late August - September. This is the critical
>>>> point, all feedback is welcome.
>>> If we'd follow last year as a template, it would be Thursday June
>>> 14th - Saturday June 16th.
>>>
>>> I have my doubts if doing it then or after summer matters much
>>> time-wise. Everyone will always have plenty to do anyways.
>> I think doing it after the release of Qt 5.0 could be good in the
>> sense of giving the summit more focus, if we do it after we can use
>> the summit as a forum to discuss the direction we want to take 5.1
>> in. If the summit happens before 5.0 the focus will be split.
> It would be well after the feature freeze anyways, so features discussed
> at the summit would have to be targeted 5.1 anyways.
>
> I think we need to get into a rhythm. The plan is to have Qt releases
> pretty regularly; every 6 months or so. So, with that in mind, I think
> we should aim to also keep the Contributor Summits also regular, and set
> a month when we would want it to happen.
> Personally, I think it would be good with releases before summer, not
> after. So then a before summer summit could (/should?) coincide with an
> actual release.
>
> I like having the summit before the summer, since it might give
> contributors not backed by a company the chance to work on fun and
> important things during the summer, if they'd want to. (Schools out, and
> they are looking fun projects!)
>
> It could also be an important meeting for Google Summer of Code
> candidates, for some face to face chat with the community before the
> summer starts.
>
I agree with the timing for another reason: doing it after summer would 
put the event too close to the Qt DevDays. While that is a different 
type of event, it is another venue where you meet your fellow Qt 
developers. Last year, we also had contributor meetings during these 
events. It would be useful to keep them a bit apart, unless you actually 
put them back-to-back. I think that also makes it easier to get company 
funding for trips to visit these events.

André