Hi folks, As with Mark's response on OSGI this morning, there have been a number of answers to questions on this list that mention that components are either not currently being worked on, or which request that users contribute new features or patches. It tends not to be that easy to get to grips with a large open source project, so recently the London Java Community organised an OpenJDK hack session (http://www.meetup.com/Londonjavacommunity/events/49243872/) where they were helping people to build the projects and working on some 'low-hanging-fruit' issues. And apparently the session produced around 20 patches, which seems pretty impressive to me given that it was just a 3-hour evening session. There seems to be a reasonable number of Drools developers and users in or near London, although I'm not sure about other locations. So I was wondering how feasible it might be to organise something similar around Drools. Obviously it would need a combination of some core developers prepared to spend some of their time helping folks such as myself get to grips with building and testing things, and enough developers interested in spending their spare time learning their way around the internals of the various Drools components. The London JBoss User Group set up a JBoss AS7 hackathon last year, so perhaps there might be someone there who would be prepared to help out? Any thoughts? Steve _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users

Count with me for that.. I always willing to do this kind of hackatons and long coding nights.. Mark is it time to create a Drools User Group in London? a Drools Lab maybe? Cheers On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Mark Proctor <mproctor(a)codehaus.org&gt; wrote: > I've tried to organise these before, last time I had one person turn up :) > > I live in London and Michael Anstis is near by. Mauricio Salatino will be > moving near by in March too. If there are people who are genuinely > interested in learning to hack/improve Drools&jBPM&Guvnor, and not just > after free consultancy, we can arrange days and evenings in London. The Red > Hat office is on Baker Street and has a room suitable for about 8 people. > > I live in Chiswick and will gladly meet up with anyone at any time there, > night or day. I regularly work from nero's of starbucks :) > > Also remember the entire Drools&jBPM&Guvnor team is always available on irc. > http://www.jboss.org/drools/irc > > Mark > > On 03/02/2012 15:49, Stephen Masters wrote: > > Hi folks, > > As with Mark's response on OSGI this morning, there have been a number of > answers to questions on this list that mention that components are either > not currently being worked on, or which request that users contribute new > features or patches. > > It tends not to be that easy to get to grips with a large open source > project, so recently the London Java Community organised an OpenJDK hack > session (http://www.meetup.com/Londonjavacommunity/events/49243872/) where > they were helping people to build the projects and working on some > 'low-hanging-fruit' issues. And apparently the session produced around 20 > patches, which seems pretty impressive to me given that it was just a 3-hour > evening session. > > There seems to be a reasonable number of Drools developers and users in or > near London, although I'm not sure about other locations. So I was wondering > how feasible it might be to organise something similar around Drools. > Obviously it would need a combination of some core developers prepared to > spend some of their time helping folks such as myself get to grips with > building and testing things, and enough developers interested in spending > their spare time learning their way around the internals of the various > Drools components. The London JBoss User Group set up a JBoss AS7 hackathon > last year, so perhaps there might be someone there who would be prepared to > help out? > > Any thoughts? > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > --  - CTO @ http://www.plugtree.com  - MyJourney @ http://salaboy.wordpress.com  - Co-Founder @ http://www.jugargentina.org  - Co-Founder @ http://www.jbug.com.ar  - Salatino "Salaboy" Mauricio -

