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

[j s oishi]

Either of these works for me:

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
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> > Greenbelt, MD 20771
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> > 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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> >> University of Arizona
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