2nd Mac porters meeting

When?

MODIFIED !!

Final proposal is 2nd and 3rd of December 2006

Where?

Google Hamburg
ABC-Strasse 19
20354 Hamburg
Germany

How to get there

Airport: HAM
There is a bus connection from the airport. A taxi costs about 10 euros in one direction.

[FIXME] : find additionnal informations for people who didn't find how connect from airport to the meeting ( both directions)

-> search in Hamburg Airport website :[Hamburg Airport Website]

Other links : [City anbindung]

What?

A fun weekend of hacking! Google will provide the following facilities on-site:

• A conference room for the common sessions (40+ people)
• a few smaller rooms for hacking workshops

• G5 workstations for the workshops (PENDING)
• Lunch on Saturday and Sunday (PENDING)

PENDING means this has been authorized but we are still working out the practical details.

Other hardware available : ericb will provide a powerbook ( or a macbook pro if received ) + a mac mini (powerpc) with prebuilt Aqua version

Tino will provide an Imac 20" for workshops

Where to stay

NB: Rates might not be accurate

Side Hotel

Side Hotel
Drehbahn 49
20354 Hamburg
+49 (040) 30-99-90
+49 (040) 30-99-93-99 fax
info@side-hamburg.de
reservation@side-hamburg.de

This is a very nice, modern hotel within seven minutes' walk from the office.

Superior Category
Single Room: €135,00
Double Room: €160,00

Deluxe Category
Single Room: €150,00
Double Room: €175,00

These prices include breakfast, and all taxes.

Four Seasons Hotel

Raffles Vier Jahreszeiten (Four Seasons Hotel)
Neuer Jungfernstieg 9-14
+49 (040) 34-94-0
+49 (040) 34-94-2600 fax
emailus.hvj@raffles.com

The name "Four Seasons" speaks for itself.

Superior Category (view to the courtyard)
Single Room: €155,00
Double Room (single occupancy): €180,00
Double Room (double occupancy): €205,00

Deluxe Category (view to the Alster)
Single Room: €220,00
Double Room: €270,00

These prices do not include breakfast, but do include all taxes.

Marriott Hotel

Very near to the office is the:

Marriott Hotel
ABC-Straße 52
20354 Hamburg
+49 (040) 350-50

Special Rates
Standard Deluxe Single or Double Room: €146,00

These prices include a French buffet (coffee, tea, croissants, etc).

This is a standard chain hotel, within two minutes' walk from the office.

Additionnal Hotel  (ericb reserved here), very close to Google Office :

Hotel Oper, Drehbahn 15- 23 Hamburg, 20354
http://hotels.germany-bookings.com/hotel/de/topoper.html

Todo

2) write a list of interested people

user:ericb ericb
pjanik
obr
fheckl
tra
ssa
jsi
user:mmp
kaib
martink
user:smsm1 shaunmcdonald
user:cloph cloph (to be confirmed)

[complete the list]

4) Find money for travels, rooms and food

By plane? 
come together by car?
Note: I'll propose the amount of money we need to Louis.

5) Content

Common sessions / Workshops around native issues: 

Warning: this is a draft 

 (Eric Bachard) :
Introduction of the meeting: 
 - status of Macport
 - objectives and last news
 - Technical description of work in progress
 
Technical points to fix together:

1) reorganize the tree for native version ( ericb'd vote for an obr task :-)  )

2) improve configure for both Aqua and X11 version /  ( Claude Lohmaier )

either)
- modify configure step : provide config.parms.aqua, config.parms.X11 containing specific Mac OS X command line, and just use 
./configure --with-config.parms=config.parms.aqua ( or config.parms.X11 )   

or) or fix configure. Current issues : bad or wrong/missing autodetection of things

- session (workshop ?)  about native controls implementation : code review/design or continue the work 
 in case everything is not ready
 - current work in progress: fonts ( multiline sallayout : understand what has to be done, describe the todo) 
 - workshop about debugging OpenOffice.org on Mac OS X : gdb .. maybe complete with leaks and/or other tools ?
Possible action items : 

- discuss and define a precise todolist
- divide the work 
- describe party : describe with words and sentences what has exactly to be done for missing parts:  
Where in the code, who can provide informations, tips...etc
- write a list of missing classes and methods.
- define code intregration strategy
- define rules for code review based on wiki
- define a plan for Aqua Human Interface Guidelines integration ( modify menus ? ) 

Other subjects for what volunteers can propose workshops :
 
 - Debuging /using tools for track and /or analyse bugs (very well adapted to workshops) 
 - QA workshop for Mac OS X 
 - windowing (salinst*)
 - redrawing
 - fonts
 - native printing  (WIP by Yvan Barthélemy, who will provide informations ) 
 - packaging 
 ..etc (propose other)

Agenda (can be modified)

[FIXME] create an array ..

Saturday:

- Common session from 12:00 to 15:00

- Workshops: From 16:00 to 19:00

[Saturday evening: some dinner in the city? ]

Sunday:

- Workshops from 10:00 to 12:00

- Conclusions from 13:00 to 14:00

Time to return after ...

Ericb 11:16, 10 October 2006 (CEST)