HTTP/1.1 -1 Read error in cache disk data: SuccessContent-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Last-Modified: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 04:27:53 GMT Content-length: 2060 Connection: Close Proxy-Connection: Close X-Cache: HIT from web1.osuosl.org Server: ProxyTrack 0.5 (HTTrack 3.49.2) = Hackathons = Upcoming Hackathons: * [wiki:OpenSourceBridge2010Hackathon] * [wiki:OSCON2010Perl6Hackathon] We hold regular hackathons so that core developers can focus on particular areas that need help. There have been two types of hackathons so far, development and testing. == Getting Help During a Hackathon == First, join the #parrot channel on irc.perl.org . That is the the center of the Parrot development universe, other than the [http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev parrot-dev] mailing list. You can also send a tweet/dent to [http://twitter.com/parrotvm @parrotvm]/[http://identi.ca/parrot @parrot] and your answer may be automagically answered by a talking parrot. == Testing Hackathons == Unless otherwise noted, there will be a large concerted testing push the weekend before every release. == Development Hackathons == These are where we focus on outstanding development tasks. We will try to hold about one development hackathon per release cycle, usually towards the beginning. We may hold them more or less frequently depending on need and developer interest. === Previous Hackathons === * December 2009 [wiki:PreDecemberReleaseHackathon] * 12 December 2009: Miscellaneous Hackathon - We'll focus on: * Merge CallSignature and Context. This work is being done in the context_unify3 branch. * Remove uses of ->strstart outside of src/string. Either use Parrot_str_to_cstring/Parrot_str_free_cstring bufstart. See r40983 for examples of both and ask on #parrot if you're not sure. * 14-15 November 2009: OpcodeTestingHackathon . Convert tests in t/op/* to PIR and increase coverage. * 24 October 2009: PIRC Hackathon (never happened, reschedule?) * 10 October 2009: PCC Hackathon Redux * 3 October 2009: PCC Hackathon === Need Something to Work on? === Look at Parrot's [http://tapir2.ro.vutbr.cz/cover/cover-results/42986/c_cover/ test coverage] and write tests for code we don't currently cover. (All dated events should be listed on the parrot calendar. --coke)>dukeleto