Sprints at DebConf24
Sprints are moments of concentrated effort organized by teams to work in their respective areas of Debian. Sprints can have specific goals, or can be just "let's make our part of Debian better".
Sprints are a great opportunity for new contributors to get in touch with Debian teams and get involved in Debian development.
The following sprints will be happening during DebConf24.
Python Team Sprint
Organized by: pollo
Goals: QA work on the Python Team's packages
How to participate:
IRC channel: #debian-python @ irc.oftc.net
l10n-pt-br Team Sprint
Organized by: lenharo
Goals: pt-br translation
How to participate:
notes: https://pad.dc24.debconf.org/p/pt-br-l10n-team-sprint
IRC channel: #debian-l10n-br @ irc.oftc.net
Security Tools Packaging Team Sprint
Organized by: charles
Goals: QA work on the pkg-security Team's packages
How to participate:
notes: https://pad.dc24.debconf.org/p/pkg-security-tools-team-sprint
IRC channel: #debian-pkg-security @ irc.oftc.net
Ruby Team Sprint
Organized by: kanashiro
Goals: Work on the transition to Ruby 3.3
How to participate: Add your name to the pad below and join us during DebCamp/Debconf!
IRC channel: #debian-ruby @ irc.oftc.net
Go Team Sprint
Organized by: siretart, gibmat
Goals: Get newer versions of docker.io, containerd, and podman into unstable/testing
How to participate: Add your name to the pad below and join us during DebCamp/Debconf!
IRC channel: #debian-golang @ irc.oftc.net
Ftpmaster Team Sprint
Organized by: spwhitton, tille, lfaraone
Goals: discuss potential changes in ftpmaster team, workflow and communication
How to participate: Add your name to the pad below and join us during DebCamp/Debconf!
IRC channel: #debian-ftp @ irc.oftc.net/
Summary will be given in Meet the ftpteam at Jul 30 (Tue): 14:30 in Pado
DebConf24 Boot Camp
Organized by: Pirate Praveen
Goals: guide people new to debian with a focus on debian packaging
How to participate: Add your name to the pad below and join us during DebCamp/Debconf!
notes: https://pad.dc24.debconf.org/p/165-introduction-to-creating-deb-files-debian-pac
IRC channel: #debconf24-bootcamp @ irc.oftc.net/
XMPP channel (bridge to IRC): #debconf24-bootcamp%irc.oftc.net@irc.jabberfr.org
Matrix channel (bridge to IRC): #debconf24-bootcamp:matrix.debian.social
LXQt Team Sprint
Organized by: Andrew Lee
Goals: Workshop for new commers and work on the latest upstream release based on Qt6 and wayland support.
How to participate: find Andrew Lee and Josué Ortega join the workshop in social space after dinner
Matrix channel (bridge to IRC): #debian-lxqt:matrix.org