Tickets for PyGotham usually sell out, so if you want to go, register soon.
PyGotham doesn’t host sprints, but I know several packaging developers will be in the area and it would be a shame to waste the opportunity. If Bloomberg, Google, NYU, Datadog, or another NYC org wants to host, it would be neat to have a hackday on Thursday the 3rd or Sunday the 6th! Speak up here?
Tentative plan right now is that there’ll be an NYC Python event on Thursday night Oct. 3rd at Datadog. People who have never made Python packages can learn how to create their first packages – getting over the intimidation factor – and people who have questions about their existing packaging problems can come to “office hours” with Python packaging experts. So if a few people could volunteer to help with this, that would be great - please speak up in a reply.
I’d also like to to get at least 3-4 existing packaging developers (experts and intermediate-skilled people) together for a day, either on Thursday Oct. 3rd or Sunday Oct. 6th, to break code review logjams, make architectural decisions, and even promote new maintainers – basically along the lines of what I describe in “Software In Person”. If you’d be interested in participating in that hackday, please mark by “liking” (the “heart” button) dates that work for you, and I’ll check the aggregate sometime Monday to make a decision:
I see everyone who spoke up or voted can make daytime on Thursday the 3rd, so let’s do that! @trishankatdatadog please let us know whether you can host - otherwise we’ll need to look for a different host.
The hackday during the day tomorrow (Thursday) is actually going to be at NYU’s Brooklyn campus, near the Jay Street-MetroTech subway stop. I’ll be in touch with @bhrutledge, @Julian, @glasnt, @woodruffw, @pganssle, @dustin, @JustinCappos, and Samuel Roeca about the exact location, since you/they are the ones who spoke up or whom I am reasonably sure are interested.
– I possibly can make the October 3 stuff, but bit more likely the 6, so ticked my vote there.