NOLA Hackathon 2011

The New Orleans Hackathon 2011 is an opportunity for MediaWiki developers to come together to work on Wikimedia Labs (related to the new virtualization cluster), and to squash bugs.

This event will occur in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 14-16 October 2011.

Venue
Launch Pad, a collaborative workspace in New Orleans.

Accommodation, directions and information
(to come)

Schedule
Undecided.

Attendees

 * Ryan Lane
 * Sumana Harihareswara
 * Brion Vibber
 * Add your name here if you're intending to come!

Topics
Here are the things we want to focus on at the hackathon:


 * Wikimedia Labs (sandbox environment for developers and operations)
 * Code review/code standards training
 * Bugsmash
 * Getting independent MediaWiki vendors to submit their patches upstream
 * Apache logs bug hunt-n-fix sprint
 * OpenStack Swift sprint
 * authorization & authentication, such as OpenID/oAuth
 * Add your idea here!

Contact

 * mail:
 * Panic Phone for emergencies: (only during the event)
 * Programme coordination:
 * Logistics: Ryan Lane
 * Assistant: