[yt-dev] Documentation Sprint and Creating BB Issues When You See a Gap

Cameron Hummels chummels at gmail.com
Wed Aug 28 13:00:32 PDT 2013 

Oh good.  I'll potentially be in NYC around that time, so I can sprint in
person.  Thanks for getting these dates set up, Matt.


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> I misread Jeff's email.  John can only do the first two, Jeff can only
> do the latter two.  So that leaves the middle set is the only one we
> can do.  So let's do the same thing, but October 28 and 29.
>
> -Matt
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Alright, seeing as how there's a push for the first couple, why don't
> > we plan on a mini-sprint on the 7th and 8th of October?  Those able to
> > come up to Columbia are welcome, as I mentioned before, and those who
> > can't, we'll be hanging out in IRC or Hangouts as well.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Any and all work for me.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Sam Skillman <samskillman at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'd prefer one of the first two options as well.
> >>>
> >>> Sam
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:26 AM, John ZuHone <jzuhone at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd prefer the first two sets of dates.
> >>>>
> >>>> John Z
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from John ZuHone's iPad
> >>>>
> >>>> On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > Hi all,
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Just as a followup, I wanted to put out a few possible days for a
> >>>> > sprint.  I'd be available these days:
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Oct 7-10
> >>>> > Oct 28-Nov 1
> >>>> > Nov 4-8
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Do any of those sound like good candidates?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > -Matt
> >>>> >
> >>>> > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 1:28 PM, John ZuHone <jzuhone at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> >> I'm possibly game for a Columbia sprint as well.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> John ZuHone
> >>>> >> Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics
> >>>> >> NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
> >>>> >> 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Code 662
> >>>> >> Greenbelt, MD 20771
> >>>> >> (w) 301-286-2531
> >>>> >> (m) 773-758-0172
> >>>> >> jzuhone at gmail.com
> >>>> >> john.zuhone at nasa.gov
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> On Aug 17, 2013, at 11:17 AM, j s oishi <jsoishi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> I'd be in for that as well: an NYC documentation sprint.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Cameron Hummels <
> chummels at gmail.com>
> >>>> >> wrote:
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> That sounds great to me!  I'll happily be the doc steward.  I like
> >>>> >>> the
> >>>> >>> idea of small local sprints.  It's too bad I didn't go to the
> AGORA
> >>>> >>> thing
> >>>> >>> this weekend, as we could do one there.  Oh well.  But yes,
> >>>> >>> October/November
> >>>> >>> sounds like a great time to do this.  Perhaps we can do one the
> next
> >>>> >>> time I
> >>>> >>> come to NYC too.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Cameron
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Matthew Turk <
> matthewturk at gmail.com>
> >>>> >>> wrote:
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Hi Cameron et al,
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> This is a very good idea.  Cameron, I think you would be
> well-suited
> >>>> >>>> to being a documentation steward for yt -- not in terms of
> *writing*
> >>>> >>>> it, but helping to ensure that the coverage remains high and that
> >>>> >>>> features aren't simply forgotten about as they are submitted.
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> As for a sprint, I would be very keen to have one, and at the
> time
> >>>> >>>> when development switches over would be a perfect one.  Since
> >>>> >>>> there's
> >>>> >>>> some clustering of yt devs recently, what we could try for is
> >>>> >>>> semi-remote sprints.  Anybody that wanted to come to Columbia,
> I'd
> >>>> >>>> buy
> >>>> >>>> pizza for and we could all write in the same room.  Interested
> >>>> >>>> participants that are clustered at other institutions could work
> >>>> >>>> together, too, and the groups could meet over IRC/Hangouts.
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> But yes, let's aim for this.  Perhaps sometime in October or
> >>>> >>>> November?
> >>>> >>>> Or is that too soon?
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> -Matt
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Cameron Hummels
> >>>> >>>> <chummels at gmail.com>
> >>>> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> >>>>> Hey peeps,
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> After talking with Matt at some length about the yt
> documentation,
> >>>> >>>>> we
> >>>> >>>>> thought it might be a good idea to have a documentation sprint
> in a
> >>>> >>>>> few
> >>>> >>>>> months when we've moved over to yt 3.0 as the focus of our
> >>>> >>>>> development.
> >>>> >>>>> The
> >>>> >>>>> docs in general are good, but there are some gaps here and there
> >>>> >>>>> with
> >>>> >>>>> some
> >>>> >>>>> functionality not present in the documentation.  I'm not
> proposing
> >>>> >>>>> an
> >>>> >>>>> entire
> >>>> >>>>> (or even partial) rewrite of the docs, as I think that would be
> >>>> >>>>> counterproductive.  I'm simply thinking we could fill in the
> holes
> >>>> >>>>> to
> >>>> >>>>> make
> >>>> >>>>> sure all of the cool stuff in yt is written up so people know
> how
> >>>> >>>>> to
> >>>> >>>>> use it.
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> Now, I know doc writing is not often fun, but I think this
> could be
> >>>> >>>>> really
> >>>> >>>>> beneficial to our user base, and actually cut down on the
> amount of
> >>>> >>>>> time we
> >>>> >>>>> have to respond to new users on the mailing list and irc (as
> well
> >>>> >>>>> as
> >>>> >>>>> making
> >>>> >>>>> it easier for people to use yt).
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> What I'm asking from you is if you encounter something that you
> >>>> >>>>> don't
> >>>> >>>>> think
> >>>> >>>>> is well documented in the formal docs (not simply the
> docstrings),
> >>>> >>>>> could you
> >>>> >>>>> take a moment to create a bitbucket issue about it?  You don't
> even
> >>>> >>>>> have to
> >>>> >>>>> fix it then, just note it, so we know where to work when we do
> the
> >>>> >>>>> sprint in
> >>>> >>>>> a few months.
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> Anyone else have any other ideas about this?
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> Cameron
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> --
> >>>> >>>>> Cameron Hummels
> >>>> >>>>> Postdoctoral Researcher
> >>>> >>>>> Steward Observatory
> >>>> >>>>> University of Arizona
> >>>> >>>>> http://chummels.org
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> >>>> >>> Postdoctoral Researcher
> >>>> >>> Steward Observatory
> >>>> >>> University of Arizona
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> >> Cameron Hummels
> >> Postdoctoral Researcher
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> >> University of Arizona
> >> http://chummels.org
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-- 
Cameron Hummels
Postdoctoral Researcher
Steward Observatory
University of Arizona
http://chummels.org
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