That sounds a great idea. I don't come to London since too much time now, so I'd finally have a very good reason to come :) I am also looking forward to meet the other guys of the Drools team in person. Mario On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Mauricio Salatino <salaboy(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote: > Count with me for that.. I always willing to do this kind of hackatons > and long coding nights.. > Mark is it time to create a Drools User Group in London? a Drools Lab > maybe? > Cheers > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Mark Proctor <mproctor(a)codehaus.org&gt; > wrote: > > I've tried to organise these before, last time I had one person turn up > :) > > > > I live in London and Michael Anstis is near by. Mauricio Salatino will > be > > moving near by in March too. If there are people who are genuinely > > interested in learning to hack/improve Drools&jBPM&Guvnor, and not just > > after free consultancy, we can arrange days and evenings in London. The > Red > > Hat office is on Baker Street and has a room suitable for about 8 > people. > > > > I live in Chiswick and will gladly meet up with anyone at any time > there, > > night or day. I regularly work from nero's of starbucks :) > > > > Also remember the entire Drools&jBPM&Guvnor team is always available on > irc. > > http://www.jboss.org/drools/irc > > > > Mark > > > > On 03/02/2012 15:49, Stephen Masters wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > As with Mark's response on OSGI this morning, there have been a number > of > > answers to questions on this list that mention that components are > either > > not currently being worked on, or which request that users contribute > new > > features or patches. > > > > It tends not to be that easy to get to grips with a large open source > > project, so recently the London Java Community organised an OpenJDK hack > > session (http://www.meetup.com/Londonjavacommunity/events/49243872/) > where > > they were helping people to build the projects and working on some > > 'low-hanging-fruit' issues. And apparently the session produced around > 20 > > patches, which seems pretty impressive to me given that it was just a > 3-hour > > evening session. > > > > There seems to be a reasonable number of Drools developers and users in > or > > near London, although I'm not sure about other locations. So I was > wondering > > how feasible it might be to organise something similar around Drools. > > Obviously it would need a combination of some core developers prepared > to > > spend some of their time helping folks such as myself get to grips with > > building and testing things, and enough developers interested in > spending > > their spare time learning their way around the internals of the various > > Drools components. The London JBoss User Group set up a JBoss AS7 > hackathon > > last year, so perhaps there might be someone there who would be > prepared to > > help out? > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rules-users mailing list > > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rules-dev mailing list > > rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > > > > > > -- > - CTO @ http://www.plugtree.com > - MyJourney @ http://salaboy.wordpress.com > - Co-Founder @ http://www.jugargentina.org > - Co-Founder @ http://www.jbug.com.ar > > - Salatino "Salaboy" Mauricio - > > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > _______________________________________________ rules-dev mailing list rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev

There's also FOSDEM this WE and you guys are giving some presentations :) FOSDEM is also a great location for a hackathon IMHO. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esteban Aliverti&quot;&lt;esteban.aliverti(a)gmail.com&gt; To: "Rules Dev List&quot;&lt;rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org&gt; Cc: rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 1:00:17 PM Subject: Re: [rules-users] [rules-dev] Contributing to Drools? Same thing here. Count on me for that! It is a good excuse to visit London :) Best Regards, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Esteban Aliverti - Developer @ http://www.plugtree.com - Blog @ http://ilesteban.wordpress.com On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Mario Fusco< mario.fusco(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: That sounds a great idea. I don't come to London since too much time now, so I'd finally have a very good reason to come :) I am also looking forward to meet the other guys of the Drools team in person. Mario On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Mauricio Salatino< salaboy(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Count with me for that.. I always willing to do this kind of hackatons and long coding nights.. Mark is it time to create a Drools User Group in London? a Drools Lab maybe? Cheers On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Mark Proctor< mproctor(a)codehaus.org&gt; wrote: > I've tried to organise these before, last time I had one person turn up :) > > I live in London and Michael Anstis is near by. Mauricio Salatino will be > moving near by in March too. If there are people who are genuinely > interested in learning to hack/improve Drools&jBPM&Guvnor, and not just > after free consultancy, we can arrange days and evenings in London. The Red > Hat office is on Baker Street and has a room suitable for about 8 people. > > I live in Chiswick and will gladly meet up with anyone at any time there, > night or day. I regularly work from nero's of starbucks :) > > Also remember the entire Drools&jBPM&Guvnor team is always available on irc. > http://www.jboss.org/drools/irc > > Mark > > On 03/02/2012 15:49, Stephen Masters wrote: > > Hi folks, > > As with Mark's response on OSGI this morning, there have been a number of > answers to questions on this list that mention that components are either > not currently being worked on, or which request that users contribute new > features or patches. > > It tends not to be that easy to get to grips with a large open source > project, so recently the London Java Community organised an OpenJDK hack > session ( http://www.meetup.com/Londonjavacommunity/events/49243872/ ) where > they were helping people to build the projects and working on some > 'low-hanging-fruit' issues. And apparently the session produced around 20 > patches, which seems pretty impressive to me given that it was just a 3-hour > evening session. > > There seems to be a reasonable number of Drools developers and users in or > near London, although I'm not sure about other locations. So I was wondering > how feasible it might be to organise something similar around Drools. > Obviously it would need a combination of some core developers prepared to > spend some of their time helping folks such as myself get to grips with > building and testing things, and enough developers interested in spending > their spare time learning their way around the internals of the various > Drools components. The London JBoss User Group set up a JBoss AS7 hackathon > last year, so perhaps there might be someone there who would be prepared to > help out? > > Any thoughts? > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > rules-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev >